CHICAGO - The Regional Transportation Authority’s top two executives — one of them the son-in-law of Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan — are under investigation over allegations involving sexual and racial harassment of RTA employees.
The RTA has referred the matter to the state’s executive inspector general, Ricardo Meza, following an internal investigation of the allegations, which were leveled more than a year ago against the agency’s executive director, Joseph Costello, and his chief of staff, Jordan Matyas.
Matyas is the son-in-law of Madigan (D-Chicago) and the brother-in-law of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
The allegations involve “a series of anonymous complaints about sexual and racial harassment complaints against Joe Costello and Jordan Matyas” involving comments made at meetings, according to a source familiar with the investigation.
Find the rest in today's Chicago Sun-Times.