First-ever Staten Island parks commissioner, who established Greenbelt, dies at 89

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Former Staten Island borough parks commissioner Joseph M. Curran, Jr., whose career shaped Staten ...

Staten Island seeing red: Forgotten boro more fired up for secession since socialist Zohran Mamdani’s visit

Secession fever is reigniting among fearful Staten Islanders who refuse to believe freshly inaugurated Mayor Mamdani’s ...
The Atlantic

Sorrow and Hope in a Visit to Staten Island After Sandy

The "forgotten borough" of Staten Island was hard hit by Sandy, sustaining extensive damages and accounting for nearly half the death toll in the area. It remains in need of a lot of help. Along with ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Staten Island borough president calls for Brooklyn to St. George ferry route

Staten Island Borough President James Oddo is asking the city to “right a wrong” by creating an additional ferry route on the proposed Citywide Ferry Service between Brooklyn and St. George, Staten ...
AOL

Let our people go! Zohran Mamdani victory spurs Staten Island pols to renew bid to pull out of NYC

Leaders of New York City’s “Forgotten Borough” — and most conservative enclave — are re-introducing stalled legislation for Staten Island to secede from what they fear will become the People’s ...