NEW YORK — A sweeping New York City investigation into police pensions has uncovered years of inconsistent procedures, poor communication and pension calculations that investigators say gave some current and former NYPD officials benefits higher than they were entitled to receive under the law.
The New York City Department of Investigation examined the NYPD’s use of Section 821 designations from 2022 through 2025 during former Mayor Eric Adams’ administration. The investigation found at least five cases in which officials who moved from competitive civil service positions into positions that were not pension-eligible were nevertheless allowed to continue pension membership, leaving their pensions higher now or potentially higher in the future than DOI determined they were legally entitled to receive.
DOI Commissioner Nadia I. Shihata did not mince words about what investigators found…