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Friday, November 27, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 48
N E W H Y D E PA R K
SHOP LOCAL HOLIDAY GUIDE
COVID COUNT RISES IN SCHOOLS
MTA WARNS OF SLASHED SERVICES
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7K on North Shore test positive for virus Greater NHP area surpasses 1,500 total cases BY R OB E RT PELAEZ AND ROSE WELDON The Great Neck peninsula was deemed a “yellow zone” for the coronavirus by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday, which means new restrictions have been placed on schools, indoor and outdoor dining, and gatherings. According to Cuomo, yellow zone restrictions allow for nonresidential indoor or outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people and residential gatherings of up to 10 people. Places
of worship are capped at half capacity and restaurants are required to limit tables to no more than four people. Schools are permitted to remain open but are required to test 20 percent of in-school students and staff members each week. “This situation remains fluid, and I appreciate everyone’s patience and cooperation as we work with our health and education partners to develop a plan to meet State requirements. I will share an update when more information is available,” Great Neck School Superintendent Teresa Prendergast
said in a statement on Monday. The Great Neck peninsula’s seven-day positivity rate of 4.77 percent was the second-highest in Nassau County, behind Freeport’s 4.91 percent, and the third-highest on Long Island, behind Hampton Bays’ 5.13 percent. Village of Great Neck Mayor Pedram Bral said he has “been receiving heat from both sides of the spectrum” in regard to mask-wearing and other state mandates, but spoke about the numbers in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Continued on Page 34
Three weeks later, vote tallies still not finalized PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL GANCI
While learning about the 2020 presidential election, Hillside Grade School fourth-graders held an election of their own.
BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Though four local elections on Long Island have been called, the final tally in other races is uncertain with an unknown number of absentee ballots still being counted three weeks after the election. Efforts to reach the Nassau County and New York state
election boards to provide the number of outstanding absentee ballots to determine local races have been unavailing since Nov. 4. State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), deputy leader of the Democratic majority, expressed his frustrations to The New York Times last week. “If we were a swing state in this presidential election, we
would be getting ridiculed across the world right now,” Gianaris told The Times. “Florida, with all its terrible history of vote counting, manages to count votes before and on Election Day, even if they were mailed in.” Nassau Democratic Elections Commissioner James Scheuerman said weeks ago that 142,962 absentee ballots were Continued on Page 44
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