Qatar paid for New York Police Commissioner’s Middle East trips after Adams administration failed to disclose who paid the bill

The Qatari government paid for the Big Apple’s top cop to visit the Middle East — part of several international trips kept secret by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.

Police Commissioner Edward Caban took more than a dozen flights from New York last year at the expense of foreign governments or advocacy groups, according to his annual financial report, which revealed for the first time how some of those trips were financed.

The declaration, which is required to be filed annually with the city’s Conflict of Interest Board and obtained by The Post, also disclosed three previously unreported trips by PC to Qatar, Australia and Florida.

The Adams administration has repeatedly refused to say who paid for the commissioner’s travel after reports of his trips surfaced, saying only that they came at no cost to New York taxpayers.

According to the report, Caban travelled to Qatar twice in 2023, with one of his trips being funded by the Ministry of Interior, for a local police graduation ceremony, a conference and meetings.

The second mission was paid for by the Embassy of the country to “observe and cooperate on security practices” in the country, the report says.

Simple Disclosures provide estimated costs for travel, lodging and meals ranging from $1,000 to $4,999, but do not provide any more detailed information about the trips themselves.

The department has not made public information about any of these foreign trips.

One of them came as the city braced for unrest following the Hamas attacks in Israel last October. The news came to light only during security briefings with councillors who had not previously been aware of his absence.

Photos later emerged of Cabana sitting with Qatar’s interior minister at the Lusail International Circuit on the outskirts of Doha. State media reported that the two men “discussed security cooperation between the two countries, looking for ways to strengthen and support it.”

The city’s chief constable, appointed in July 2023, also travelled to Sydney, Australia, for the 16th annual Pearls of Policing conference, the cost of which, estimated at between $1,000 and $4,999, was covered by the group, the report said.

Additionally, Caban participated in the 2023 Mayors Against Anti-Semitism Summit in Fort Lauderdale, which was funded by the Movement Against Anti-Semitism and was estimated to cost between $1,000 and $4,999.

Details about the undisclosed trips are scarce, but a conference in Florida is scheduled for mid-November.

The Australian conference is reported to have taken place in May last year, when Caban was still first deputy commissioner.

His last trip was late last year, according to the report and a government statement, when the Dominican government paid for Caban’s travel to the island as part of an agreement between the New York Police Department and the national police to protect New York polling stations for Dominican expatriates.

However, Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Tarik Sheppard told reporters when the trip was covered by the New York City Police Foundation.

The only trip covered by the foundation, which is privately funded through donations, was Caban’s trip to the annual SOMOS conference — something both the city’s top cop and other attendees had expected.

Calls to City Hall and the New York Police Department were not returned.