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.
April 2021
Tensions continued to mount among Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt ahead of Addis Ababa’s planned second unilateral filling of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in coming months. In apparent warning to Addis Ababa and preparation for possible escalation of inter-state tensions, Sudan and Egypt 31 March-5 April held second joint military exercise since Nov 2020. New round of talks among Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan on filling and operation of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Blue Nile river broke down 6 April. Cairo same day denounced Ethiopia’s “lack of political will to negotiate in good faith”, while Khartoum vowed to “consider all possible options to protect its security”, denouncing Addis Ababa’s rejection of its proposal for quadripartite mediation by AU, EU, UN and U.S. to break deadlock in AU-led negotiations. Ethiopia’s water minister Seleshi Bekele 7 April said Addis Ababa would proceed with second filling of dam during forthcoming rainy season bet
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.