Up and down Forest Avenue in West Brighton, Staten Island, Pride flags dot business windows, their owners publicly declaring support for the LGBTQ+ community.
The "political breakfast" held the morning of the Staten Island St. Patrick's Day Parade has been canceled this year, with organizers "standing up to" the parade's continued exclusion of LGBT groups. District Attorney Michael E. McMahon has penned an open letter explaining the decision to stand down the breakfast.
Representative Nicole Malliotakis, the city’s lone Republican House member, has tried to maintain some distance from the Supreme Court ruling on abortion.