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Vol. ol.. 61, N No. o. 38 AN ANTON MEDIA
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Parents Protest School Indoor Mask Mandates BY DAVE GIL DE RUBIO
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s COVID-19 positivity rates continue to plummet and vaccination numbers go up, Long Island parents are chafing at certain pandemic restrictions Governor Andrew Cuomo has continued to enforce. With only two weeks left in the school year, Cuomo did an aboutface, revoking a previously voluntary indoor mask mandate and making face coverings mandatory on June 7. A public school board meeting held at Farmingdale’s Weldon E. Howitt Middle School on June 2 abruptly ended when some parents attending refused to mask up, prompting the Farmingdale School Board to walk out. See the rest of the story on page 14. County Executive Laura Curran is flanked by Chief of Department Steve Palmer, left, and First Assistant Commissioner Kevin Smith. (Photo by Frank Rizzo)
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