According to sources, the New York Police Commissioner has resigned amid the nightclub investigation

New York Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday amid a federal investigation into the police's nightclub oversight, according to five sources familiar with the matter.

Caban, the city's first Latino police commissioner, has led the department since July 2023. He was selected for the job by Mayor Eric Adams, whose administration is the target of several federal investigations.

“I have tremendous respect and gratitude for the brave officers who serve this department, and the NYPD deserves someone who can focus solely on protecting and serving New York City. That is why – for the good of this city and this department – I have made the difficult decision to resign as Chief of Police,” Caban said in an email to NYPD members obtained by NBC News.

Caban's phone was seized last week, around the same time FBI agents were raiding the homes of high-ranking officials in the Adams administration as part of a separate investigation. Homes raided included First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III.

The phone of Caban's twin brother James Caban, who owns a nightclub security company, was also seized as part of the NYPD's corruption investigation.

Federal investigators are looking into whether James Caban profited from his ties to his powerful brother and the NYPD, according to multiple sources. Specifically, they are looking into whether James Caban was paid by bars and clubs in Midtown and Queens to act as a police liaison, and whether those clubs then received special treatment from local precincts, the sources said.

Last year, FBI agents raided the homes of other city officials and advisers close to Adams as part of a separate investigation into whether the Adams campaign colluded with the Turkish government to obtain illegal campaign contributions from abroad through fake donors.

A source at City Hall said last week that the latest raid appeared to have nothing to do with the investigation in Turkey.

Adams repeatedly avoided questions about the investigation and stressed that he was not officially accused of wrongdoing.