” A former city attorney claims in a lawsuit that his boss ostracized him and then forced him to resign for complaining to her and, in some cases, refusing to go along with practices in the law department that he contends were illegal and unprofessional. He is the third former attorney from the department to take legal action against the city in recent months.
Peter Lomtevas said in his legal filings that he discovered “either irrational, unethical, or illegal behavior” in the law office and the city that he reported to Corporation Counsel Maxine Barasch and others at City Hall, both verbally and in writing.”
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Nelson, Paul. Albany Times Union 23 August 2024.