A Connecticut Valley Hospital union worker has been fired because of an incident involving Tropical Storm Irene benefits meant for low-income residents.
Deborah Chernoff, of Union 1199, said she believes the employee was fired on Friday over a situation involving the federal Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The Hartford Courant reports that the employee is a client of Rich Rochlin and she received about $200 in benefits, citing officials.
Rochlin, who did not reveal his client’s name to the Courant, said his client did nothing wrong.
Hundreds of state employees to stood in line in September to apply for aid in the wake of Irene.
Many state employees were eligible for the funds, but Gov. Dannel Malloy and his chief legal counsel said some lied on applications to appear to qualify for the funds.
