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Friday, October 8, 2021
Vol. 9, No. 41
GUIDE TO MINEOLA STREET FAIR
JACOBS ENDORSES HOCHUL
COUNTY LEGISLATURE OK OKss FEE CUTS, $375 GRANTS
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Ex-G.N. surgeon sentenced
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
Pleaded guilty to pistol possession BY R OB E RT PE L A E Z Former plastic surgeon and Great Neck resident Matthew Bonanno was sentenced to five years of probation in Nassau County last Friday after two county police departments seized a cache of guns, ammunition and other weapons from him in 2019, officials said. Bonanno, 49, pleaded guilty to possessing a 9 mm pistol in July while Nassau County prosecutors dropped additional charges, including 11 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second and third degrees and two charges of criminal possession of a firearm, court records showed. Acting State Supreme Court Justice Terence Murphy sentenced Bonanno to five years of probation on Friday, despite his lawyer Paul Gentile claiming the gun was a “collector’s item,” according to a Newsday report. Gentile has made longstanding claims that his client is an Continued on Page 43
PHOTO COURTESY OF FATEMA SOMJI OF LIFETOUCH PHOTOGRAPHY
Roslyn High School students attend homecoming in support of the football team on Saturday, Sept. 25.
Northwell axes 1,400 unvaxxed New York’s largest health employer complies with mandate to fire unprotected staff BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care provider, has fired 1,400 employees who did not receive their coronavirus vaccinations as required
by state guidelines. In a statement to Blank Slate Media, the organization said it regrets terminating employees under the circumstances but cited the importance of keeping its patients and staff members safe. “Northwell regrets losing any employee under such circumstances, but as health care professionals and members of the largest health care provider in the state, we understand our unique
responsibility to protect the health of our patients and each other,” the statement said. “We owe it to our staff, our patients and the communities we serve to be 100 percent vaccinated against COVID-19.” Employees at nursing homes and hospitals were required to receive at least their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine by midnight on Monday, according to an Aug. 16 order by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Employees at
hospices, home care centers and adult care facilities are required to get at least their first dose by Oct. 7. The health care entity thanked the employees that did receive their vaccination and said the staff is now fully inoculated. “Northwell has taken a rapid, aggressive approach to move successfully toward full vaccination compliance while maintainContinued on Page 42
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