"This is not about poor leadership or isolated wrongdoing — it is about an organized, criminal abuse of public power," Donlon's lawyer, John A. Scola, said.

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.

Tom Donlon, who briefly led the country’s largest police force in 2024, is calling for a federal takeover of the department

Four high-ranking former NYPD chiefs are suing Mayor Adams, claiming they were forced to retire from the department after complaining that his “unqualified” friends were being placed

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,

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Four former high-ranking NYPD officials allege in a series of lawsuits that Mayor Eric Adams and his “longtime friends and cronies” in the Police Department retaliated against them and pushed them toward resignation.

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.

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.

Federal prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Maddrey, who resigned over sexual abuse accusations, learned of the request during an investigation into overtime misuse in his office.