Politically connected Chicago Park District manager got slap on the wrist after mishandling a sexual harassment allegation

Maya Solis, the Chicago Park District’s south region director, speaks at a senior citizens event at Calumet Park fieldhouse on Sept. 7, 2023. An internal investigation found Solis failed to report another employee’s sexual harassment claims. (Manuel Martinez / WBEZ)

A politically connected manager at the scandal-plagued Chicago Park District failed to report another employee’s sexual harassment allegation but faced only light discipline, according to documents obtained by WBEZ.

Maya Solis — a daughter of disgraced former Ald. Danny Solis — continues in her $126,072-a-year post as one of three region directors for the Park District, despite an internal investigation that found she learned about the sexual harassment allegation in 2018 and did not report it.