NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams refused to explain on Friday why NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell wasn’t looped into the controversial decision to invite Cardi B to a police event — and instead praised the NYPD’s former Chief of Training Juanita Holmes for making the move.
The decision to include “Bodak Yellow” rapper Cardi B at a Feb. 24 “Girl’s Talk” session at the police academy sparked a backlash earlier this week when a former city cop who was sacked for associating with Trump adviser Roger Stone accused the NYPD of violating patrol guide procedure by appearing with the ex-con hip hop star.
Two days after the Daily News first reported that story, Adams announced that the woman responsible for the decision, Holmes, would be leaving the NYPD to become commissioner of the city’s Department of Probation.
