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Trump’s Santos pardon triggers local outrage demnation from Long Island residents and officials who had long pushed for Santos to be President Trump’s decision held accountable. Casey Sabelto commute the seven-year fed- la, a community organizer in eral prison sentence of former Glen Cove, which Santos repreU.S. Rep. George Santos has sented before being expelled reignited a storm of outrage from Congress, said the clemacross Long Island, where the ency undermines years of work scandal surrounding the dis- by constituents to restore trust g r a c e d c o n g re s s m a n f i r s t in government. erupted. “George Santos Santos, 37, had might be pardoned, been serving time at but we will never the Federal Correcforget his lies,” tional Institution, Sabella said. “Long Fairton’s Satellite I s l a n d h a s n eve r Camp in New Jersey been more united for after pleading guilty good than when we last year to wire were fighting fraud and aggravatagainst George. We ed identity theft. deserve better leadSentenced in April to ership — leaders ove r s eve n ye a r s who prioritize us, b e h i n d b a r s , h e CASEy SABEllA not themselves.” admitted to deceiv- Glen Cove Sabella helped ing donors and steallead local efforts to ing the identities of expose Santos’s false 11 people — including his own claims about his background relatives — to make illegal cam- and finances following his 2022 paign contributions. Trump election. She organized protests ordered his immediate release, and petitions demanding his claiming the former lawmaker resignation, helping to galvahad been treated unfairly and nize a bipartisan movement that others had committed calling for his removal from worse acts but received lighter office. punishment. Santos had repeatedly pleadThe decision drew swift con-
By RoKSANA AMID
ramid@liherald.com
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Dr. Allison Eliscu, left, division chief of adolescent medicine at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Kristen Turnow, superintendent of the Locust Valley Central School District, Detective Antonio Pagan, an NYPD Special Victims Unit and FBI Task Force officer, and Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine, representing New York’s 13th District, spoke at a youth mental health panel at Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club.
Discussing mental health at Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
The Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club hosted a community conversation on Nov. 17 titled “Social Media, Mental Health & the Crisis Facing America’s Youth.” The event brought together medical, educational, law enforcement and political experts to explore how digital platforms are shaping the mental and emotional well-being of young people. Moderated by Dr. Laura J. Morizio, clinical director of Coast Psychology in Oyster Bay, the panel featured Dr. Allison Eliscu, division chief of adolescent medicine at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital; Kristen Turnow, superintendent of the Locust Valley Central School District; Assembly Member Charles D. Lavine, representing New York’s 13th District; and Detective Antonio Pagan, an NYPD Special Victims Unit and FBI Task Force officer. The evening began with opening remarks from Melissa Rhodes, the club’s executive director, who welcomed guests to the building and emphasized the organization’s com-
mitment to youth development. “What we strive to do in terms of mental health is making sure that our kids are kids, and when they’re coming to the club, they’re playing, they’re making friends, they’re learning,” Rhodes said. “The goal is that they have a play-based experience as opposed to a phone-based experience.” Morizio then opened the panel discussion, beginning with Eliscu, who described the sharp rise in mental health challenges among adolescents in recent years, particularly since the Coronavirus pandemic. “What I thought may have been a challenging job before dramatically changed in March of 2020,” Eliscu reminisced. “The only way that kids could interact with anybody was online. We saw a shift fairly quickly of people just almost forgetting how to talk to people in person.” Eliscu explained that social anxiety, depression, and attention problems have surged as digital dependence has grown. She also discussed the biological effects of excessive social media use, noting how constant online engagement alters the brain’s CoNTINUED oN PAGE 11
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eorge Santos might be pardoned, but we will never forget his lies.
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