New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in 1993

New York City Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in 1993

The woman said she experienced employment gender discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment, according to a legal summons filed Wednesday.

Mayor Eric Adams is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993 as part of a lawsuit filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act.

The three-page summons was filed in state Supreme Court in Manhattan on Wednesday night, two days before the law expires. The Adult Survivors Act was passed by the state Legislature in 2022, and has for the last year allowed accusers to sue their alleged abusers in civil court and seek monetary damages, regardless of when the abuse occurred.

Gothamist is withholding the name of the mayor’s accuser, but the summons states she was sexually assaulted by Adams, a former NYPD officer, when they both worked for the city of New York.

Adams was a transit police officer at the time of the alleged assault. The court filing also names the transit bureau of the NYPD, the Guardian Association of the NYPD, a fraternal organization of Black law enforcement officers, and three other unknown entities as defendants.

Along with sexual assault, the suit also accuses Adams, the NYPD and the other co-defendants of battery, employment discrimination, retaliation and “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”

The woman is seeking at least $5 million, according to the summons.

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