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Gillen pushes Gio’s Law in D.C. testimony ined after 12 years of work. “I never would have imagined that it was going to be a Appearing before the House national bill,” she said. Gio’s Law, introduced by GilJu d i c i a r y C o m m i t t e e t wo weeks ago, Rep. Laura Gillen len and Republican Long Island m ove d G i o ’s L aw t ow a r d Rep. Andrew Garbarino, would becoming federal policy — this create a federal grant program time with Giovanni Cipriano’s to help law enforcement agenmother at her side. cies purchase epinephrine and For more than a decade, secure training for officers. Georgina Cornago Departments has pressed lawn a t i o n w i d e h ave makers to ensure struggled to afford that first responders the devices, which nationwide can can cost up to $600 carry and adminisper single use set. ter epinephrine to The proposal also those who have lifeencourages expandthreatening allergic ed training in and reactions. Her son, awareness of emerGiovanni, a 14-yeargency allergy old from Lynbrook, GEoRGINA response. died in 2014 after Gillen said that suffering anaphy- CoRNAGo h av i n g C o r n a g o laxis while help was Lynbrook present, and minutes away. New Giovanni’s photoYo r k h a s s i n c e graph displayed in authorized police officers to the hearing room, shifted the carry EpiPens, but advocates conversation from procedure to say that access remains incon- lived experience. sistent, expensive, and depen“I don’t expect that there dent on individual depart- will be too many no votes on ments’ budgets. such an important, noncontroCor nago, visiting Capitol versial bipartisan piece of legHill for the first time on Nov. 20, islation like this,” Gillen, who said the moment felt larger represents Wantagh, Seaford than anything she had imag-
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FDNY athletes and coaches compared the rivalry to some of the most intense in sports.
Playing for one of Seaford’s own FDNY defeats NYPD in lacrosse game dedicated to Joe Herman By lUKE FEENEY lfeeney@liherald.com
The New York City Fire Department defeated the New York City Police Department 15-7 in the 30th annual Battle of the Badges at Wantagh High School in front of hundreds of spectators. The game was initially set for Sept. 6 at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa, but had to be rescheduled to Nov. 1 due to the death of Joseph Herman, a 36-year-old firefighter at Ladder Company 111 in Brooklyn. Herman died on Aug. 31 after a crash on the westbound lanes near the Straight Path exits on the Southern State Parkway, where he was thrown of f his motorcycle while attempting to change lanes, according to
state police. Herman’s funeral service was held on Sept. 6 at St. William the Abbot Church in Seaford. In a Sept. 1 Instagram tribute to him, the FDNY lacrosse team wrote: “He was more than just a teammate to us. He was a fireman who dedicated his life to protecting others, and a devoted father whose love and strength guided his family every day. On the field, he gave everything he had.” “We played for Joe,” Lt. Ryan Phelan, of Ladder Company 131 in Brooklyn and coach on the FDNY lacrosse team, said. The original plan was to play the game at Seaford High School, Herman’s alma mater, but that idea fell through due to logistical CoNtiNueD oN page 10
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