NY Post Top News|众议院议长迈克·约翰逊谴责曼达尼领导的卫生部因“全球压迫”组织而政治化
House Speaker Mike Johnson slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdanis health department staffers for politicizing the agency by forming a global oppression working group that accused Israel of committing genocide.
Instead of trying to force a radical-left foreign policy agenda, the bureaucrats in Zohran Mamdanis Department of Health should focus on delivering the services New Yorkers pay for with their tax dollars, Johnson said in a statement on X Tuesday .
Johnson linked to a Post exclusive report revealing that DOH staffers had created the Global Oppression and Public Health Working Group, which held its first meeting last week during the middle of the workday from the agencys headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
We really developed in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, one presenter reading from the groups mission statement said near the beginning of the meeting, according to video obtained by The Post.
Critics including City Council Speaker Julie Menin have called for an investigation over whether the departments employees were using taxpayer resources to promote a political agenda.
Its unclear from Johnsons statement whether the House of Representatives would take up the matter.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo whom Mamdani defeated in the mayoral election last year claimed the politicization of the health department was criminal, and called for the city Department of Investigation, City Comptroller Mark Levine and the council to launch probes.
Why dont you worry about the mentally ill people on the street who are freezing to death, Cuomo said on his Sunday 77 WABC Pulse of the People program.
Where is the Department of Investigation? Hello. Wake up, Department of Investigation.
Cuomo called it criminal to use public resources for political advocacy and also questioned Mamdanis new office of mass engagement .
Mamdani and the DOH had no immediate comment.
众议院议长迈克·约翰逊谴责纽约市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼领导的卫生部门工作人员,指责其通过成立一个指控以色列实施种族灭绝的“全球压迫工作组”来将该机构政治化。
约翰逊周二在X平台发表声明称:"佐赫兰·马姆达尼(Zohran Mamdani)领导的卫生部门官僚们与其强行推行激进左翼的外交政策议程,不如专注于为纽约市民提供他们用税款购买的服务。"
约翰逊关联到《华盛顿邮报》的一篇独家报道,该报道揭露了纽约市卫生局工作人员成立了“全球压迫与公共卫生工作组”。该工作组于上周工作日期间在皇后区长岛市的卫生局总部举行了首次会议。
根据《华盛顿邮报》获取的视频,会议开始时,一名发言人宣读该组织的使命宣言称:“我们确实是为了应对巴勒斯坦正在发生的种族灭绝而成立的。”
包括市议会议长朱莉·梅宁(Julie Menin)在内的批评人士呼吁展开调查,以查明该部门员工是否利用纳税人资源推动政治议程。
从约翰逊的声明中尚不清楚众议院是否会处理此事。
前州长安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)——他在去年的市长选举中被曼达尼(Mamdani)击败——指责卫生部门的政治化行为“构成犯罪”,并呼吁市调查局、市审计长马克·莱文(Mark Levine)及市议会展开调查。
科莫(Cuomo)在其周日播出的WABC电台《人民脉搏》(Pulse of the People)节目中表示:"你们为什么不关心那些在街头濒临冻死的精神病患者?"
调查部门在哪?喂,醒醒啊调查部门。
科莫称利用公共资源进行政治宣传是“犯罪行为”,并对曼达尼新设立的大众参与办公室提出质疑。
马姆达尼(Mamdani)和卫生部(DOH)未立即置评。