TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips wants the State Ethics Commission to launch an investigation into the firing of the state’s top Health Department official in charge of emergency preparedness during the coronavirus pandemic.
DePhillips sent a letter to Mark T. Holmes, the executive director of the State Ethics Commission, calling for an investigation early Friday.
Christopher Neuwirth, who oversaw emergency medical services at the state Department of Health as an assistant commissioner, was fired late Thursday according to NJ Globe news story.
In a separate letter to Commissioner Judy Persichilli, DePhillips asked when she became aware of his private employment with Margolis Healy & Associates, a national emergency management firm, and his financial relationship with Emergency Manager Project LLC, a business he started to train EMTs regulated by the office he ran.