DOT Requests Outside Seating In Be Returned To Design For New Staten Island Ferry
The preliminary design for the new Staten Island Ferry does not include outdoor seating, and many riders can't even imagine not being able to get some fresh air.
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The preliminary design for the new Staten Island Ferry does not include outdoor seating, and many riders can't even imagine not being able to get some fresh air.
Director Gregg Breinberg has had his students perform in front of other big names in the past, but not this big.
Kars 4 Kids, along with Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm, City Councilmember Debi Rose and local charities joined forces to help hand out 1,000 winter coats to those who lost everything in superstorm Sandy.
In late December two of them crashed into car windows in front of Forest Bard Liquors on Forest Avenue, while another perched on the window ledge of a Sovereign Bank.
The Staten Island Ferry might soon be doing away with boats that allow passengers to ride outside.
A 66-year-old Staten Island man is dead, after being hit and killed by a private garbage truck in Chelsea.
Kars 4 Kids (Kars For Kids) and other charities will distribute over 1,000 children's coats on Sunday, January 20th to Staten Island residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.
A man who used his art to help Staten Island heal after superstorm Sandy is trying to do the same for Newtown, Connecticut following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Although they knew the day was coming, that didn't make it any easier for some on Staten Island who watched the city tear down their homes on Monday.
Police Monday were seeking assistance from the public in finding two suspects wanted for a Christmas Day jewelry store break-in in Staten Island.
Congress was scheduled to vote on a $51 billion federal storm aid package. But objections to so-called pork making its way into the original measure have led House Republicans to draft their own $17 billion package.
Michele Sileo and Elura Nanos, former prosecutors who now run their own mediation practice, are the stars of the new show "Staten Island Law."
Staten Island's Community Education Council voted in favor of the plan to hire 300 to 500 retired cops, who would carry concealed weapons and serve as plainclothes security guards while rotating among the city's 1,750 schools.
Google's street views are great for everything that stays the same, but on Staten Island, some homes have been destroyed.
Several lawmakers from New York and New Jersey said House Speaker John Boehner's decision to abandon a vote this session would be a crushing blow to states ravaged by the devastating storm.
Tuesday night will be the coldest so far of the season, and many residents displaced for Superstorm Sandy were seeking shelter from the freezing temperatures.
Despite critics who said it is too soon after Superstorm Sandy – and that construction in a flood zone is not a good idea – developers of what would be the world's largest Ferris wheel on Staten Island are moving forward with their plans.
For those devastated by Superstorm Sandy, the new year brings new hope of better days to come – and also an emphasis on helping others in need.
City Transportation Department officials say they could probably save $3 million per year, per boat by switching to natural gas from diesel fuel.
On Midland Beach, homeowner Dario said the storm could not have come at a worse time.
A 21-year-old man was killed early Saturday when his car struck a light pole in the Elm Park section of Staten Island.
A proposal on Staten Island to put retired police officers with guns in all borough schools received a blunt response from Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week.
Staten Islanders continue to come together to rebuild and recover from Superstorm Sandy. But not everyone is sharing the neighborly spirit in the aftermath of the hurricane.
In addition to its regularly scheduled trash pickup, the department has been collecting bulk items like flooded furniture in hard-hit storm neighborhoods of Staten Island, Queens and Brooklyn.
An initiative that sends workers into storm-damaged Staten Island homes to make electrical repairs for free is being suspended because officials say it's getting expensive.
