VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE STATEMENT
VILLAGE OF LAWRENCE STATEMENT
To All Village Residents:
We urge you to please note the following:
- The Village is in constant contact with the Nassau Count Police Commissioner Ryder, 4th Precinct Inspector Barbieri and NYPD 101st Precinct Commander Robinson who are committed to the safety of the Village of Lawrence
- Any planned protest will be confined to Beach 20th street in Far Rockaway and will not be permitted to cross route 878 (Nassau Expressway)
- Additional police units are already in place and additional tactical and specialized groups will be strategically placed to contain any unauthorized or violent elements
- The Nassau County Auxiliary Police have been activated to provide additional assistance
- There IS a plan as well as alternate plans which obviously cannot be shared
- The Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Department also has a contingency plan for our protection
- The Village recommends that any pedestrian or vehicular traffic be avoided after 6:00pm this evening and postponed till tomorrow
- Please do not believe (nor spread) rumors
- Please do not hesitate to call 911 for any reason
- You may also call the Village’s hotline at 516-551-1173 with any non emergency inquiries
Alex H. Edelman
Mayor
LEGISLATOR HOWARD KOPEL
I just communicated with Commissioner Ryder. He said :
“We handled over 2000 protesters tonight in Mineola we had another 500 in Elmont we got one in Valley Stream tomorrow at 1 o’clock one in Freeport at 1 o’clock and then at 4 o’clock is the Far Rockaway one we will have it covered we will keep them protected.”
I will say it again. He is very very good. I believe that we will be OK. But it’s still a good idea to be careful.
HATZOLAH’S CHANGES
Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County
Dear Member,
As most of you are aware there is a protest planned for June 2nd in Far Rockaway. We have been in constant communication with the Commanding Officers of the 100th and 101st Precincts of the NYPD and the 4th and 5th Precincts of the NCPD.
Here are the changes that will be implemented from 3 PM on June 2 until 6 AM on June 3 in the Far Rockaway, Inwood and Bayswater Area:
-Two (2) Far Rockaway Ambulances will be parked in the Shor Yoshuv Yeshiva parking lot, 1 Cedarlawn Avenue, Lawrence, which is guarded 24/7.
-One (1) Far Rockaway Ambulance will be moved to the Woodmere Garage.
-No members in Far Rockaway will be dispatched direct to calls regardless of call type. Members will be dispatched to Shor Yoshuv and respond with the ambulance.
-Members in Inwood and Bayswater must respond together in the same vehicle. No solo responding.
-All ambulances leaving from the Shor Yoshuv parking lot will be escorted by security to the call and then as needed to the hospital.
-Mott Avenue will be shut down. No Ambulance is to attempt to access Mott Ave at anytime for any reason.
-All calls in Atlantic Beach, Belle Harbor, Cedarhurst, Hewlett, Lawrence, North Woodmere and Woodmere will respond as normal unless the situation changes.
-The times will be extended as needed.
-For any non-routine issues please call a coordinator immediately!
Here are the changes for the West Hempstead area, effective immediately:
-Winthrop Hospital is to be avoided until 6:00 AM June 2nd.
-920 was moved to another location that was shared with the units in the WH Area.
-Security will be available if requested in the West Hempstead area.
-The times will be extended as needed.
-For any non-routine issues please call a coordinator immediately!
This is a highly fluid situation and we will send out updates as we get them via text message, email and/or the RL Member WhatsApp group.
As always, we thank you and your families for your continued dedication, devotion and mesiras Nefesh during these times.
-RL Coordinators
