NANUET – An ad in a Rockland County publication seeking a female LPN/RN for a West Haverstraw location has prompted the agency involved – Interim HealthCare – to apologize to the community at large, and to the “entire Haitian community.”
The ad read that the company was looking for a “laid back nurse, no Haitians.” That has resulted in a letter of apology on Interim’s Hudson Valley website stating that the ad in the Pennysaver “is totally unacceptable and is offensive to us, and we know to all of you.”
A letter signed by Katherine McNally, RN., president of the company, said they take this “seriously” and “have engaged an independent third party to conduct a comprehensive review of what occurred.”
McNally said all policies and procedures will be reviewed to assure that it will never happen again.” She wrote that they have “already taken action and will continue to do so.”
According to the company’s website, it provides home healthcare in Orange, Ulster, Rockland and Sullivan counties.
County Legislators Aron Wieder and Toney Earl both strongly condemned the ad.
“Once against in Rockland County, we are seeing intolerance and discrimination rearing its ugly head,” said Wieder.
“There is no place in Rockland County or anywhere for such outright discrimination,” said Earl. “Rockland is home to so many Haitian-Americans who escaped persecution based on their backgrounds and beliefs. It is shameful and unacceptable for others to so blatantly discriminate against them in this county and in this country.”
Wider called for the state attorney general to investigate the job posting.
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