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Friday, November 27, 2020
Vol. 69, No. 48
SHOP LOCAL HOLIDAY GUIDE
COVID COUNT RISES IN SCHOOLS
MTA WARNS OF SLASHED SERVICES
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Mineola’s 585 cases most for village in area
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More than 7,000 throughout North Shore test positive for coronavirus 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 mask-wearing and other state mandates, but spoke about the numbers in a Facebook post on Tuesday. “Facts are the numbers are going up,” Bral said. “You can agree or disagree but this will not change the fact that the state will order our businesses and schools to shut down. So I urge you again to please act accordingly and avoid attending large gatherings for the sake of our kids and our businesses.” Continued on Page 45
PHOTO COURTESY OF MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
Mineola High School senior Abby Meehan officially committed to playing softball at Hofstra University last week.
Three weeks later, no finalized election results BY R OB E RT PELAEZ Though four local elections on Long Island have been called, the final tally in other races is uncertain with an unknown number of absen-
tee ballots still being counted three weeks after the election. Efforts to reach the Nassau County and New York state election boards to provide the number of outstanding absentee ballots to determine local races have been unavailing
since Nov. 4. State Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), deputy leader of the Democratic majority, expressed his frustrations to The New York Times last week. Continued on Page 34
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