Wednesday, April 25, 2018

City Worker: Controller Axed Me for Calling Out Political Motives


By James Fanelli

A longtime employee at the city controller's office said he was demoted and ultimately fired because he raised a stink about Comptroller Scott Stringer quickly settling legal claims for political reasons.

Emilio Gonzalez, the onetime chief of the property damage division at the controller's office, filed a lawsuit against the city last August, saying his bosses told him to just go with the flow after he raised concerns that claim examiners paid out claims without due diligence.

“It was clear to Gonzalez that they wanted cases disposed of, not based on merit but upon political considerations which made the comptroller look good in the eyes of the public and his political supporters,” the lawsuit said.

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Source: The New York Daily News (via Empire Report New York) 

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