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Car going past a speed camera on a street

Staying on: New Yorkers react to Hochul’s renewed speed camera program in NYC

Posted on June 30, 2025

Staten Island commuter boarding express bus

Staten Island commuters report no air conditioning on MTA express buses as heat wave continues

Posted on June 23, 2025

One in three respondents reported their quality of life as being "good" or "excellent."

Business

New Yorkers’ quality of life and public safety ratings remain low but improve since 2023, survey shows

Posted on June 4, 2025

Staten Island suspect arrested for assault of autistic boy

Two migrant gang members arrested for Staten Island assault of autistic boy; mom calls on prosecutors to get tough

Posted on May 15, 2025

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Staten Island commuters endure ‘painful’ waits, crowded express buses after depot closure

Posted on May 14, 2025

Scene where Staten Island cops were fired upon by gunman

Staten Island cops hospitalized after gunman opens fire on them during traffic stop

Posted on May 12, 2025

a NYC bus approaches a bus stop

Fare evasion: MTA battling scourge of scofflaws boarding buses without paying their fair share

Posted on May 11, 2025

Falcon Flying Against Clear Sky

Peregrine falcon chicks hatch on Port Authority nesting tower on Bayonne Bridge

Posted on May 9, 2025

woman standing in front of exhibit marking history of Willowbrook State School

Politics

‘Never go back!’ Hundreds united on Staten Island for 50-year celebration of Willowbrook State School closure decree

Posted on May 4, 2025

Smiling Staten Island sicko opens fire on woman with pellet gun

Smiling sicko on Staten Island shoots woman with pellet gun as she held baby

Posted on May 4, 2025

brooklyn-queens expressway

Brooklyn Paper

Staten Island man sentenced to 15 years in prison after shooting pregnant woman on Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

MTA NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow speaks about buses in winter

Op-Ed

Op-ed | What NYC Transit is doing to make the city greener

Posted on April 12, 2025

intersection on Staten Island during the day

DOT touts Seaview Avenue street-safety redesign as Staten Islanders claim it’s now ‘more dangerous’ than ever

Posted on April 10, 2025

A police officer stands guard at a crime scene

Armed suspect dead after police-involved shooting at Home Depot on Staten Island

Posted on March 6, 2025

bus and cars driving the road and parking lot of the Staten Island Mall

Thousands of commuters to be displaced under plan to remove Staten Island Mall bus routes

Posted on March 3, 2025

three people outside a house on Staten Island

Staten Island residents rally against speed cameras as street safety program faces reauthorization in Albany

Posted on March 2, 2025

Police tape lies on the ground of a crime scene

Man arrested in Staten Island collision that killed one person four years ago

Posted on February 21, 2025

Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa with a homeless man on board a subway train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Dec. 29, 2024.

SOS Staten Island: State program battling homelessness set to hit borough’s ferry and railway

Posted on February 11, 2025

Suspect in Staten Island rape case

Staten Island man arrested for allegedly raping girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter

Posted on February 4, 2025

Staten Island Chuck shyly stays put in his log home, predicting an early spring during the annual Groundhog Day prediction at the Staten Island Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.

News

Staten Island Chuck goes against the grain, predicting an early spring on Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2, 2025

Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli.

Politics

Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, top Republican in City Council, to step down by end of January

Posted on January 26, 2025

Staten Island stabbing suspect arrested

Woman surrenders in fatal stabbing of Staten Island mother during brawl

Posted on January 13, 2025

Commuters at the Staten Island Ferry amid congestion pricing

Congestion pricing: Staten Islanders bemoan Manhattan tolls as they ditch cars for the ferry

Posted on January 8, 2025

Staten Island stabbed scene

Staten Island woman stabbed to death near apartment building: cops

Posted on January 8, 2025

An express bus operating on a rainy street on Staten Island

Staten Island commuters fume over poor express bus service leading into 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025

woman holding and a housing complex on staten island

News

Seniors, families living with no heat for over a week in subsidized apartment complex on Staten Island

Posted on December 6, 2024

Close-up Shot of Police Car Siren Lights. Offices of the Law Ready for Action, Chase the Criminals, Arrest Offenders and Fight Crime. Stylish Cinematic Lights with Dark Sky

Person of interest in custody after senior woman was stabbed to death in Staten Island home

Posted on December 6, 2024

Biden emerges from Air Force One at JFK. Photo Erica Price

QNS

President Biden and First Lady arrive at JFK Airport for Friendsgiving event with service members

Whoopi Goldberg inset in front of Staten Island Bakery

Politics

Whoopi Goldberg responds on Instagram to Staten Island bakery backlash

Posted on November 21, 2024

verrazzano-narrows bridge

Brooklyn Paper

‘Not merely a crossing’: The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, a marvel of engineering, turns 60

NYC bakery exterior that was criticized by Whoopi Goldberg

Politics

Staten Islanders line up in droves to support NYC bakery criticized by Whoopi Goldberg

Posted on November 17, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm paralyzed after horse riding accident, thousands raised for recovery

man in front of a row of guitars on a wall inside Castellano's House of Music, a music store in NYC

Business

Castellano’s House of Music: A music store in tune with NYC for over 50 years

Posted on November 1, 2024

snake in a NYC Park on Staten Island

A ssssserious problem: Why are so many snakes dying at this Staten Island park?

Posted on October 31, 2024

firefighters work on a fire at at Staten Island church

FDNY takes on three-alarm blaze at Staten Island church

Posted on October 9, 2024

Location where teen was shot near Staten Island high school

Queens

Teen shot near Staten Island high school; Queens students busted with loaded firearms in bookbags

Posted on September 19, 2024

BQE Brooklyn-Queens Expressway

Brooklyn Paper

City to close one lane of Staten Island-bound BQE for next 2 weekends to install weigh-in-motion tech

affordable housing lottery in nyc showing a building at night

Affordable housing lottery at Staten Island’s new ‘Water’s Edge’ development offers studio apartments starting at $2,395 a month

Posted on September 3, 2024

gray cat rescued on Staten Island wrapped in a towel

Pets

NYPD, neighbors battle extreme heat to rescue kitten trapped in Staten Island storm drain

Posted on August 29, 2024

man wearing a mask who allegedly beat a man in Midtown

News

5 perps ruthlessly beat sleeping senior in Midtown, leaving him critical

Posted on August 29, 2024

exterior of a legal pot shop on Staten Island during the day

Politics

‘The state was never ready’: Staten Islanders oppose opening of legal pot shop

Posted on August 21, 2024

National Grid

News

New Yorkers to face series of rate hikes from National Grid starting Sept. 1

Posted on August 19, 2024

Staten Island houses at an intersection

News

2 people found dead, one stabbed multiple times, in Staten Island home

Posted on August 14, 2024

A police officer investigates a shooting scene

Double shooting on Staten Island leaves one man dead, another wounded: cops

Posted on July 31, 2024

two teenagers at a table advocating for gun violence prevention

News

Triggering change: How a teen impacted by gun violence is advocating for gun safety in NYC and beyond

Posted on July 30, 2024

letters A-C-A-B written in red on the 9-11 memorial on Staten Island

Grammatically challenged vandal defaced Staten Island 9/11 memorial with offensive graffiti

Posted on July 18, 2024

Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli.

Politics

Top NYC Republican says pols must be more ‘cognizant’ of inflammatory rhetoric following attempted Trump assassination

Posted on July 15, 2024

Rendering of the final facility.

Staten Island to add offshore wind staging port, an effort to fight the climate change crisis

Posted on June 13, 2024

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bronx

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