The police officers' union says faulty hiring practices, not the officers, are to blame, and scored a favorable initial ...

Thomas Donlon, a former federal agent who served as police commissioner last fall, sued Mayor Adams and top current and former NYPD officials Wednesday, alleging they operated a “corrupt ...

In a federal racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday, the ex-commissioner, Thomas Donlon, alleges Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle showered unqualified loyalists with promotions, buried allegations ...

An internal probe found dozens of NYPD rookies were hired despite being disqualified. A judge has now paused the city's attempt to fire them.

"This is not about poor leadership or isolated wrongdoing — it is about an organized, criminal abuse of public power," Donlon's lawyer, John A. Scola, said.

A Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday granted 30 recently-hired NYPD officers a reprieve from being fired, rejecting the department’s bid to end a temporary order blocking the terminations. The ...

Four high-ranking former New York City police officials have sued Mayor Eric Adams and his close allies. The former officials accuse them of doling out promotions and, in some cases, accepting ...

Nearly three dozen NYPD officers who the department now says never should have been hired or promoted will be allowed to remain on the force, for now, amid the ongoing scandal.

The NYPD moved to fire the officers after department officials discovered they had been hired despite having been flagged for ...

Stamford police say two suspects are in custody related to two robberies, including one of an off-duty NYPD officer.

A New York Supreme Court judge halted the NYPD's attempt to fire 31 officers hired against protocol, pending a court ...

An NYPD officer who struck and killed a pedestrian while off-duty in Nassau County will not face criminal charges, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced.