New York City Mayor Eric Adams is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman three decades ago.
The civil lawsuit was filed last Wednesday, two days before the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which let people sue their alleged abusers in civil court, regardless of the statute of limitations, during a yearlong window.
Adams has denied the allegations. “I have no idea of, you know, why this was brought forth,” he said in an interview on MSNBC on Sunday. “I don’t recall ever meeting this person over 30 years ago.”
WNYC’s Elizabeth Kim covers the mayor and City Hall and recently spoke with host Kerry Nolan about the case.
Kerry Nolan: What do we know about the alleged incident?
Elizabeth Kim: The court filing is only three pages and short on details. What we know is that the accuser says Adams sexually assaulted her when they were both city employees in 1993. Adams was a transit officer at the time.
She’s accusing him of other charges too: battery, employment discrimination, retaliation and “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
Aside from Adams, the court filing names the City of New York, the New York Police Department’s transit bureau, and the department’s Guardians Association, a fraternal organization representing Black officers.
The accuser is seeking at least $5 million in damages.
What do we know about the accuser?
Kim: WNYC is not naming her because she’s an alleged victim of sexual assault. We have reached out to both her and her attorney but neither have responded.
But according to the NYPD, she was appointed in November 1980 as a police administrative aide. She separated from the police department in October 1992. The NYPD also notes she didn’t work for the police department for the entire 12 years.
Can you tell us more about how the Adult Survivors Act allows this lawsuit to be filed now, even though the alleged incident happened 30 years ago?
Kim: The Adult Survivors Act, a state law, was passed in 2022 and gave accusers a…
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