Councilor Flynn calls for Economic Opportunity and Inclusion chief’s resignation

City Councilor Ed Flynn issued a call for the resignation of Boston s Chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion Segun Idowu and is seeking an outside assessment of several city departments He made the call Sunday in a announcement shared on social media The Chief of Boston s Economic Opportunity and Inclusion failed to provide positive and ethical leadership to its employees businesses and Boston residents declared Flynn in a post on X on Sunday Ethical leadership can t be an afterthought in city regime I m calling for his immediate resignation or termination The city councilor also called for an outside examination into the hiring practices workplace society and milieu in several city departments including the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion and Mayor s Office of Neighborhood Services The Mayor s office did not respond to a request for comment Sunday evening Flynn did not specify the reason for his calls for Idowu s termination Sunday But his announcement follows a police account last week alleging two city employees one working as a neighborhood business manager for the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion and a second as chief of staff for the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency were involved in a domestic violence event Both city employees Marwa Khudaynazar and Chulan Huang were charged with assault and battery on a household member Khudaynazar a head at the police accountability office was also charged with assault and battery on a police officer Both pleaded not guilty at their arraignments on Thursday Idowu was not named in the police account The Herald also reached to Idowu for comment and did not this instant receive a response Related Articles Boston strikes deal opening union job opportunities for Madison Park grads Fastest Bostonians in the Boston Marathon honored One Boston ceremony commemorates th anniversary of Boston Marathon bombing Wu says Boston is not doing a hiring freeze or mass layoffs in response to federal funding threats Youth Summer Jobs Fair broken up due to fights overcrowding Boston Police say The employees were without delay placed on unpaid leave following the situation Flynn called for both to be fired following the episode The city councilor also called for an independent research into workplace practices and atmosphere of the same three departments following the event last week Idowu has headed the City s Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion since January The Boston Police Detectives Union has also called for an inquiry into the arrests Domestic Violence and Assault and Battery on a Police Officer charges are unacceptable by their very nature the union wrote in a social media post after the event Thursday However when the alleged perpetrator of such crimes holds a society office that can drastically impact a police officer s livelihood the blatant disrespect towards officers is especially troubling We can only hope for a bias-free inquiry the union added and that the City uses the same lens of scrutiny in this occurrence that they would use if the statements were against a sworn police officer