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Friday, April 29, 2022
Vol. 10, No. 17
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS & DINING
JUNIOR LEAGUE SHOP TO REOPEN
SUOZZI $1M GRANT FOR TOWN BEACH
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Herricks’ Ty Flood, dies at 17
CLEANUP CREW
Had defied illness, earned scholarship BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y In the game of baseball, there are three true outcomes. When Ty Patrick Flood was at bat in the Williston Park Little League, more often than not there were only two, a walk or strikeout. Except for one day, when he made contact down the third baseline. Flood, who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy when he was about 5 years old, ran to first before realizing the ball was overthrown into right field. He made it to second, before realizing again the right fielder had missed his middle infielder and the ball sailed into left field. Ty was at third. He was at home. A home run for Ty Patrick Flood. It was probably the first time the other team was cheering for an opponent, as loudly as Flood’s teammates and family, said Ty’s Uncle Thomas on Friday at St. Aidan’s Church on Willis Avenue, where his funeral services were held. Flood, 17, died April 21. At a young age, he was diagnosed with DMD, a genetic disorder and muscle disease that progressively debilitates the patient and requires the assistance of a wheelchair for most. Flood, who was just months short of graduation at Herricks High School, had earned a scholarship to Hofstra next year. A native of Williston Park, he was a friend to all. Continued on Page 45
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROSLYN LANDMARK SOCIETY
Volunteers gathered over the weekend to help clean the Mackay Estate Gate Lodge. Front row (left to right): Regan Lister, Riley Danbusky and Sophie Plotnitzky. Second row (left to right): Jennifer Lister (executive director , Roslyn Landmark Society), Mark Lanese, Peter Wagner, Michael Koblenz (mayor, Village of East Hills), Howard Kroplick (co-president, Roslyn Landmark Society), Dee Oreiro, James Spina and Gram Spina.
Roslyn doctor charged with fraud Cardiologist Perry Frankel alleged to have stolen $1.3 millon from Medicare, Medicaid BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z A Roslyn cardiologist was arrested last week for allegedly defrauding Medicare and Medicaid of more than $1.3 million in claims during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Federal prosecutors said Dr. Perry Frankel, 64, charged Medicare and
Medicaid for COVID-19 tests that were never conducted. Frankel, the owner of Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics PLLC in New Hyde Park, was charged with three counts of health care fraud for the alleged scheme against Medicare and Medicaid. “As alleged, exploiting a public health crisis by using patients who received COVID-19 tests at mobile test-
ing sites to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid for fictitious office visits is reprehensible,” said Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Breon Peace. “This Office and our law enforcement partners will vigorously prosecute those who take advantage of the pandemic to steal from taxpayer-funded programs.” The charges against Frankel, which were filed in Central Islip, are
part of a larger effort by the Eastern District Criminal Division Fraud Section’s Medicare Fraud Strike Force. The strike force efforts, officials said, have resulted in charges being filed against 21 individuals for their alleged coronavirus-related schemes. The alleged schemes, officials said, have resulted in nearly $150 million in false claims being submitted. Continued on Page 11
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