In a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court, former CIO Charlie Brennanis suing the City of Philadelphia, Mayor James Kenney and senior staffers over his January firing.

First reported by Philly Mag’s Victor Fiorillo, the lawsuit states Brennan’s belief that he was let go due to “multiple unlawful retaliatory reasons,” namely, his objections to “unlawful racial practices and hiring” and his “whistleblowing objections as to expenditures and contracting.”

Cited in the lawsuit as defendants alongside Kenney and the city are Chief Administrative Officer Christine Derenick-Lopez, chief of staff Jane Slusser and Chief Diversity Oficer Nolan Atkinson.

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