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Friday, November 27, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 48
Port WashingtonTimes SHOP LOCAL HOLIDAY GUIDE
PORT LEADERS ISSUE MTA WARNS OF LETTER TO COMMUNITY SLASHED SERVICES
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Stay home for holiday: Port leaders
SPIKED UP
672 cases in peninsula make up a tenth of North Shore cases BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z 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 maskwearing and other state mandates, but spoke about the numbers in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Facts are the numbers are Continued on Page 45
PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE AMERICA
Spike, a five-year-old Pomeranian mix, recently arrived at the Port Washingtonbased North Shore Animal League America from Texas.
Three weeks later, no finalized election results BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
known number of absentee ballots still being counted three weeks after the election. Efforts to reach the NasThough four local elections on Long Island have been sau County and New York state called, the final tally in other election boards to provide the races is uncertain with an un- number of outstanding absen-
tee ballots to determine local races have been unavailing since Nov. 4. State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), deputy leader of the Democratic majority, exContinued on Page 34
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