The City Council plans to ram through a controversial bill giving the NYPD’s civilian watchdog direct access to body-worn camera footage — despite cops ripping it as an “unnecessary” power grab, The Post has learned.

Outgoing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams will be putting the first-of-its-kind law up for a vote by the full 51-member body next week, while privately boasting to members that it will be part of her “legacy,” insiders said.

The bill — introduced by Adams and co-sponsored by a slate of leftie lawmakers, including Democratic Socialists of America council members Tiffany Caban and Shahana Hanif — would give the Civilian Complaint Review Board real-time access to the NYPD servers storing police videos.

The police department’s largest union railed that the law would continue to

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