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Friday, February 5, 2021
Vol. 96, No. 6
VALENTINE’S DAY GUIDE
G.N. OPTS INTO BASKETBALL
CUOMO HIT ON UNREPORTED COVID NURSING HOME DEATHS
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3 mayoral races in March
HONORING HEROES
Six G.N. villages to hold spring elections BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z The seats of three mayors on the Great Neck peninsula are at stake in elections on March 16. Six villages on the peninsula are holding elections on March 16, with the villages of Great Neck, Kings Point and Lake Success holding their elections on June 15. The deadline to file petitions to run in the March elections is Tuesday, and officials of the six villages could not be reached for comment or declined to say until then whether incumbents or challengers have entered the contests. In the Village of Great Neck Plaza, the seats of Trustees Gerald Schneiderman and Lawrence Katz are up for grabs. Schneiderman has served as a trustee since 2000 and was the chairman of the Board of Zoning Appeals from 1982 to 2000. Katz, a certified public accountant and attorney who previously served three years on the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals, has served Continued on Page 44
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The students at E.M. Baker School honored local police officers and firefighters by creating colorful signs of appreciation for their hard work throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
50 car crashes reported from storm Some North Shore areas receive more than a foot of snow from nor’easter BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Snow piled up throughout Nassau County beginning late Sunday night into Monday and Tuesday, resulting in a handful of North Shore areas receiving
more than a foot of fresh powder. Dozens of car crashes were reported on slippery roads. East Williston received just over 13 inches of snow on Monday, with Port Washington not far behind at 13 inches. Garden City got 12.4 inches of snow, while Herricks received 11.5 inches. The snowfall was part of the first nor’easter in the calendar year, which remained stationary over the Atlantic
Coast of southern New Jersey, weather experts said. Experts also said the snow was falling at a rate of almost three inches per hour in most of the region. Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked people throughout the state to stay off the roads as the snow fell throughout the day on Monday. “This storm is no joke and the main concern right now is that the expected snowfall rate of two inches per hour creates an extremely dangerous situa-
tion on our roadways,” Cuomo said on Monday. “I want New Yorkers to hear me loud and clear — stay home and off the roads and if you must travel, get where you’re going before noon, and expect to remain home for some time.” While the snow remained prominent on roadways, sidewalks and driveways on Wednesday, the snowfall that begin late Sunday night into Monday Continued on Page 44
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