PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — For eight months, a top Providence public works official has collected a six-figure paycheck while sitting on paid leave. And the city won’t say why.
Maureen McManus, the deputy director of the Department of Public Works, earns $128,153 per year and has continued receiving her salary since she was quietly placed on leave Jan. 10.
She has held the position since May 2021 and is second in command to Director Patricia Coyne-Fague, who was appointed in 2023…