Burlington’s former racial equity director is demanding the city pay her $7.5 million, alleging she faced a “racially motivated campaign of denigration” during her tenure that continued well after she resigned in March 2022.
Tyeastia Green’s allegations are spelled out in a 14-page letter from her attorney and in emails to Burlington city officials, which Seven Days obtained through a public records request. The letter was dated April 3, two days after Green’s former boss, mayor Miro Weinberger, left office.
While Green and Weinberger clearly had differences, the letter details the depth of their falling-out. At one point, Green alleges, the then-mayor yelled at her on a phone call; soon afterward, he asked her not to resign because he worried it would make him look bad, the letter claims…