A 40-year veteran of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office faced cruel discrimination and retaliation at work while she cared for her ailing elderly parents, a new lawsuit claims.
Joan Davila, the demoted former head of the office’s crucial extradition office, suffered years of “caretaker discrimination, retaliation and harassment” — including the temporary revoking of her health-insurance coverage and being told to stop talking about her recently deceased dad, according to her suit and an exclusive interview with The Post.
When her official complaints were ignored, Davila tried to ask for help from higher-ups in the office, but everyone ignored her pleas, she said.
“There’s no empathy,” Davila said, calling the office she loved for nearly four decades now a “toxic environment…