Remember the flawed circumcision deal promoted by then-NY State Commissioner of Health Antonia Novello? The one that experts said would not reduce the risk of herpes transmission?
Antonia Novello and her former boss George Pataki are in the news this morning for sending hundreds of thousands of healthcare dollars out of the country. They also, gave Kiryas Joel, the Satmar village known for its corruption and its block-voting, 1.5 million dollars for a "home for postpartum mothers." The money was drawn from a fund meant to pay for health related emergencies, and was given at a time when Novello was being touted by Pataki as a candidate for US Senate.