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Friday, December 25, 2020
Vol. 8, No. 52
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HEALTH, WELLNESS LIBRARY RENOVATIONS NORTHWELL’S DOWLING AND BEAUTY CONTINUE TELLS LESSONS OF COVID-19 PAGES 19-22
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N. Shore positives top 10K
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JOYFUL NOISE
Cuomo requests travel restrictions BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticized the federal government on Sunday for not imposing travel restrictions from the United Kingdom after reports of a new coronavirus variant that health experts have said could potentially spread faster than others. Cuomo said six flights arrive at Kennedy International Airport from the United Kingdom every day. With 120 countries already having imposed travel restrictions from the United Kingdom, Cuomo expressed displeasure with the federal government not following in others’ footsteps. “One hundred twenty countries demand that before you get on a flight in the U.K. to come to their country, you have to have tested negative,” Cuomo said. “The United States does not require it. As I mentioned before, other countries are just banning people coming from the U.K. We have about six flights a day coming in from the U.K. and we have done absolutely nothing. Now, to Continued on Page 28
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Student musicians play holiday music in the hallways of Manhasset Secondary School.
Not enough for us: Local officials Stimulus package needed more aid for states, municipalities: Suozzi, Cuomo BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
$900 billion but were displeased with the lack of federal funding for state governments and local Local officials throughout municipalities. On Monday night, Congress Nassau County, Long Island and New York voiced approval for approved the nation’s second the passage of a second corona- stimulus package to aid people virus stimulus package totaling in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The bill, which passed in the House 359-53 and in the Senate 92-6, was sent to President Donald Trump. On Tuesday night,
Trump called the measure a disgrace and pressed Congress to increase direct payments to individuals. The measure calls for direct payments of $600 to adults and children, payments of $300 per week for workers receiving unemployment benefits through March 14 and $20 billion in Economic Injury Disaster Grants. But Trump said in a video that the amount of direct payments should be increased to
$2,000 per person from “the ridiculously low $600,” while stopping short of an explicit veto threat. Before Trump made his remarks, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) said, “This agreement is far from perfect, but in this case, something is absolutely better than nothing and I am pleased we have finally passed new relief for our constituents and avoided a government Continued on Page 27
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