o'neill a 33-year department veteran from east flatbush is the highest ranking officer in the department, a familiar and police model. >> my mom was the one who taught me the ideals of what good cops aspire to her. because of her, i learned we can change the world into what we want it to be and life is much more about one's self. it's about all of us. thank you, mom. >> reporter: a sweet moment for chief o'neill, unafraid to show some emotion while supporting that four-star uniform with his mom sitting in the front row. it bill bratton. not his first time leaving this exact same job in the middle of a mayor's first term. rudy giuliani, you probably remember, flat out fired bratton for grabbing too much of the spotlight. bratton said he had no fears this time around about being fired by this mayor. news 4 new york. >>> now the question is, who is the next police commissioner and ultimate nypd insider? report jonathan dienst here with more. >> he is both. he is an insider rising through the ranks and his focus is on neighborhood policing. chief o'neill considers partnering with communities

>>reporter: his replacement, james o'neill born and raised in east flatbush. o'neill is known as a cop's cop, serving in nearly every uniformed position in the nypd. he started in the early '80s on patrol overnight as a transit officer. >> you learn quickly how to be a cop, how to be aware of your surroundings, how to navigate the maze of subway lines, but most importantly how to talk to every type of person imaginable. >>reporter: o'neill has risen through the ranks since then and is the architect of the initiative to strengthen the relationship between police and community. o'neill will have help from ben tucker who's staying on as first deputy commissioner and carlos gomez who's been promoted to chief of department. and as part of this neighborhood policing model that's being rolled out, cops will have specific time each day to go out and build relationships with the community rather than specifically answering 911 calls. o'neill will take over police commissioner in mid- september. reporting live this morning outside police headquarters in lower manhattan,

two women say instead of getting x-ray technician at kings county hospital in east flatbush. here's eyewitness news reporter jim dolan with new details. >> reporter: the victims were women, one of them 83 years old who were there for x-rays of their legs. both were allegedly sexually assaulted while they were alone with the x-ray technician who has worked at the kings county since 2003. >> he probably did it for a long time over and over again. >> think there could be other victims, right? >> might be and they might not >> reporter: both incidents have happened on saturday and larry jones was arrested shortly after the second. he's a certified x-ray technician though he has a lengthy rap sheet. >> that's not good because lots of people want jobs and good people can't get jobs, and these crooks get the jobs, and that's what they do. lots of people need jobs. >> they should be investigated to the fullest. >> before they hire them. >> of course. >> reporter: in a statement, new york health and hospital said we are committed to the our patients, have zero tolerance for such behav

but what i am saying is coming up in brooklyn, in east flatbush, i was around a lot of ethnicities.i grew up around the hasidic jews, all black with the curls, i saw italian communities, in i knew what, i saw that irish community in garison park. i saw the west indian community, and i grew up in the regular jewish community before it-- my makeup growing up in east flatbush had a lot of energies. i wear a lot of different things in my makeup and dna that i saw growing up. one of the main things i saw growing up was respect for one's culture. people, even in my community with all the westerns and caribbean, that is what most of them, everybody said their culture, that i their island was better than the other it was ignorant but it was cultural pride that was at the core of a lot of the violence that happened in my community. and i look at this situation, what is happening right now, and what the night of is dealing with, when i say it is a class thing, the reason why you know, i'm not comparing nothing to nothing. all i'm saying is, i see the way the hasidic community, they stick toge

the families of chantelle davis and grey hosting annual hoops for justice event in east flatbush brooklyn davis was 23 years old at the time of her death and 2012 and grey was 16 when killed in 2013. the families hope the event turns their tragic deaths into a positive force for change. >> it's free for kids to come out and enjoy a fun day. free food, drinks, trophies as reward so community can know that we can together. we're a community that's not divided we're a community that wants peace, and of this, you know, something fun for kids to be able to do at least once a year. >> the hoops for justice tournament began in the summer of 2013. and take a look at this a large section of park avenue shutdown for fun today. the 9th annual summer streets festival return for a few hours this morning. park avenue from brooklyn bridge to centra park and if you missed it today no worries summer streets returns next saturday. nice day to be outside today mike woods. fghts i was out there. i did that bike ride thing did the whole stretch up and down so it was a great day for it. hot and humid but chang

he was born and raised in the east flatbush section of brooklyn. he earned his bachelor's degree at john j college in manhattan. he was promoted to chief of patrol in 2014. his biggest inspiration comes from his mother. >> because of her, i learned we can change the world to what we much more about oneself. it's about all of us. >> bureau chief patrol services carlos gomez will become the chief of department, replacing o'neill. >>> the reverend al sharpton and other community leaders reacting to the change in command. kemberly richardson is live in harlem with what they had to say. community policing just one of their concerns. >> definitely one of the concerns and he sent out a tweet asking for civil rights leaders to come here to national action network and reven got exactly that. the general tone, an air of optimism as one door closes and another opens. >> mixed feelings i have on mr. bratton's departure but i wish him well. >> reporter: over the years bratton and sharpton have clashed, most notably over the death of eric garner from a police ch

his accent is east flatbush, not boston. while the mayor sought to portray the change as a seamless handing off of the baton, bratton sees a change in focus that might bring more harmony to the relationship with city hall. when i asked police under his successor james o'neil, i expected him to say it would be a continuation of the bratton reign. instead -- >> it will be different. jimmy is prepared with his neighborhood policing plan, the ability of the department to address the racial divide. jimmy, i think, is going to have significant gains on dealing with the racial tension in this city. >> reporter: if that happens it would be a major store with his boss, mayor de blasio, who has made reforming department one of his major initiatives, a big deal for a mayor facing a bumpy re- election campaign next year and because of that, bratton said o'neil will have -- >> the resources to do it. >> reporter: new yorkers will see a different stripe of cat running the nypd. consider, his nickname in the department is j-po for jimmy po

he has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for shooting at an east flatbush tire shop back in 2005 that killed two men. >>> the owners of the trump mahal are threatening to shut the casino down. they're warning if an ongoing labor dispute is not resolved be closed after labor day. tomorrow the strike will become the long walk-out in the casino era. strikers hit the picket line july 1st. right now no new negotiations are scheduled. the union is demanding the workers' health insurance and pension benefits be restored. >>> it's been approved for memorial sloan to build a treatment facility at the old hurdles with the town board. nassau county sold the five-acre site to sloan kettering for $6 and a half million last year. >>> police arrest a man accused of robbing a bank while decked out in a wild wardrobe. 24-year-old jordan wise turned himself in to police this week. he told investigators he held up the bank in stapleton last monday with a water gun and took off with $780 in cash. he wore a formal dress, and high heels to pull off the crime. >>> a key piece of