A New York City public defender is suing Legal Aid Society for wrongful dismissal, claiming that she was forced from her job and 'discriminated against on the basis of race'.
Maud Maron worked for Legal Aid Society from 1998-2006, and then from 2017 until her departure. She is currently on sabbatical, but in court documents claims the group have made it impossible to return.
On Monday she sued Legal Aid Society, and her union, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, in the Southern District of New York, accusing them of running a smear campaign to force her out for her views.
'None of this would have happened if I just said I loved books like White Fragility, and I'm a fan of Bill de Blasio's proposals for changing New York City public schools, and I planned to vote for Maya Wiley for mayor,' she told Bari Weiss for her Substack newsletter.
Maud Maron, who ran for City Council, on Monday sued Legal Aid Society and her union, claiming she had been discriminated against because she was white and held different views than others within the organization
Maron spoke to Bari Weiss (pictured) for her Substack newsletter on Monday
'The reason they went after me is because I have a different point of view.'
In late 2019 her boss, Tina Luongo, informed her she was being investigated following a complaint from members of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid Caucus and Attorneys of Color of Legal Aid, Weiss wrote.
'I knew the accusations were baseless,' Maron told Weiss.
'It had everything to do with them deeming me an enemy of their politics and trying to go after me at work.'
A former colleague of Maron's said: 'It was McCarthyism. That is the only word to describe it.'
Maron was cleared in January 2020.
In July 2020 she wrote an op ed for The New York Post, entitled: 'Racial obsessions make it impossible for NYC schools to treat parents, kids as people.'
All four of Maron's children attended public schools. She was elected to the local Community Education Council - the
