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A year after a city watchdog documented that the head of the city Board of Elections regularly made inappropriate sexual and ethnically biased comments to a younger Hispanic staff attorney, Executive Director Michael Ryan still has his $274,000-a-year job there, and the BOE has yet to implement most of the oversight agency’s recommended reforms.
In a January 2025 report first revealed by THE CITY, the city Department of Investigationsubstantiated allegations by a BOE lawyer, Stephanie Jaquez, that Ryan, who is white, made numerous “unwelcome gender, race and ethnicity-based comments” in her presence, including singing a song in Spanish that translated to “come to bed.”
But the Elections Board rejected DOI’s call to fire Ryan or give him an opportunity to resign. It also rejected DOI’s recommendation that all harassment complaints — including those directed at the director or board members — be referred to an outside agency to ensure there’s independent oversight of these types of internal complaints.
An attorney for Jaquez, who resigned before reporting Ryan to DOI, filed a civil rights suit against the board, the individual BOE commissioners and Ryan in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday. The suit alleges that the board “failed to establish an independent and functional reporting structure for its employees,” and instead “rerouted the complaints to the very executive responsible for the misconduct.”
In Brooklyn, no Manhattan-bound F trains between Avenue P and Avenue I from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
As an Assemblymember, Zohran Mamdani called on the state to end 24-hour workdays for home care workers. On Tuesday, the workers began an indefinite outside of City Hall to press Mayor Mamdani and the City Council to cap shifts at 12 hours.
An immigration judge on Wednesday ordered the deportation of Venezuela-born City Council employee Rafael Andrés Rubio Bohorquez, whose January arrest at an immigration services check-in on Long Island drew outrage.
“This outcome does not change the fundamental facts of this case: Rafael had legal authorization to remain in the United States, he followed the rules, and he showed up for a routine immigration appointment — only to be detained and held for months now,” City Council Speaker Julie Menin said on Wednesday, adding that Rubio Bohorquez will file an appeal before an April 17 deadline.
— Claudia Irizarry Aponte
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Thursday, March 19: Brooklyn Academy of Music’s second free music season hosts a show spotlighting Caribbean artists and sounds in Fort Greene, including Anika Berry, Hearts of Steel and other guests. Free, at 7 p.m.
Friday, March 20: Join author Angela Jaeger at The National Arts Club for a reading from “I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977 – 1981” where she recounts her coming-of-age in the heart of New York's punk scene. Free, at 7:00 p.m. Register here.
Friday, March 20: “Frolic Hairology” at Lincoln Center brings together some of today's most innovative Black burlesque and drag performers. Free, at 7:00 p.m.
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