A Brooklyn bar owner has alleged the twin brother of the ousted Police Commissioner Edward Caban tried to “extort” him when he sought help getting the NYPD off his back last summer, according to a report.
Shamel Kelly told NBC New York that he was introduced to the top cop’s brother, James Caban, by a City Hall staffer — who was fired Wednesday over his alleged involvement in the arrangement.
Kelly reportedly said that James Caban told him that he’d take care of his problems with the police department if he paid him $2,500.
“He said he will mediate my issues,” Kelly told the local station of the alleged conversation. “He said he could bring the NYPD to me and resolve our issues is what he said he could do.”
But the struggling business owner refused — and he claimed the constant police presence at his Coney Island bar only got worse, to the point that he eventually shuttered the establishment.
