Nassau Democrats are calling on the FBI to probe what they’re claiming is a “cover up” surrounding the sudden firing of the county’s prime hospital official after paperwork tied to a federal investigation had been stolen from his dwelling.
In a brand new letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, Nassau Democrats are urging the company to research Republican County Government Bruce Blakeman’s sudden ousting of Nassau College Medical Middle chair Matthew Bruderman — who was booted from his submit in April simply hours after somebody broke into his dwelling and stole a batch of recordsdata.
“We’re laying out and raising questions that no reasonable government would ignore,” Minority Chief Delia DeRiggi-Whitton informed reporters Monday at a press convention in Mineola.
”We wish the reality, and we would like it now,” she stated, calling on the FBI to uncover whether or not Bruderman’s dismissal was politically motivated.
On the time of the firing — 4 hours after The Submit broke the information of the housebreaking — Blakeman declined to clarify his reasoning for eradicating Bruderman, however is now denying that the break-in had something to do with it.
“Matt Bruderman did an outstanding job of reducing the hospital’s deficit by $120 million and the County Executive replaced him with Health Commissioner Dr. Irina Gelman,” Chris Boyle, a Blakeman spokesperson, informed The Submit, “primarily because he felt that the leadership should shift from concentrating on financial issues to medical and patient care issues to which Dr. Gelman was eminently qualified.”
County Legislator Seth Koslow, a former prosecutor who’s difficult Blakeman in November, isn’t shopping for his rationalization — likening the county government’s actions to “obstruction 101.”
“As a former prosecutor, something doesn’t add up,” stated Koslow, a Democrat. “Whichever way you slice it, this smells like a cover-up and the public deserves an explanation.”
Dems additionally stated they submitted a Freedom of Data of Regulation request for the since-recovered paperwork stolen from Bruderman’s Oyster Bay dwelling — not realizing what they might reveal.
These paperwork are tied to an FBI investigation, in response to Lengthy Island pols, into allegations that state and native officers diverted greater than $1 billion in federal hospital funds over a long time as a part of a scheme to financially cripple NUMC and pave the best way for its closure.
The FBI declined to substantiate that investigation.
In the meantime, Nassau County police has since taken over the April housebreaking from Middle Island PD however declined to remark because the case stays a part of an ongoing investigation.
Bruderman didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
On the time of his firing, Bruderman informed The Submit he was used as a political pawn, alleging that Blakeman orchestrated a backroom deal, though he didn’t supply specifics.
The FBI didn’t reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
