Two members of the state's Board of Health said they believe Greene should resign.
The story is based in part on interviews with Greene and Vanessa Walker Harris, the director of the health department’s office in charge of addressing maternal and infant mortality, who said aAdvertisement
“Based on my conservations with employees at the Department of Health, this has had a chilling effect on their ability to do their job to address health disparities,” she said.
They also reaffirmed that one of the core values in the office’s strategic plan is “fostering an environment … inclusive of age, race, sexual orientation, gender, religion, culture, ethnicity, and nationality in order to overcome health and social inequities …”“We believe this value is foundational to building respectful relationships with our colleagues and the communities we serve,” they wrote.