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Friday, December 18, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 51
N E W H Y D E PA R K
GUIDE TO WINTER
LAKEVILLE CIVIC HOLDS HOLIDAY PARADE
COUNTY OK OKss NIFA REFINANCING DEBT
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Vaccine arrives; deaths rise BY R O S E WELDON AND ROBERT PELAEZ New York state’s largest health system, Northwell Health, made history on Monday by vaccinating the first person in the United States against COVID-19. In a Zoom conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Dr. Michelle Chester, director of employee health care, injected Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine into Sandra Lindsay of Port Washington, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling was also present. “Today is V-Day in our fight against COVID-19,” Dowling told the governor. “This truly is a historic day for science and humanity, one in which we here in New York and across the United States have been waiting for quite some time.” The system said Lindsay’s PHOTO BY SCOTT HEINS, COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO participation kick-started a long-anticipated vaccination deSandra Lindsay, a registered nurse and director of critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, ployment program throughout receives the COVID-19 vaccine during a live conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Continued on Page 43
Protesters call for police reform BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
were heard outside the Nassau County legislative building in Mineola last Thursday night as Chants of “No justice, no more than 100 people gathered peace, no contract for the police” to demand that the county not
approve a new police labor contract until more public input is heard by officials. Representatives from the Long Island Advocates for Police Accountability, Long Island United to Transform Policing & Community Safety, Young Long Island for Justice, and various NAACP branches throughout Nassau County
made up a prominent number of those who gathered outside the county building. “This police contract is not considering needed reforms to the police,” Shanequa Levin of Long Island United to Transform Policing & Community Safety said. “They need to hear us because they don’t care. We need them to know that Black lives
matter to us.” On Nov. 23, the County Legislature approved a new labor deal with the 350-member Superior Officers Association, the county’s largest police union. The tentative deal is for eightand-a-half years and awards raises totaling 15 percent and provides officers with a $3,000 Continued on Page 44
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