An NYPD chief has been transferred after agreeing to give the city back thousands of dollars he was paid for hours he never worked, the Daily News has learned.
The stolen time investigation cost Deputy Chief Richie Taylor his post in the Community Affairs Bureau, where he has run the Community Outreach Division the past five years.
Taylor was transferred Wednesday morning to the department’s Criminal Justice Bureau, which acts as a liaison with other law enforcement agencies, the NYPD confirmed.
Taylor, a 21-year veteran, could not immediately be reached for comment.
A police source familiar with the case said Taylor was slapped with departmental charges earlier this year and recently worked out a deal to avoid an administrative trial at NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza.
The source said Taylor at least 50 times in 2024 and 2025 got paid for hours “when he wasn’t at work.” That included incidents in which he said he was working from home but did not have permission to do so.
Taylor made about $550,000 total for 2024 and 2025, according to records..
As a result of his plea deal, the source said, Taylor agreed to pay back about $20,000 for the more than 170 hours he scammed — and was docked another 60 days pay costing him an estimated $56,000.
Taylor was also placed on dismissal probation, the source said, meaning he could be fired for any infraction in the next year.
Taylor is the second Community Affairs supervisor in recent months to face scrutiny.
Last September, Lt. Ira Jablonsky retired for a second time, less than 24 hours after The News reported Internal Affairs was investigating him for overtime abuse.
Jablonsky joined the NYPD in 2002 and spent the bulk of his career in the Community Affairs Bureau, working closely in south Brooklyn with the Orthodox Jewish community.
He made $307,000 in 2024, according to public records, including more than $100,000 in overtime, the third year in a row he topped six figures in overtime pay.
Police sources said Jablonsky retired in February of 2025 amid a crackdown by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch on overtime abuse.
But he had a change of heart and returned to the force in July, well within the one-year time frame during which retirees can come back to work. Soon after, sources said, a complaint was filed with the Internal Affairs Bureau over overtime filed since his return.
While he was under investigation he retired for the second time, the sources said.
