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Friday, May 7, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 19
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS & DINING
ADAM SANDLER VISITS TOWN EXTENDS MANHASSET IHOP OUTDOOR USES
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Capacities upped after vaccinations Salons, gyms, services allowed to increase patrons in businesses BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said she viewed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reopening of the state announced on Monday as a “historic” measure in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. “Today’s announcement regarding the upcoming lifting of capacity restrictions is a historic and hard-earned milestone in our quest to defeat COVID-19,” Curran said in a statement on Monday. “Our goal in Nassau County has been to vaccinate as many people [as] possible as fast as possible so that we could fully reopen and return to our normal lives.” Cuomo announced that the state will lift a majority of capacity restrictions, including outdoor and indoor social gatherings, along with residential gatherings, beginning May 19. Capacity limits for businesses will also be replaced
with allowing individual businesses to permit as many patrons as they desire, so long as there is six-foot social distancing. As of May 1, the state eliminated the restrictions on table size and the requirement of having food be served with alcohol. Cuomo announced in late April that the state would end the curfew on food and beverage services. “The tide is turning against COVID-19 in New York, and thanks to our increasing vaccination rates, as well as our successful, data-based regional approach, we’re able to take more steps to reopen our economy, help businesses and workers, and keep moving towards returning to normal,” Cuomo said. Cuomo announced that limits on outdoor social gatherings will increase from 200 to 500 people on May 10, and the limits on inContinued on Page 63
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Eleven-year-old Maddie Garbus of Manhasset, a sixth-grader at Buckley Country Day School in North Hills, won the middle school division of the InvestWrite essay contest held by the SIFMA Foundation. See story on page 4.
Protests complicated policy: Port ed board incumbents BY R O S E W E L D ON Port Washington school board President Nora Johnson, Vice President Elizabeth Weisburd and Trustee Larry Greenstein say they are prepared to
take on new terms following a hectic year, and say that claims by their opponents may have hindered back-to-school plans in the fall. The three incumbents are being challenged for their seats
in the May 18 election! by a competing slate, comprising parents Adam Smith, Adam Block and Justin Renna, and by Nanette Melkonian, who is unaffiliated with a slate. Continued on Page 50
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