The New York City Police Department will get its first female police commissioner.

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced that he would appoint Keechant Sewell as the first black female commissioner of the New York City Police Department.

"Keechant Sewell is a proven crime-fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve," Adams said in a statement to CNN. "Chief Sewell will wake up every day laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving our city, and I am thrilled to have her at the helm of the NYPD."

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Adams will announce Sewell's appointment Wednesday morning at a public housing development.

"We welcome Chief Sewell to the second-toughest policing job in America," said NYC Police Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch in a Tuesday statement. "The toughest, of course, is being an NYPD cop on the street. New York City police officers have passed our breaking point. We need to fix that break in order to get our police department and our city back on course. We look forward to working with her to accomplish that goal."

Sewell was selected after a monthslong search for a police commissioner across the United States.

Sewell previously served as police chief in Nassau County, according to the New York Daily News. She has been a police officer since 1997. She is trained at the FBI National Academy and has taught at Nassau County's police academy.

Most recently, she rose to the role of Nassau County's chief of detectives in 2020, making her the first black woman to lead the office, reports the New York Daily News.

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Adams, a retired NYC police captain, was elected last month after running a campaign emphasizing public safety and improving local law enforcement's resources. On Nov. 11, Adams stated that he would not be dissuaded by statements by Black Lives Matter leaders in New York claiming there would be "bloodshed" if he reinstated the plainclothes unit.

"I ran on a very clear message: My city will not be unsafe," he told Fox 5. "And that is what we're going to do. Clear plan. Putting in place a plainclothes, anti-gun unit. That will happen, and this city is going to be safe."