October 11, 2008
Two views of controversy
Nassau Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs defended SentosaCare attorney Howard Fensterman yesterday, while a state nurses association president called issues raised in yesterday's Newsday story "mind-boggling."
"Howard is in the position of somebody that puts himself out there. He gets things done and that's going to open you to certain levels of criticisms," Jacobs said yesterday.
Jacobs said Fensterman, whom Attorney General Andrew Cuomo distanced himself from last week, may have to lie low for a while but should emerge unscathed.
"Certainly, it will take time for things to quiet down," Jacobs said. Cuomo's re-election campaign said last week it would no longer accept campaign donations from Fensterman because of the fundraiser's ties to a company under state investigation.
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New York State Nurses Association official Barbara Crane said Schumer, Fensterman and the SentosaCare executives are culpable in a system that sought to "make an example" of the nurses who quit their jobs to protest their working conditions.
"These aren't indentured slaves, for God's sake. These are human beings," said Crane, who called the story's findings "mind-boggling."
Fensterman, who helped grease political rails for the nursing home company, is Long Island finance chairman for Sen. Charles Schumer and is a chief fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which Schumer chairs.
"I've known Howard for a long time and I've never known him to do or ask for anything improper," Jacobs said. "I've never felt uncomfortable with anything that he's said."
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