Am I able to refuse erythromycin (eye ointment) for my newborn in the state of NY?

Question

I am baffled as my cursory read of this topic suggests the answer is no. If the mother (i.e. my wife) tests negative for both gonorrhea and chlamydia (which she will) and the rate at which infants are born with conjunctivitis (pink eye) is <2% (materially less), then how could it be that my child is forced to take this?

Howard E. Knispel · Answer

Why would you want to. It is safe and prevents blindness.

Peter Christopher Lomtevas · Answer

In light of public corruption alleged in government today, one must take a larcenous look at everything government does or does not do. Here, a tightly enmeshed medical provider who does the bidding of government child protective operatives is ordering the parent to smear a goop in his newborn child's eyes. What can happen if the parent objects? 
 
In the U.S., children belong to government. That is the parens patriae doctrine. This doctrine intended for abandoned and unloved children has been carried to the extreme even to apply to ordinary parents who love their children. Government can accuse a loving and nurturing parent of child neglect for not heeding the commands of a physician who is a mandated reporter of child abuse and part of a pipeline of money from the federal government to the state. 
 
The result can be a family court neglect proceeding involving the newborn and its parents. The results can be ugly. New York needs the federal child protective money desperately as its upstate cities are becoming more and more abandoned as people leave for southern states. 
 
Child protection is a big business, and the asker has to decide whether he wants to challenge this apparatus or go along with it as geniuses in government who already  decided what is good for the asker's newborn.

Q: Am I able to refuse erythromycin (eye ointment) for my newborn in the state of NY?