In a federal racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday, the ex-commissioner, Thomas Donlon, alleges Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle showered unqualified loyalists with promotions, buried allegations of misconduct and gratuitously punished whistleblowers.

The former head of the New York Police Department has filed a federal lawsuit against scandal-scarred New York City Mayor Eric Adams and other high ranking NYPD officials, alleging the group used their power and authority to run a what he called a “criminal enterprise.

Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a new federal lawsuit from a former interim NYPD commissioner who claims the Democrat ran the nation's largest police department like a "criminal enterprise" and retaliated against critics of his mismanagement.