S.I. politics: Dem pols make North Shore endorsement; Tannousis opposes eviction moratorium
Posted May 06, 2021
Here’s a look at what’s happening around Staten Island politics:
Assemblyman Charles Fall (center) announced his co-endorsement of two mayoral candidates, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams (left) and former Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan, on Saturday, May 1, 2021. (Advance file photo composite
ASSEMBLYMAN FALL MAKES MAYORAL PICKS
New York Assemblyman Charles Fall (D-North Shore) made his voice heard Friday in the crowded mayoral Democratic Primary race offering a co-endorsement to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and former Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget Shaun Donovan.
A former Cape Cod-based Coast Guard cutter had a tense encounter with an Iranian vessel earlier this month in the southern Persian Gulf.
The Monomoy, whose homeport was previously Coast Guard Station Woods Hole, was conducting a routine security patrol April 2 with another U.S. patrol vessel when the Harth 55, attached to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at extremely close range, according to Rebecca Rebarich, spokesperson for the U.S. 5th Fleet.
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy’s actions were deemed unsafe and unprofessional,” Rebarich said in an email to the Times on Thursday. “Their actions increased the risk of miscalculation and collision.”
US fires warning shots at Iranian fast-attack boats harassing Navy, Coast Guard ships 4 hours ago A video released by the U.S. Navy shows a portion of the dangerous interactions between Iran s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy boats and U.S. Navy ships in the southern Arabian Gulf in early April. (Navy) The U.S. Navy fired warning shots Monday at three fast-attack craft of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy, which were harassing the coastal patrol boat Firebolt and U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat Baranoff the latest in a series of such confrontations, the U.S. Navy said.
Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. April 27, 2021
The Harth 55 repeatedly crossed the bows of the U.S. vessels at an unnecessarily close range, including crossings of both Wrangell and Monomoy s bows at a 70 yard closest point of approach (CPA). (Photo: U.S. Navy)
A U.S. military ship fired warning shots after three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close to it and another American patrol boat in the Gulf, the United States military said on Tuesday.
Such incidents have occurred occasionally over the past five years, though there has been a relative lull over the past year.