NEW YORK (AP) — 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 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 Interim NYPD Police Commissioner Tom Donlon has filed a bombshell lawsuit alleging the NYPD is “criminal at its core”.  The 251-page lawsuit, which was filed in the Southern District Wednesday morning,