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Healthcare company apologizes for ad saying "no Haitians"

A New York healthcare center is apologizing after an ad for a nursing position included a note saying "no Haitians" need apply
Ad for nursing job says "no Haitians" need apply 01:54

A Florida-based healthcare company is apologizing for a help-wanted advertisement posted in New York that called for "no Haitians," reports CBS New York.

Interim Healthcare Inc.'s ad for a female nursing position in West Haverstraw explicitly stated "No Haitians" would be considered for employment. The ad appeared in the Rockland Pennysaver on Oct. 15.

Haitian community leaders in Rockland County were outraged, and now, the healthcare company is saying sorry.

To see what community leaders and the company had to say, watch the video above.

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