Staten Island Archives

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With three large-scale waterfront industrial properties—Arthur Kill Terminal, Staten Island Marine Terminal, and Rossville Municipal Site—under consideration for offshore wind development, thousands of jobs could soon be washing up on…

ByMary Cunningham 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Opinion: Keeping Things Fair for Essential Workers Should Be Essential to Congestion Pricing

“Police, Sanitation, and other government workers have long called Staten Island home, thanks to its affordability when compared to the other boroughs, great schools, and safer neighborhoods. Yet that affordability…

ByJessica Scarcella-Spanton 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Climate and Environment Government Video

SEE IT: How NYC Turns Food & Yard Waste Into ‘Big Apple Compost’

City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site…

ByAdi Talwar

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Buyouts on the Ballot: 10 Years After Sandy, New York Considers New Funding for Voluntary Relocation

New potential funding mechanisms—including a measure that New Yorkers will see on the ballot this November—may provide an opportunity for homeowners in areas of high flood risk to sell their…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Tell Us Your Hurricane Sandy Story

As the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in New York approaches, City Limits is asking residents to share their experiences of the storm. Where were you, and how…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Flashback Friday: Staten Island’s Sandy Ground, 1982

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…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Nov 2021

Government

NYC General Election Day: Updates From Across the Boroughs

New York City will choose its next mayor on Tuesday. Check here throughout the day for developments in the 2021 election.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand

ByAdi Talwar

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Feb 2021

Government News

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

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Comunidades de habla hispana Government

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

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.

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

City Says Bay Street Rezoning Could ‘Bring all the Pieces of the Puzzle Together’

But the plan faces a host of questions abut affordability, small business protections, traffic, parks and drainage.

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

The Offshore Wind Industry is Knocking on Staten Island’s Door