Former Interim NYPD Commissioner Thomas Donlon filed an explosive federal lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that Mayor Eric Adams and department leaders function as a criminal “racketeering” enterprise.
Donlon said the officials’ efforts to consolidate power and punish dissent included manipulating the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau to block probes, promoting unqualified but politically connected officers — including by forging his approval using his official commissioner’s stamp — and retaliating against him by sidelining him and even falsely arresting his wife.
In addition to Adams, the 251-page complaint names Chief of Department John Chell, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry, First Deputy Commissioner Tania Kinsella, Former Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard, Former Chief of Department Jeffery Maddrey and several other top officials…