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Parents speak against mask mandates at Board of Ed meeting
VALENTINES FOR VETS
BY KASSARA MCELROY Concerns over recent fluctuations in mask mandates dominated the discussion at this week’s Garden City Board of Education meeting. On Tuesday, the New York State Supreme Court ruled that the statewide mandate ordering students and staff to wear masks in schools is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. The governor appealed, and the Board was met with tension from the community after its legal counsel shared that there will be an interim stay of the mask mandate until the county and State’s Appellate Division meet and make a decision on said appeal. That decision is expected to take place on Friday, January 28.
Students at Stratford School in Garden City participated in the Valentines for Veterans program run through Councilman Thomas Muscarella’s office. The program encourages students to be creative and thoughtful as they write messages to the men and women who have served our country. Students were excited to be a part of this outreach to veterans. Photo courtesy of Garden City Public Schools
Village commission looks at solutions for traffic woes BY RIKKI MASSAND At the Garden City Traffic Commission’s meeting held Thursday, January 13 at Village Hall, the Commission members – Village Trustees Mary Carter Flanagan, Deputy Mayor Tom O’Brien and Trustee Colleen Foley voted to approve several items including a fourway stop sign at Adams Street between Chester and
Salisbury Avenues, a stop sign for the northeast corner of Oxford Boulevard and St. Paul’s Place, and removal of a No Parking sign in front of a home on Stratford Avenue. But for the village’s bigger picture, a series of traffic calming studies are likely to be discussed at future Traffic Commission meetings. Trustee Carter Flanagan announced that the Central Section’s Numbered Streets
The Board’s Response
At the Board meeting on January 25th, Dr. Kusum Sinha, Superintendent of Schools, reported that after the recent winter break there were around 200 reported cases of COVID-19 among Garden City students. Positive tests have been on decline since, and currently stand See page 38
Environmental Board discusses lead in water
Traffic Calming study has resulted in a 57-page draft which was prepared by Creighton Manning. Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson and Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi have provided their comments on their report. Engineer Frank A. Filiciotto and senior planner Mike Amabile, AICP, from Creighton Manning joined
The Garden City Environmental Advisory Board and its chairperson, Village Trustee Mary Carter Flanagan, led a very well-attended, hybrid-format educational session at Village Hall and over Zoom on Wednesday January 26 regarding lead contamination that has detected in some homes’ drinking water. EAB member John Reilly led Wednesday’s presentation before residents asked questions and related their experiences with lead testing of the water at their homes. The physical effects on humans of consumption of lead contaminated water were also prominently discussed during the meeting, and some residents noted that they fear for their own health and safety as well as
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Three mayors speak to western residents PAGE 20 Teens’ holiday project at NYU Langone PAGE 30