Prosecutors are relying on a rarely used law to pursue a criminal charge against two Hicksville daycare workers after a 2-year-old died from choking on a carrot.
Nassau County prosecutors say Carousel Day School owner Eugene Formica and assistant director Kathryn Cordaro pleaded not guilty after being arrested on several charges, including felony reckless assault of a child by a daycare provider.
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Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against them on Wednesday.
They say they’re pursuing the felony charge using “Jeremy and Julia’s Law,” which was enacted by the state Legislature in 1998 following the deaths of infants at Albany and Florida daycares.
The two are accused in the March 17, 2009 death of 2-year-old Olivia Raspanti at Carousel.
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