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Edward Helmore

Ex-police commissioner sues New York City and Eric Adams over alleged NYPD corruption

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Eric Adams in New York earlier this month. Photograph: Europa Newswire/Shutterstock

A former New York police commissioner is suing the city, Eric Adams, the mayor, and top police officials, accusing them of a “coordinated criminal enterprise that had taken root at the highest levels of city government”.

Tom Donlon, who served for two months last year as New York’s top cop, filed the 251-page claim in federal court on Wednesday. In it, among other explosive claims, he says he attempted to establish internal oversight into corruption at the NYPD, and “uncovered systemic corruption and criminal conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership”, but after he warned Adams he was sidelined.

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