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Friday, December 25, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 52
Port WashingtonTimes HEALTH, WELLNESS AND BEAUTY PAGES 19-22
HISTORICAL SOCIETY GETS 125K GRANT
NORTHWELL’S DOWLING TELLS LESSONS OF COVID-19
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Not enough funds for us: Local officials
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Complaints over lack of money for municipalities, states in package BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Local officials throughout Nassau County, Long Island and New York voiced approval for the passage of a second coronavirus stimulus package totaling $900 billion but were displeased with the lack of federal funding for state governments and local municipalities. On Monday night, Congress approved the nation’s second stimulus package to aid people 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 In-
jury 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 shutdown after months of inaction by the Senate.” U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), along with Rice, has been vocal about the need for bipartisan work to provide federal aid since the beginning of the pandemic. Suozzi is a member of the Problem Solvers’ Caucus, a group composed of members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle. Suozzi touted his and his Continued on Page 27
PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM
Barnaby the English cocker spaniel frolics in the snow near his Port Washington home.
Where are U.K. travel restrictions?: Cuomo BY R OB E RT PELAEZ
United Kingdom after reports of a new coronavirus variant that health experts have said Gov. Andrew Cuomo criti- could potentially spread faster cized the federal government than others. Cuomo said six flights aron Sunday for not imposing travel restrictions from the rive 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 Continued on Page 13
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