MONROE – Assemblywoman Nancy Calhoun (R-C-Blooming Grove) Wednesday renewed her call for a forensic audit of the women’s healthcare center in the Village of Kiryas Joel.

She has written to State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli twice asking for the review of the project, which cost over $11 million, mostly in state funding.

“The very first letter that was written said it was for the poor women of Kiryas Joel. The thing is as it turned out, they are not able to use it in the Medicaid program so the only people who can utilize it are paying over $200 a night,” she said. “That means that this $11.5 million; first was the only competitive bid. After that they were awards by Sheldon Silver, they were awards by George Pataki and they ended up with over $11million of state and a much smaller amount of federal money to go into a facility that is only for those people who are not poor and restricted to one particular group.”

On top of that, Calhoun said there is a mikva for ritual baths in the basement, which is strictly a violation of church and state.”