LDA briefs Dutchess County Lyme & TBD Task Force and NY Congressmen

The LDA was invited by the Dutchess County (NY) Lyme & Tick-Borne Disease Task Force to brief the Task Force and the invited Congressional offices on Lyme disease in New York and issues at the federal level. Pictured are NY State Assemblyman Joel Miller; Pat Smith, President, Lyme Disease Association, Inc.; Benedict B. McCaffree, PhD, Regional Representative from Congresswoman Gillibrand’s office; Rich Winters, Staff Assistant, Congressman John Hall’s office; Bill McCAbe, Dutchess County Legislator, and Dutchess County Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Task Force; Patricia Valusek, Federal Liaison, and Gina Bisille, aide, both from Congressman Maurice Hinchey’s office.