Picozzi Reelected as Warwick Mayor

Picozzi Reelected as Warwick Mayor

Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi won reelection on Tuesday.

This is Picozzi’s third term, after first winning the office in 2020. 

He defeated Democrat Leah Hazelwood and independent Patrick Maloney, Jr.

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Independent Picozzi has faced a number of challenges this past term, including ongoing battles with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation and controversies tied to the Water Division.

In October, the City of Warwick, the Warwick Water Division, and Warwick Picozzi were named as defendants in a new lawsuit filed in federal court. 

It marks the latest since GoLocal first reported in June that former Warwick Water employee Bree Boulais alleged she was sexually harassed by department director Terry DiPetrillo in a federal lawsuit. 

Now, Warwick Water Division employee Peter Broomfield has sued the city in federal court over an incident in which DiPetrillo reportedly told a “Nazi joke” and slapped Broomfield in the face as the “punchline.”

DiPetrillo, who was arrested for the alleged assault, was suspended for that incident by the city - before taking months of paid medical leave this summer following Boulais’s lawsuit and claims. 

In the 35-page complaint filed in United States Federal Court on Thursday by attorney Paige Munro Delotto, Broomfield, who says he is of Jewish descent, says the “Nazi joke” incident violated his protections under state and federal law.