<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/news/2026/08-07-myrie-baby.html" dsn="news"><title>Myrie Family Chooses SUNY Downstate for First Baby</title><item_date>08/07/2026 01:37:41 PM</item_date><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><thumbnail><img src="/news-events/news/_images/myrie-baby-photo.jpg" alt="Zellnor Myrie and Baby"/></thumbnail><summary>When State Senator Zellnor Myrie and his wife, former Assembly Member Diana Richardson-Myrie, planned for the birth of their first child, they chose SUNY Downstate’s University Hospital, where the UHD obstetrical team helped the family welcome their daughter, Zenora Diahann Myrie, into the world.</summary><featured/><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/news-events/news/2026/08-07-myrie-baby.xml</loc></item>