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.

Donlon filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to appoint a special monitor to oversee the nation’s largest police force.

Former interim NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming that New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his top staff at the NYPD are running the department as a criminal racketeering enterprise.

The NYPD’s former chief of detectives filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging he was forced out of the department and retaliated against because he raised concerns over what he viewed as improper promotions and transfers,

Donlon claims top NYPD officials forged his signature, rigged promotions, and had his wife arrested in a scheme to silence him.

Four high-ranking former New York City police officials are accusing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies of doling out promotions to unqualified allies as part of a scheme that also involved alleged cash bribes paid to the ex-police commissioner.

The allegations were made in a lawsuit filed by a former chief of detectives, James Essig, who said he was forced out of the NYPD after raising concerns about the promotions.