New York Mayor Eric Adams has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993, according to a legal summons filed Wednesday.

The three-page dossier contains no details of the alleged attack but names Adams, the New York Police Department’s Transit Bureau and the New York Police Department’s Guardians Ass.

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The plaintiff was sexually assaulted by the defendant Eric Adams in New York, New York, in 1993 while they both worked for the city of New York, the complaint states.

The filing seeks a lawsuit and $5 million in damages. It was filed in the Manhattan State Supreme Court. The woman’s attorney did not immediately return an emailed request for comment Thursday.

In a statement, a city hall spokesperson said: The mayor does not know who this person is. If they ever met, he can’t remember. But he would never do anything to physically harm anyone else and strongly denies such claims.

The soon-to-expire Adult Survivors Act has launched more than 2,500 sexual abuse lawsuits

Adams, a Democrat, was a New York City police officer who rose to the rank of captain before entering politics. Before becoming mayor, he was a senator and president of the Brooklyn borough.

The subpoena was filed under the Adult Survivors Act, a special New York law that has paved the way for a wave of lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct. The law has led to more than 2,500 lawsuits, including cases against former President Donald Trump, hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs and British comedian-actor Russell Brand.

The filing comes as Adams is dogged by an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign, which prompted agents to seize his phones and raid the home of his chief campaign fundraiser.

The New York Times and New York Post have reported that part of the investigation involves examining whether Adams improperly tried to help Turkey’s government get city approval to open a 35-story skyscraper in 2021 with diplomatic facilities, despite concerns about the fire safety of the towers. systems.

Adams has sidestepped questions about the FBI investigation but insists he did nothing wrong.