MANHATTAN — A federal court in New York declined to dismiss a nonprofit executive’s municipal liability claim against New York City, former mayor Eric Adams and members of the NYPD alleging that police officials released details of her sexual assault and accused her of filing a false rape allegation against a Black man as retaliation against her. She worked as the executive director of a foundation for young and marginalized New Yorkers and advocates for them against violent policing tactics. It is not clear whether one or more officers spread rumors that she falsely accused the Black man of rape, but it does not count as an isolated incident because rumors continued to spread after she put a high-level officer on notice of the claims.
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