NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio's press secretary on Sunday night denied social media chatter that NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan will be replaced.
"This is not true," Freddi Goldstein tweeted in response to a tweet by Newsmax TV host John Cardillo, who wrote, "NYPD sources telling me these rumors are flying around the dept: Police Commissioner and Chief of Dept. out, major shuffling of chiefs and units. Being told Juanita Holmes, a de Blasio ally, will be next Commissioner. Holmes, a Chief, was brought out of retirement in Jan."
Goldstein then shot down another journalist's tweet, Fox 5's Linda Schmidt, who wrote, "Mayor's office & NYPD also said the rumors about former Police Commissioner O'Neill being Out were Untrue & the rumors Were True."
"This is also not true," Goldstein tweeted. "The rumors that O'Neil was out were in July & August. He left in November."
