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Andrew Yang comes to aid of photographer attacked on Staten Island Ferry Updated Feb 26, 2021; Posted Feb 26, 2021 Andrew Yang speaks to a police officer following an incident on the Staten Island Ferry, Feb. 26, 2021. (Paul Liotta/Staten Island Advance) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate and current frontrunner in the race for NYC mayor, came to the rescue of a photojournalist who was attacked Friday on the Staten Island Ferry. Yang...

‘I’m running to rebrand Staten Island’: Businessman Mark Murphy joins borough president race Updated Feb 24, 2021; Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Staten Islander Mark Murphy has thrown his hat into the ring for borough president, joining a growing list of candidates vying for a place on the ballot this fall in the contest to replace outgoing Borough President James Oddo. “I know what Staten Island was and I know what Staten Island can be,” Murphy told the Advance/SILi...

Borough officials react to DC violence amid congressional certification of 2020 presidential election Updated Jan 06, 2021; Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Supporters of President Donald Trump violently gained access to the U.S. Capitol building, physically pushing past police in an effort to disrupt Congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election on Wednesday. Thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C. in an effort to challenge the certification of the election that ...

New York passes automatic voter registration; all S.I. state legislators but Savino vote against bill Updated Dec 24, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 “Anyone who wants to sell you conspiracy theories on people registering to vote who aren’t eligible are lying to you or didn’t read the bill,” said Sen. Diane Savino. (Staten Island Advance/Rebeka Humbrecht) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- New York state streamlined voter registration this week by establishing automatic voter registratio...

President and CEO, New York Power Authority While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations...

By Rory ONeill Dec 17, 2020 The Coast Guard says it rescued two men whose boat broke down off the Dry Tortugas. The wife of one man called Key West watch standers to report that Patrick and Michael Cusick failed to come home last night. A search plane and cutter were dispatched and the two men were quickly found. They had been adrift for almost 24 hours by the time they were rescued. The Coast Guard says the Cusicks were dehydrated and seasick, but otherwise okay. "The men were rescued becau...

By Rory ONeill Dec 17, 2020 The Coast Guard says it rescued two men whose boat broke down off the Dry Tortugas. The wife of one man called Key West watch standers to report that Patrick and Michael Cusick failed to come home last night. A search plane and cutter were dispatched and the two men were quickly found. They had been adrift for almost 24 hours by the time they were rescued. The Coast Guard says the Cusicks were dehydrated and seasick, but otherwise okay. "The men were rescued becau...

By Rory ONeill Dec 17, 2020 The Coast Guard says it rescued two men whose boat broke down off the Dry Tortugas. The wife of one man called Key West watch standers to report that Patrick and Michael Cusick failed to come home last night. A search plane and cutter were dispatched and the two men were quickly found. They had been adrift for almost 24 hours by the time they were rescued. The Coast Guard says the Cusicks were dehydrated and seasick, but otherwise okay. "The men were rescued becau...

Coast Guard rescues two near Key West after boat breaks down KEY WEST, Fla. – A Coast Guard crew rescued two people off Key West Thursday. According to officials, members of the Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton crew rescued Patrick and Michael Cusick after their boat became disabled about 20 miles off Dry Tortugas National Park. The wife of one of the men called the Coast Guard and reported her husband left on a 25-foot boat for the national park from Cudjoe Key on Tuesday. She said he was...

By Rory ONeill Dec 17, 2020 The Coast Guard says it rescued two men whose boat broke down off the Dry Tortugas. The wife of one man called Key West watch standers to report that Patrick and Michael Cusick failed to come home last night. A search plane and cutter were dispatched and the two men were quickly found. They had been adrift for almost 24 hours by the time they were rescued. The Coast Guard says the Cusicks were dehydrated and seasick, but otherwise okay. "The men were rescued becau...