we are restarting cooperation between the United States and PRC [Peoples Republic of China] on counternarcotics.

When he wasn’t busy trying to tackle crime.has advocated for stricter policing on guns.

a Bronx native with a decades-long career in law enforcement.“A public servant for more than three decades.4 Bronx Chief of Patrol Joan Jaffe called Safir “the best police commissioner” New York had in years when he stepped down in 2000 following a historic reduction in crime in the Big Apple.

here was described as reserved.” Even after leaving the NYPD.

the NYPD’s former commissioner from 1996 to 2000.

and later did a stint working undercover for the then-newly established Drug Enforcement Administration.agriculture and energy until Jan.

sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline.Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.

All but two Democrats voted to pass the measure.17 just hours before it was set to shutdown.