Friday, April 27, 2018
THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 93, No. 17
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
L. SUCCESS POLITICAL PARTY PICKS
DEMS TO BACK KAPLAN VS. PHILLIPS FOR SENATE
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USMMA targeted in $5M claim Ex student alleges assault, negligence BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN A lawyer for the victim of an alleged sexual assault by soccer players on a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy team bus filed a federal tort claim against the two federal agencies overseeing the academy, according to court papers, seeking $5 million for perPHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN sonal injuries. Thomas Grasso, who is representing “John Doe” in the case, filed the claim under the Federal Outgoing Great Neck Estates Police Chief John Garbedian steps out from the David A. Fox police department building Tort Claims Act against the U.S. on Cedar Drive, greeted by family and officers from all around Nassau County. Ricardo Moreno is succeeding him as Department of Transportation police chief. See story on page 3. and the U.S. Maritime Administration, which directly oversees the academy. It claims negligence on the part of the two federal agencies and the Kings Point-based academy, as well as the men’s soccer coaches and members of the team for failing to “provide adequate sexual harassment and assault training and resources to B Y R E B E C C A K L A R failure I was in Paris spending pital bed. This time I was there, the surgery, I think I should have his money on overpriced espres- too. Not visiting but in a bed of put more thought into it than students, faculty and staff.” when I loan a friend an iPhone my own around the corner. When my dad was first ad- sos and baguettes. According to court papers, I’d like to say I put a lot of charger. He was bed-bound in the mitted to the hospital for kidney Continued on Page 72 The truth is the outcome New York-Presbyterian in- thought into deciding to dotensive care unit. I was at nate my kidney to my dad. But would have been the same. I was determined to donate. It the Louvre pretending to en- I didn’t. It seemed like an obvious was only a matter of convincing joy ancient art while thinkchoice from the start; I had an my dad – an art I’ve fine-tuned ing of Instagram captions. Nearly two years later extra and he needed one. Look- over the last two decades. he was back there in a hos- ing back a couple weeks after Continued on Page 26
Hail to the chief
Dad needed a kidney. I had 1 to give
A Blank Slate Media reporter tells her story of helping her ailing father
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