Last November, a top Manhattan police commander with an ambitious plan to give away 2,000 turkeys to New Yorkers for Thanksgiving but short of cash turned to an ally of Mayor Adams to push local businesses into contributing, a new lawsuit alleges.

The campaign by Asst. Chief Ruel Stephenson and Susana Osorio, the Adams backer and uptown food maven known for Mama Sushi , targeted restaurant and bar owners in Washington Heights and Inwood. They raised close to $30,000 in just four days, records show.

But the effort may have bumped up against city conflict of interest rules, according to a good government group, and is detailed in a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed Tuesday by Lt. Jamie Nardini, who works for Stephenson in Patrol Borough Manhattan North.

Nardini alleges

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