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Friday, April 12, 2019
Vol. 68, No. 15
THE WILLISTONS & MINEOLA GUIDE
ONLY WINNERS IN CUPCAKE WARS
SCHNIRMAN FINDS LAX COUNTY ETHICS BOARD
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Winthrop toughens security
FIREFIGHTERS HONORED
Hospital adds armed guards BY M AY L A N L . STUDART NYU Winthrop Hospital is hiring a firm to provide 24-hour armed security at the Mineola hospital, according to the hospital’s president. “After engaging with our own staff, as well as consultation with our internal security team, Nassau County police, and the review of multiple options, NYU Winthrop Hospital has decided to retain the services of an outside security firm to provide an armed security detail on a 24-hour basis, seven days a week, throughout our main hospital,” said"John Collins, president and chief executive officer of"NYU Winthrop Hospital. NYU Winthrop joins Northwell Health and Stony Brook University Hospital in adding armed guards due to concerns over mass shootings. Armed guards will patrol NYU Winthrop in uniform continuously starting about Monday. The action was taken to supplement, Continued on Page 56
Chief Jay Janowitz and his Firematic Officers: 1st Assistant Chief Joel Melamed, 2nd Assistant Chief Timothy Farrell, Capt. Donald McMahon III, 1st Lt. Bryan O’Malley, 2nd Lt. Robert Steinmann, Captain of Rescue Jeannine Weiss, and Lieutenant of Rescue Julie Christodoulou were recently sworn in and honored for their distinguished service at the 109th Annual Albertson Fire Company installation dinner. Chief Janowitz is currently serving his second term as chief of the Albertson Fire Company.
Road closures begin for 3rd track Covert Ave. in NHP to be shut down to remove grade crossing, add upgrades BY MAYLAN L. STUDART chaos when Covert Avenue closes The project includes the elimina- tween 1st Avenue and 5th Avenue
on Monday to accommodate conNew Hyde Park residents and struction of a third track on the business owners are bracing for main line of the Long Island Rail Road. The LIRR Expansion Project will add a 9.8-mile track from Floral Park to Hicksville to reduce train and automobile congestion and delays.
tion of seven grade crossings like the one on Covert Avenue, new parking facilities, upgrades to railroad infrastructure and stations and other improvements. But ahead of the improvements comes the organized chaos. Covert Avenue will be closed for approximately six months be-
starting Monday, leaving local business owners and managers feeling resigned and ignored. “Of course we’re worried, but there isn’t something we can do,” said Jeffrey Chen, owner of a Carvel ice cream store at 80 Covert Ave. Covert will close half a Continued on Page 55
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