Mayor Lovely Warren has released a letter demanding answers on the firing of Alex Castro as Executive Director of the Rochester Housing Authority to RHA Chairman George Moses: Dear Chairman Moses, On Wednesday morning you notified me of the Board’s decision to remove Alex Castro as Executive Director of the Rochester Housing Authority. At that point you said it was a personnel matter and I asked for an explanation as to why he was removed. You said one would be forthcoming. To date I have not received the explanation which I requested. I am now asking you to immediately explain why Mr. Castro was removed, otherwise I will have no choice but to get more involved. I recognize that an interim replacement to Mr. Castro was needed. However, now that Adam McFadden is in place for a three-month period, a formal search must be done to find the most qualified candidate for the position. In this appointment, the RHA Board of Directors was entrusted to make decisions that would first and foremost serve our residents and protect the housing of the most vulnerable among us. Your organization serves 22,000 people in our region, 2,400 residents who live in properties that you in part manage. This responsibility is too great to make an appointment of an executive director without a rigorous review of qualifications. I expect to hear back from you today with the reasons why Mr. Castro was let go, otherwise I will have no choice but to further look into the actions of the board, and publicly call for your resignations. Sincerely, Lovely A. Warren Mayor, City of Rochester
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:50:19 +0000