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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dr. Mohammad Khalid, a Todt Hill resident and dentist, has resigned from his role as chairman of New York City’s police oversight board. Khalid submitted his formal resignation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board on Friday, according to a release from the board. The 15-member panel is responsible for reviewing investigations of police officers accused of misconduct and voting on whether they recommend discipline for those actions. “His tenure as interim chair of the CCRB saw great steps forward for the agency,” a statement from the board said. “He advocated for an increased budget and headcount to help fulfill the work of civilian oversight of police. He led by example in letting the values of objectivity and impartiality guide his decision-making. He cared deeply about each case he reviewed, and he always sought to follow the law and the facts, no matter what.” Khalid cited pressure from Patrick Hendry, the president of the Police Benevolent Association, in driving him out, according to a report by the New York Times. “Mr. Hendry’s attacks have been relentless and untrue, and they have negatively impacted me, my family and my health,” Khalid reportedly said in a resignation letter addressed to Mayor Eric Adams and to Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the City Council. “To be clear, I would have liked to continue my work with the C.C.R.B.,” Khalid wrote, according to the Times. “But I will not do so when he can brazenly lie about me without consequence.” The Police Benevolent Association has accused Khalid of bias against cops. The New York Times cited a statement from Hendry claiming Khalid had voted to discipline officers 95% of the time. On Oct. 31, the Police Benevolent Association penned a letter to Mayor Adams urging the mayor to remove Khalid from his role, noting Khalid also held a position on Staten Island Community Board 2, according to another report from amNY. “As a board member with a conflict of interest, Dr. Khalid improperly participated in those panels and undeniably influenced the outcome of countless cases where CCRB substantiated and recommended discipline of alleged misconduct,” part of the letter reportedly stated. “His participation in these determinations are extremely problematic as substantiations are used as the basis for charges against the officer, as well as the ultimate disciplinary determination by the NYPD, and they follow police officers for the remainder of their careers as they are both publicly available and incorporated into their personnel file.” Khalid was selected by Mayor Adams to serve as interim chairman of the board in late 2024, as previously reported. Prior to that, Khalid had served as commissioner of the board from 2005 to 2014 under then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “Dr. Khalid’s biased voting record, his disregard for CCRB’s own rules and procedures, and his dangerous plan to strip away the police commissioner’s authority made it clear that police officers were never going to get fair treatment from CCRB under his watch,” Hendry said in response to Khalid’s resignation, according to amNY. Khalid, an immigrant from Peshawar, Pakistan, came to New York City in 1972 at the age of 23 and five years later he moved to Staten Island and established a dental practice in Eltingville. Khalid earned a bachelor’s degree in dental surgery from Khyber Medical College, a doctor of dental surgery from New York University and a diploma in orthodontics from the State University of New York. The board’s previous interim-chair, Arva Rice, resigned her post in August amid reports that Adams asked her to step down over comments she made about the NYPD’s handling of the 2019 shooting of a Bronx man. Khalid did not return a request for comment to the Advance/SILive.com by the time of publication.
