Arroyo says he faced sabotage as he diversified staff at Suffolk register of probate
The suspended Suffolk register of probate is alleging he faced resistance and sabotage by longtime court employees who resented his efforts to diversify the staff and hire people with language skills to assist residents who don’t speak English.
An attorney for register Felix D. Arroyo said Monday that Arroyo inherited an office hobbled by years of mismanagement and cronyism. Arroyo became register in 2015 as the first person of color elected to the post. Court officials suspended him earlier this month without making specific allegations of wrongdoing and placed him on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the operation of the office.
His attorney, Walter B. Prince, said court administrators undermined Arroyo by preventing him from hiring his own management team as allowed under state law. Administrators did not allow Arroyo to fill positions to help clear a backlog of cases and at times did not allow him to fill other vacancies, the attorney said.
“Felix has been working hard to reform the office and to hire qualified people from diverse backgrounds,” Prince said in an interview. “It’s been met with significant resistance by the folks who have benefited by the previous practices of that office
An attorney for register Felix D. Arroyo said Monday that Arroyo inherited an office hobbled by years of mismanagement and cronyism. Arroyo became register in 2015 as the first person of color elected to the post. Court officials suspended him earlier this month without making specific allegations of wrongdoing and placed him on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the operation of the office.
“Felix has been working hard to reform the office and to hire qualified people from diverse backgrounds,” Prince said in an interview. “It’s been met with significant resistance by the folks who have benefited by the previous practices of that office
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