From the New York Post: The NYPD under Mayor Eric Adams solicited bribes for promotions, falsified time cards, put unqualified pals in specialized units and routinely ignored rules on body cameras, a bombshell series of new lawsuits claims.
Four bombshell lawsuits filed late Monday accuse Adams and his top NYPD allies of running a department where corruption and retaliation were common, and substantiate rumors of multiple federal and local investigations into illegal behavior.
The suits come as Adams faces an uphill re-election campaign as an independent.
Former NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig’s lawsuit claims former Commissioner Edward Caban sold promotions for up to $15,000, and is currently under a federal investigation for selling shields.
According to the suit, Caban “tired” of Essig challenging him and former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey’s “unusual and non-customary promotion and transfer practices,” including “unvetted promotions” into the mega-sensitive Special Victims Unit, and told him to take a $50,000 pay cut — or resign.
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