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.

Former New York Police Department Commissioner Thomas Donlon calls the NYPD a "corrupt enterprise" in a federal lawsuit that he filed in New York City.

The former interim police commissioner has accused Mayor Eric Adams and his top cop cronies of running the NYPD as a “coordinated criminal conspiracy” to commit fraud to reward loyal lackeys and

Nearly three dozen NYPD officers who the department now says never should have been hired or promoted will be allowed to remain on the force, for now, amid the ongoing scandal.