A senior aide to Mayor Eric Adams has been hit with a third lawsuit, this one alleging that he “enjoyed bragging about his power and ability to discipline NYPD officers.”
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan by NYPD Capt. George Huang, alleges that his aide, Tim Pearson, told officers stories about how he “disposal” of officers who had disobeyed him.
“Each of Defendant Pearson’s statements was intended to intimidate employees and convey how powerful he was,” the court documents state, accusing the city of retaliating against Huang and allowing a hostile work environment.
The lawsuit also names NYPD Commissioner Jeffrey Madeley and Deputy Inspector Joseph Profeta of the Bureau of Internal Affairs as defendants.
Huang is the third officer to accuse Pearson of misconduct during his time working with him.
In April, former officer Roxanne Ludemann filed a sickening sexual harassment lawsuit, alleging that Pearson made advances on her at a company party in December 2022.
Ludemann claimed Pearson ruined his career by turning down his advances.
A month later, retired Sergeant Michael Ferrari sued Pearson, alleging that after he supported Ludeman’s claims, Pearson transferred him to a dead-end job in Queens and forced him to resign.
In the latest case, Huang claimed he was removed after substantiating sexual harassment allegations against Pearson.
The lawsuit alleges that he was shifted to overnight shifts and “denied overtime pay” while he and his wife were grieving the death of their 7-year-old daughter.
“[Huang confided] “He informed his superiors that he and his wife had lost a daughter in 2022 and that he was concerned that his wife could come into harm’s way if she was left alone overnight,” the lawsuit states.
Despite this, Huang continued to work on the late-night tours due to his “complaints and objections to sexual harassment,” the lawsuit alleges.
Court documents also revealed that Profeta was alleged to have threatened Huang, yelling at her and “slamming his fist on the table” in an attempt to get her to change her testimony about the sexual harassment.
The court documents also include allegations that the FBI had been interviewing Pearson.
The FBI, along with NYPD officers, visited Huang at his home in February and allegedly asked him whether he had worked with Pearson.
Huang said he did so but declined to comment further for fear of further retaliation as alleged in the lawsuit.
The allegations arose while Huang, Ferrari and Ludemann were working in the Local Government Services Evaluation Unit, a newly established unit at the time aimed at making local agencies more efficient.
The MSA was initially overseen by Deputy Mayor for Public Affairs Philip Banks, but Pearson took over in October 2022.
The city did not respond to specific questions about the lawsuit.
“All three lawsuits were filed by the same attorneys and were provided to the same reporter prior to filing the lawsuits. We will review the lawsuits,” a spokesperson told The Post.
The New York Police Department said it would “review the complaint once it is received.”
