Rep. Elise Stefanik urges RFK Jr. to probe Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Health over anti-Israel group

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Rep. Elise Stefanik is urging US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to launch a probe of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Department of Health, after staffers allegedly used taxpayers’ resources to launch a “global oppression” working group that accused Israel of genocide. Stefanik (R-NY), chairwoman of House Republican Leadership, specifically asked whether the health agency workers violated civil rights law barring discrimination by federally funded agencies. “The use of federal