A former interim New York police commissioner is alleging New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his officials were embroiled in a “coordinated criminal conspiracy” in City Hall and the New York Police Department.

Thomas Donlon filed a 251-page lawsuit in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday morning, alleging Adams and officials were inappropriately rewarding allies and exacting payback on foes, the New York Post reported.

“A coordinated criminal conspiracy had taken root at the highest levels of City government — carried out through wire fraud, mail fraud, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers,” the document reads, according to the report.

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