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A former top NYPD lawyer sued the department, Mayor Eric Adams and two former officials Wednesday, alleging they fired her in retaliation after she determined that the force’s top uniformed chief should be penalized for misusing his authority.

Amy Litwin, the former head of the Department Advocate’s Office, said former NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban ousted her from the department two months after she wrote a 19-page report arguing that then-Chief

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