The Department of Investigation is looking into whether Sheriff Anthony Miranda’s agency improperly took money from cannabis stores that it raided, closed and padlocked.

NEW YORK — New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams’ inner circle.

New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation

New York City investigators searched Sheriff Anthony Miranda’s Queens office on Thursday after receiving a report about unvouchered cash, according to the city Department of Investigation — marking yet another potential criminal probe into an appointee of Mayor Eric Adams.

The development comes as sources tell CBS News New York the city's Department of Investigation has been looking into Sheriff Anthony Miranda and whether his office improperly seized cash from raids on illegal cannabis shops.

Investigators probing reports that the city Sheriff’s Office improperly seized evidence from unlicensed pot shops found more than $100,000 in cash inside safes at the Sheriff’s Office in Queens — a surprising turn given Sheriff Anthony Miranda’s recent statements that his deputies don’t collect money during raids,

The Department of Investigation searched the New York City Sheriff’s Department offices in Queens on Thursday, after officials said Sheriff Anthony Miranda learned of unvouchered cash being held and reported it to his supervisors.