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The masks are coming off, pleasing many a news conference on Sunday, “and you see the spikes and the infection rates that really valimsmollins@liherald.com, rbethany@liherald.com dated the rationale and the G ov. K at hy H o ch u l a n - logic behind ensuring that we nounced on Sunday that the had those masks in place state directive requiring chil- through those spikes — espedren in schools and child care cially the Omicron variant.” facilities to wear masks would Rockville Centre Board of end on Wednesday, after the Education President John Herald went to O’Shea said he was press. pleased with Hochul likened Hochul’s decision. the Covid-19 pan“My personal opindemic to a “war i o n i s t h a t i t ’s that has been healthy for our kids unfolding for the to finally see the last two years, smiles and facial where our country expressions of their h a s b e e n u n d e r GOV. KATHY teachers and their siege by this unseen HOCHUL peers,” O’Shea said, assailant — one “and I think that we that has taken thouwill be cautious as sands of lives of Americans we move forward to make sure and New Yorkers.” we follow all the protocols comIn defense of the mask man- ing down from the state of New date, Hochul said that when she York. We will be very respectwas swor n into of fice six ful, and make sure that everymonths ago, her priority was to body is comfortable if they get children back to school, but want to wear a mask or if they that wearing masks was the don’t want to wear a mask.” best guarantee that they would District spokesman Matthew be safe, especially since a pedi- Cobb said that Acting Superinatric vaccine was not available tendent Robert Bartels would until November. not comment on the decision. “We’re going to talk about The lifting of the mandate where we came from in these was met mostly with approval last six months,” Hochul said at CONTINUED ON PAGE 20
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They’ve made a difference Laura Altman, left, and Kathleen Baxley will be honored for their efforts as part of the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition at its gala on March 11. Story, more photos, Page 14.
RVC’s Gillen to run for Congress Former TOH supervisor vies for Rice’s seat By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
Rockville Centre resident and former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen announced on Feb. 24 that she is running for Congress in the 4th District. The seat will be open at year’s end, because U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City, announced last month that she would not seek re-election. Gillen became the first Demo-
crat to be elected town supervisor in more than 100 years in 2017, but lost her bid for re-election to current Supervisor Donald Clavin, a Republican from Garden City, in 2019. Gillen told the Herald that she was motivated to run again because she wanted to help the congressional district’s constituents. “I’ve always believed in community service, and helping my community and serving in government,” she said. “I want
to do the right thing and help the right people. I’ve been just waiting for the right opportunity to come along again, and when Kathleen Rice announced that she wasn’t running, I thought that this was another way that I could get involved and help my community.” As supervisor, Gillen grappled with Republicans who held the majority on the Town Board, CONTINUED ON PAGE 17