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.

Donlon alleges that Maddrey and other NYPD leaders in Adams’ inner circle tried to sabotage him, because they resented that he’d been appointed commissioner. The lawsuit accused Maddrey of deploying “spies” to monitor Donlon and feed him information.