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The New York City Health Commissioner at the time, [[Thomas R. Frieden]], wrote a letter to the Jewish community pardoning the ''mohel'' involved and dropped the matter as not being a New York City public health issue by stating that "[it] is our preference for the religious community to address these issues itself."<ref name='commish-letter'>{{REFnews
| last=Frieden | first=Thomas R. | coauthorsfirst2=Michael R. |last2=Bloomberg | url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/std/std-bris-commishletter.pdf | title=The city of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | date= | publisher= | quote= | contribution=An Open Letter to the Jewish Community from the New York City Health Commissioner | accessdate=2011-04-24
}}</ref> Prior to the letter, the DOHMH had been pursuing a lawsuit against the mohel in question. It was subsequently dropped and the ban on the practice rescinded, in favor of letting a religious court settle the matter, described as unusual by some legal experts. This outcome was likely a result of pressure by mayor Bloomberg after he reached a deal with local rabbis to not ban the practice.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2005/09/nyc_mayor_gives.html | title=NYC Mayor Gives In To Satmar, Agudah In Apparent Election Deal – Circumcision Deal Clearly Not Kosher | last= | first= | publisher= | work= | date= | accessdate=
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