Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday his pick for a new interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, tapping a former journalist for the job a month after the previous chair resigned in a bitter dispute with a major police union.

Pat Smith, who worked for decades as writer and editor for The Daily News, and served as an adviser to President Bill Clinton during his 1992 presidential campaign, will be replacing Mohammad Khalid, a dentist, who had been appointed interim chair in late 2024.

Khalid resigned in early November after he was criticized by the Police Benevolent Association over his alleged bias against officers and claims that he improperly held a position on a Staten Island community board.

Khalid refuted that criticism in an interview with the New York Times and said tha

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