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”. Four others lawsuits were filed by former top police officials last week, which made similar claims about Adams’s involvement in NYPD corruption. The alleged corruption, Donlon claims, was used to promote unqualified, politically connected cops and “triggered a massive, unlawful transfer of public wealth – millions of dollars in unearned salary increases, overtime eligibility, pension enhancements, and post-retirement benefits”. Adams switched political parties after a series of scandals, including a since-abandoned federal corruption prosecution, and skipped the New York City mayoral democratic primary race last month, which was won by Zohran Mamdani. Last year, Donlon briefly served as interim police commissioner after Edward Caban resigned amid a federal investigation into potential corruption in the NYPD.