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PHILADELPHIA – After a federal judge dismissed a discrimination suit from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Mayor Jim Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, the case has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney are seeking to dismiss a discrimination complaint from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, arguing it lacks any factual basis.
The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Inc. of Yonkers, N.Y., plus Squilla, the 1492 Society and Jody Della Barba, all of Philadelphia, first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6 versus the City and Kenney.
The suit assailed the City and Kenney as having engaged in “continued, unrelenting, and intentionally discriminatory acts” against Italian-Americans – punctuated by Kenney’s Executive Order 2-21, which replaced Columbus Day as an official City holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day.
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PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney, over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday and other incidents the suit says speak to his prejudice for Italian-Americans.
The Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, Inc. of Yonkers, N.Y., Philadelphia City Council member Mark F. Squilla, the 1492 Society and Jody Della Barba, all of Philadelphia, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6 versus the City and Kenney.
On top of Philly news Italian American groups and Councilmember Squilla sue Mayor Kenney for nixing Columbus Day
Filed in federal court, the lawsuit also cites the removal of the Rizzo statue and the demotion of a police captain.
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Councilmember Mark Squilla and Italian American groups in Philadelphia have filed a discrimination lawsuit against Mayor Jim Kenney over his delisting of Columbus Day as a city holiday in Philadelphia.
In addition to Squilla, plaintiffs include the 1492 Society, the organization that plans Philly’s annual Columbus Day parade; the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations, a NYC-based coalition of prominent Italian American groups; and Jody Della Barba, a former secretary to Frank Rizzo and avid d