February 18, 2026
A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday threw out a former New York Police Department commissioner's civil racketeering lawsuit accusing ex-Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials of running the NYPD as a criminal enterprise and retaliating against him for trying to expose the alleged misconduct.
July 16, 2025
A former New York Police Department commissioner on Wednesday sued Mayor Eric Adams and other city officials in federal court alleging they ran the police department as a criminal enterprise that hid misconduct, paid out millions of taxpayer dollars to politically connected officers, and retaliated against him and his wife when he blew the whistle.