Clinic Network a Source of Support for Controversial N.Y. Politician
June 25, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
A chain of Bronx health clinics that New York State Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. founded have helped maintain his political popularity at home, despite controversies in Albany, says The New York Times.
Earlier this month Mr. Espada, a Democrat, crossed party lines to back a Republican takeover of the state Senate, igniting a political firestorm in the capital. He has also come under scrutiny for the $459,739 salary he received in 2007 as president and CEO of the Soundview HealthCare Network, which grew out of a nonprofit organization he founded in the late 1970s, and for allegations that the organization’s resources were used to further his political career.
Mr. Espada said his salary has been reduced by more than half and that the clinics, which provide care to some 25,000 low-income people annually, continue to win praise from doctors and local residents
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