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There are two weeks left in the official 2021 legislative session, and environmentalists cannot agree on how best to use that time. Some lawmakers are focusing

Yang said the top three issues among Staten Islanders are public safety, jobs, and quality of life.

Veterans ask: Why can pot supporters march in NYC but we can’t have Memorial Day parade? Updated May 10, 2021; Posted May 10, 2021 The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carryi...

S.I. Vets see ‘double standard’ as pot proponents march down Broadway but they can’t have Memorial Day parade Updated May 07, 5:21 PM; Posted May 07, 1:42 PM The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got...

Winners and losers emerging from the 2021 Legislative Session They all cant be winners. Here is the definitive list of whos up and who took a fall. The ending of a Session is never a surprise. It’s like harvest season. What you get at the end is the result of months, maybe even years of tilling, planting, watering, tending, and shepherding. Against the odds and despite many challenges, the 2021 Legislative Session ended on time. The House Speaker and the Senate President were together for the...

$28B federal fund available to help Staten Island restaurants — but they have to apply Updated Apr 23, 2021; Posted Apr 23, 2021 From left to right, Ted Fleetwood Nugent of The Richmond, The Belvedere Club and Cebu Bistro, VINUM owner and chef Massimo Felici, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Councilwoman Debi Rose, chef Joe Salimeni of Js on the Bay, Maxs Es-Ca owner and chef Max Callichio, State Senator Michael Cusick and, in the back row, Assemblyman Charles D. Fall. State Senator Diane Sa...

(Lucas Jackson/Reuters) New polling suggests that beleaguered New York governor Andrew Cuomo could be a drag on New York Democrats in 2022 if he remains in office. Cuomo, whose administration is in the midst of at least three federal probes into its handling of nursing homes during COVID-19 and who is himself facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, has so far refused to leave office. Advertisement “No, there is no way I resign,” Cuomo said Monday, even after New York State Senate...

Kindness Team working to make a difference at I.S. 75 | In Class column Updated Mar 08, 2021; Posted Mar 07, 2021 Briana Delbuono, left, and Stephanie Theodorou are teachers at Paulo Intermediate School, Huguenot. They are part of the Kindness Team at the school. (Courtesy/Briana Delbuono) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Teachers at Paulo Intermediate School (I.S. 75) in Huguenot are working to instill kindness among their school community, as well as bring the important topics of dive...

Streamed virtually, 16th annual Black History Month Town Hall honors outstanding Staten Islanders Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 Scene at the First Central Baptist Church Black History Month Town Hall on February 27, 2021. (Dr. Gracelyn Santos/Staten Island Advance) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — First Central Baptist Church celebrated on Saturday its 16th annual Staten Island Black History Month Town Hall Meeting -- a highly-anticipated event at the end of Black History Mo...

Once Undocumented Immigrant & Now Attorney Announces BP Run In NYCs Most Conservative Borough arrow Cesar Vargas at a naturalization ceremony. Cesar Vargas Twitter Cesar Vargas remembers praying at a cathedral in Puebla, Mexico when he was five years old before embarking on a 1800-mile journey to the border town of Tijuana with his siblings and mother. He crossed with his family into the U.S. without legal papers, traveling to Brighton Beach in Brooklyn to live with Varg...