Ebony Huntley, former chief investigator at the New York City Department of Probation, has filed a lawsuit claiming she was fired after calling out an alleged romantic relationship between the agency’s newly installed commissioner and a senior aide. Huntley says she was making about $170,000 a year in the role and argues in court papers that the city now owes her roughly $200,000 in unpaid pay after her abrupt dismissal, which she says came one day after she contacted the city’s Department of Investigation.
The suit, filed April 9, 2026, accuses Commissioner Sharun Goodwin of bringing back aide Wayne McKenzie despite what the complaint describes as a prior intimate relationship. Huntley alleges she was punished for flagging the situation and is seeking back pay and damages. Those claims were laid out in reporting on the alleged tryst firing claim. Her lawsuit asks the court to award her roughly $200,000 in pay and damages and to rule that her termination violated the law.
Sharun Goodwin was tapped by Mayor Zohran Mamdani in January to run the Department of Probation, an appointment announced by the Mayor’s Office. The city announcement highlights Goodwin’s decades-long career inside DOP, and reporting by City & State notes she came back to the agency after retiring in 2024. That long history with the department has turned this legal fight into a very inside-baseball drama for staff and for outside advocates who watch probation...
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