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This meeting is critical because it centers on a request by the New York State Police to bring a powerful and controversial new DNA testing technology—Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) testing and Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy (FIGG)—in-house to their state-accredited laboratories.

The debate highlights a major tension between solving cold cases and protecting civil liberties:

• Law Enforcement & Victim Advocates' Perspective: Proponents argue that SNP testing can analyze degraded DNA samples that traditional tests cannot. It has been instrumental in solving high-profile cold cases—such as identifying the suspect in the Gilgo Beach serial killings and the remains of World War I veteran George Clarence Seitz—offering long-awaited closure to victims' families.
• Public Defenders' Concerns: Opponents, including organizations like The Legal Aid Society, are urging the New York State Commission on Forensic Science to deny or halt the request until clear legal rules and privacy regulations are established. Unlike traditional DNA testing, SNP testing can reveal sensitive health predispositions, physical traits, and deep genealogical data—potentially drawing innocent family members into police scrutiny through public ancestry databases without statutory safeguards.

Among the list of speakers will be Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, Melissa Cann- sister of Gilgo victim Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Kristi Goncalves, Mom of Kaylee Goncalves.

The list also includes detractors such as The Legal Aid Society, about a dozen public defender firms, Brooklyn Defenders and New York County Defender Services.

Missy will be speaking before the Commission on Forensic Science and the DNA Subcommittee tomorrow, Friday 10/9/2026.

I will post a link for anyone who wishes to watch it live or replay, in the comments.

More LISK insight....skip right to 1 hour 37 minute mark.

"The Massapequa Park architect had shown little emotion — and no remorse — since his 2023 arrest, but he seemed rattled by the fury of his victims’ relatives when he returned to his cell at the Suffolk County courthouse in Riverhead. He told a New York State Court officer that he got through it all by staring at a large plaque behind State Supreme Court Justice Timothy Mazzei, who sentenced Heuermann to multiple life sentences.

The plaque says "In God We Trust."

Don't know why the first OP deleted their post, but here it is..

Today is the one-year anniversary of Judge Mazzei's landmark FRYE Decision.

"Two masked people banged on the door of Gilgo serial killer Rex A. Heuermann's Massapequa Park home Tuesday night before being scared off by a dog, according to police and the family's attorney.

A nine-second Ring doorbell camera video, obtained by Newsday, shows two people clad in black masks, T-shirts and shorts running from the porch of the First Avenue home as the family's dog, a black Lab mix named Stewie, is heard barking loudly from the inside. 

Asa Ellerup, Heuermann's ex-wife, and her two children, Victoria and Christopher, were home at the time of the incident, said Robert Macedonio, the family's attorney."

The fact that this isn't even the Robyn Fishkin case is exceptionally alarming.

Nassau County has two pivotal cases currently happening:
1- Richard Bilodeau, charged with the murder of Theresa Fusco in 1984
2- Andrew Dykes, charged with the murder of Tanya Denise Jackson in 1997.

We know there was some sort of funny business going on with Theresa's case- hair evidence found (placed) at the scene convicted 3 men and sent them to jail for decades. Nassau County had to pay tens of millions for their wrongful convictions and incarcerations.

With Andrew Dykes, we have already seen a motion that was granted for another buccal swab collection so that it may be tested under a "more controlled environment".

How can the DNA lab, its management and efficacy be in question when critical cases are on the line?

Try using a paywall jumper to access the article- sorry..