This photo, released by Office of the New York Mayor, shows Mayor Eric Adams during a public safety-related announcement at New York City Police Department headquarters, Oct. 26, 2023. (Mayoral Photography Office/Ed Reed via AP)
Donlon stated that "this enterprise — the NYPD — was criminal at its core."
Politico also reported that Donlon said in an accompanying statement that "this lawsuit is not a personal grievance; it is a statement against a corrupt system that betrays the public, silences truth, and punishes integrity."
"The goal is to drive real change, hold the corrupt, deceitful, and abusively powerful accountable, and restore the voice of every honorable officer who has been silenced or denied justice," wrote Donlon.
A lawsuit claims the NYPD was effectively a "criminal at its core" in the hands of incumbent Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, who is running for re-election this November as an independent. (iStock)
In response, Kayla Mamelak Altus, a spokesperson for Adams, told Fox News Digital that "these are baseless accusations from a disgruntled former employee who — when given the opportunity to lead the greatest police department in the world — proved himself to be ineffective."
"This suit is nothing more than an attempt to seek compensation at the taxpayer’s expense after Mr. Donlon was rightfully removed from the role of interim police commissioner," Mamelak Altus claimed.
The spokesperson said Adams’ office "will respond in court, where we are confident these absurd claims will be disproven."
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Adams is currently facing an uphill fight for re-election against Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, a self-professed democratic socialist, as well as former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and Republican candidate and activist Curtis Sliwa.
