In a detailed investigative report today, Newsday's Ridgely Ochs and Michael Amon describe how U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer helped prod officials in the Phillipines regarding staff recruitment for a nursing-home chain whose principals are among his campaign backers.
In the political universe, prominent names with a role in the disputed issue include the nation's president, President Gloria Macagapal-Arroyo.
Closer to home, there's Howard Fensterman, chief attorney of the nursing home company SentosaCare, who is Schumer's Long Island finance chairman and a top fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, chaired by Schumer.
As noted in the story, Fensterman's an owner of a SentosaCare nursing home in Great Neck, as well as a leading fundraiser for Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. He is also chairman of the Nassau Industrial Development Agency.
UPDATE: Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs comes to Fensterman's defense, with remarks here.
Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota's probe of the nurses at the center of the controversy is described and elaborated on here.
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