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Staten Island

Flashback Friday: Staten Island's Sandy Ground, 1982

By Jeanmarie Evelly | February 25, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams commissioned a new Staten Island Ferry boat dubbed Sandy Ground—named after New York’s first free Black community, founded on the island more than two centuries ago. In 1982, City Limits published an interview with William “Pops” Pedro, who was then 100 years old and had lived his whole life in the historic enclave.

Plastic Bags Still Ubiquitous in NYC Shops, Months After Enforcement of Ban Began

General Election Breakdown: NYC Republicans See Wins in Key Council Races

On Staten Island, It's Red vs. Blue in Tight City Council Race

NYC General Election Day: Updates From Across the Boroughs

primary election

2021 Primary Day Thread: NYC Votes for a New Mayor, City Council

By City Limits | June 22, 2021

The winner of the primary will go on to compete on the ballot in November’s general election—which in a city that leans as heavily Democratic as New York means most seats will be filled by whoever wins in June.

Council Countdown

It’s Insider Vs. Outsiders in Republican Council Primary on Staten Island

By Jarrett Murphy | May 18, 2021

A tradition of handing down power within this 50th Council district office is under assault in the most contested Republican primary in this cycle.

2021 Borough President Races
César Vargas

Un candidato latino a presidente del condado de Staten Island

By Daniel Parra | April 12, 2021

Staten Island no ha tenido un presidente municipal del Partido Demócrata en 32 años y nunca ha tenido un BP de color. César Vargas está tratando de acabar con ambas tendencias.

Election 2021

Republicans Vie for Staten Island BP Nod as Democratic Challenges Take Shape

By Jarrett Murphy | February 10, 2021

The borough president’s bully pulpit stands especially high in Staten Island, separated from the rest of New York by seawater, demographics and a Republican orientation that could be getting firmer.

COVID-19

Checking in on New York’s COVID-19 ‘Cluster’ Containment Strategy

By Nicole Javorsky | November 5, 2020

It’s been nearly a month since New York started its ‘Cluster Action Initiative’ to contain the spread of coronavirus by instituting restrictions in specific hotspot neighborhoods. Will it keep a second wave at bay?

2020 election

Latinos votan por primera en elecciones de 2020 en Staten Island, Nueva York

By Daniel Parra | November 4, 2020

La historia de las elecciones de 2020 trataba tanto del futuro de una nación como de los votantes individuales que salieron el primer martes de noviembre.

Election 2020

Breaking Down the 2020 Election Results for NYC (So Far)

By Jarrett Murphy | November 4, 2020

On Staten Island, Nicole Malliotakis claimed victory late Tuesday but incumbent Max Rose refused to concede. In the State Senate, Democrat Andrew Gounardes is trailing Republican Vito Bruno by about 6,000 votes. Plus more updates.

voting

Poll-Site Steering Means Battling Electioneering at SI Voting Site

By Jarrett Murphy | November 3, 2020

“I’ve had a few people come in with their Trump hats or T-shirts,” one poll worker said, of trying to enforce rules that forbid electioneering from within 100 feet of a poll site. “I tell them, you’ve got to take it off.”

11th Congressional District

Voters Line Up Early in Competitive 11th Congressional District

By Jarrett Murphy and Nicole Javorsky | November 3, 2020

Staten Island occupies the bulk of the 11th Congressional district, where Rep. Max Rose, a Democrat, is trying to hold on to the seat he won in 2018 against a strong challenge by Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis.

Election 2020

Max Rose Marched to Defund the Police? That’s News to the People Who Ran the March

By Emily Nadal | October 29, 2020

His opponent is claiming Rose marched with those demanding a cut to NYPD funding. But the people who organized the event say that was definitely not the message most marchers were sending.

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