Man, 25, arraigned in fatal shooting at New Brighton memorial
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A 25-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday in the fatal shooting of Cedric Black at a memorial site in New Brighton.
Tyler Carmon, of Manor Road in Castleton Corners, was arraigned in Criminal Court in St. George on charges that include murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
He has been remanded to jail.
Black, 34, was attending a memorial gathering on Jersey Street near Crescent Avenue on Sept. 15 in honor of a 21-year-old man in the neighborhood who suffered the same fate a day earlier.
3 more COVID-19 deaths on Staten Island; cases increase, but hospitalizations drop
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
The vast majority of those who have died from confirmed COVID cases had underlying medical issues. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Three more Staten Islanders have succumbed to the coronavirus, increasing the borough’s suspected COVID-19 death total for December to 99, city Health Department data shows.
At the same time, 243 new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported on Staten Island in the past 24 hours, according to the most recent data available.
Meanwhile, coronavirus hospitalizations here, which have fluctuated over the past 10 days to two weeks, dipped by seven, one day after rising by nine.
5 more suspected COVID-19 deaths on Staten Island; total hits 96 for December
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
The coronavirus is believed to have claimed the lives of 1,227 borough residents since March. (Staten Island Advance/Tom Wrobleski)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The coronavirus is believed to have killed five more Staten Islanders, raising the borough’s suspected COVID-19 death total for the month of December to 96, city Health Department data shows.
At the same time, 258 new confirmed coronavirus cases were reported on Staten Island in the past 24 hours, while hospitalizations increased by nine, according to the most recent data available.
As of 1 p.m. Monday, 1,227 borough residents are believed to have succumbed to the coronavirus.
Santa Claus is coming to town Tuesday! (With help from the NYPD)
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
NYPD and Santa host a Christmas toy drive event on Staten Island in this file photo. (Staten Island Advance/Irving Silverstein) Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. It looks like Santa is going to have extra helpers this year.
St. Nick will be teaming up with NYPD Patrol Borough Staten Island officers to hand out toys to children throughout the Island on Tuesday.
The toys are donated by police officers, through Toys for Tots, and people within our community who used drop boxes at NYPD precinct stationhouses.
Staten Odd-land: These 160 pictures show how coronavirus turned our world upside-down in 2020
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
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People crowded onto sidewalks. They filled bars and restaurants. There was eating and drinking, sometimes to excess.
There was controversy too over the fact that members of the LGBTQ+ community were not allowed to march in the parade under their own banner. Miss Staten Island, Madison L’Insalata, who’d announced that she was bisexual, was among them.
It seems like a lifetime ago, right? It was our last normal day.
Two weeks later, Staten Island was under lockdown because of coronavirus and nothing has been the same since.