Coronavirus update: Deaths and cases rise; dip in hospitalizations
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The coronavirus (COVID-19) is believed to have claimed the lives of 1,664 borough residents since the beginning of the ...
Monthly Archives: March 2021
NYPD launches new online system to report low-level crimes: What it means for you
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD on Wednesday unveiled a new way to report low-level crimes — from minor theft to vandalism — via a system ...
A new constituent service: Savino helps 500 Staten Islanders schedule COVID-19 vaccines
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Michael Barro, an 86-year-old South Beach resident, needed help booking an appointment to get his coronavirus ...
The Gym Bag: Women softball players starting ‘League of Their Own’ in the spring after …
There's plenty of men's softball leagues and a handful of coed teams on Staten Island, but no all-women's leagues. Until now! That thanks to Carrie ...
Overturned vehicle blocking all NY-bound lanes of Outerbridge Crossing
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An overturned vehicle on the Outerbridge Crossing has caused all Staten Island-bound lanes to blocked, the Port Authority of ...
Staten Island woman among New Yorkers who Sunday mourned loved ones lost in nursing homes
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Danielle Messina, a Staten Island woman whose father is one of the more than 400 borough nursing home residents ...
Is Pete Davidson ‘spending time’ with ‘Bridgerton’ star Phoebe Dynevor?
Then, late last week the woman who falsely claimed she was married to Davidson was arrested for trespassing inside his Staten Island home.
Meet the new head of the US attorney’s office covering Staten Island
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Number two is now number one in the Brooklyn federal prosecutor's office. Mark J. Lesko has been appointed acting U.S. ...
AstraZeneca vaccine found to by 79% effective in US study, completely effective in preventing …
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — AstraZeneca's coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine demonstrated 79% efficacy at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in a United ...
Man arraigned in subway attack on senior; hate crime charge being investigated
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 36-year-old Bronx man, arrested on the Staten Island Ferry Sunday after he allegedly assaulted a senior citizen on a ...
Sign on Staten Island roadway misspells Goethals Bridge
The misspelling on the sign, on the New Jersey-bound lanes of the Staten Island Expressway, was noted recently on social media. It raised recollections ...
Special Guests and Community Members Read to Classes During Literacy Month
Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis, whose constituency covers Staten Island and South Brooklyn, read Shel Silverstein's 'The Giving Tree' to the ...
Prosecutors say more investigation needed before NYC subway attacker can be charged with anti …
Marc Mathieu, 36, was arrested late Sunday on the Staten Island Ferry, hours after he allegedly bloodied a 68-year-old stranger on a No. 1 train in an ...
Owner of Brooklyn health food chain charged with selling oxycodone
Nature's Grill has locations in Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens and in Staten Island, according to its website. Advertisement. Verteouris, a first-generation ...
City keeping close eye on hospitalizations, deaths as COVID-19 positivity rates rise
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city and state continue to butt heads about loosening certain restrictions as different variants of the coronavirus ...
Empire Outlets to open 24/7 ‘in the next week or two,’ mayor says, following influx of vaccine supply
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After nearly two months of operation, the city says the vaccination site at Empire Outlets will soon be brought up to full ...
NYC Zoning Amendment Increases Building Options in Flood Zones
... Staten Island's eastern shore and Queens' Rockaway Peninsula, and to promote flood-resilient construction throughout the city's flood-hazard areas ...
Alleged mob capo admits SI shakedowns, planting GPS; his son cops to extortion scheme
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It was a family affair on Monday for a purported mob capo and his son, an alleged associate, as each pleaded guilty to ...
She faces gun-trafficking charges; her boyfriend allegedly used weapon in double murder
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island woman is facing gun-trafficking charges after authorities allege she purchased and transported a weapon ...
Disney+ Hawkeye Spinoff Series Centered on Echo in Early Development
... who are best known for their work on Troop Zero, and Rhys Thomas (Staten Island Summer). Hawkeye is expected to debut in Fall 2021 on Disney+ ...