Staten Island’s “Woman Of Distinction” Awarded By Senator Scarcella-Spanton: Genealogist, Historian, Activist
Senator Scarcella-Spanton Honors Debbie-Ann Paige as 2026 Woman of Distinction for Senate District 23 …
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Staten Islanders Looking For Opportunities To Help Out During National Volunteer Week With Food Distribution At Project Hospitality
NEW YORKERS GIVE BACK DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK: APRIL 19-25 NEW YORK CARES WILL OFFER…
Affordable Housing Built On College Of Staten Island, Other CUNY School Campuses? BP Fossella Speaks Out
BP Fossella to Publicly Oppose A Policy of Building Affordable Housing on CUNY Campuses Editor’s…
New York Nearly Triples Affordable Housing Output, Far Outpacing U.S. Growth – Nearly A Third Of All New Units Qualify As Affordable
New York Nearly Triples Affordable Housing Output, Far Outpacing U.S. Growth – Nearly A Third…
New York’s 2026 Livability Outlook: Strong Quality of Life, High Costs, Community, Amenities Among Metros
New York’s 2026 Livability Outlook: Strong Quality of Life, High Costs, Community, Amenities Among Metros…
Bayonne Announces Return Of 4-Hour Free Holiday Parking For Shoppers In Town
Free Four-Hour Parking for Non-Commercial Vehicles in Bayonne Parking Utility Lots, December 1 Through January 4…
Aging Committee Hearing On Need To Support Seniors With Age-Related Diseases Including Parkinsons, Demanding Release Of Medicare-Negotiated Prescription Prices
Gillibrand, Scott to Lead Aging Committee Hearing on The Need To Reauthorize The Older Americans Act,…
Wagner College Student Acting Program Declared Top Student Theatre Program By Princeton Review
Wagner College to Celebrate Being Center Stage STATEN ISLAND — O gather ye now, both…
Staten Island Women of Achievement Awards This Year Includes PRHS Alumni, Pillars Of Local Community
From the Port Richmond High School Alumni Association newsletter: Congratulations to our newest woman…
Supporting Affordable Co-Op Owners, Protecting Red Hook From Flooding, Quality Of Life, Bin Purchase Rebates, Revitalized Greener Fulton Mall, Eastern European Heritage Reception, Opposing Military In Cities, Downstate Casino Proposals, Record Low Shootings: Mayor Adams
Supporting Affordable Co-Op Owners, Protecting Red Hook From Flooding, Quality Of Life, Bin Purchase Rebates,…
Brooklyn Comprehensive Plan Approved By CPC, OneLIC Neighborhood Plan: Municipal Arts Society Advocacy
MAS Advocacy Updates: The 2025 Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn and CPC Approval of the OneLIC…
Adams Administration Report Card: City Government That Works For All New Yorkers
Community Op-Ed: The Adams Administration’s Report Card: A City Government That Works for All New…
Parkinson’s Advocates Rally In D.C., Urge Congress To Boost Critical Research Funding, Ban Parkinson’s Linked Pesticide: UPDATED
Parkinson’s Advocates Rally in D.C., Urge Congress to Boost Research Funding & Ban Parkinson’s-Linked Chemical Advocates…
NYC’s Municipal Arts Society Announces Digital Restoration Of 1980 film, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces – MAS Data Day With NYC Public Space App
NYC’s Municipal Arts Society Announces Digital Restoration Of William H. “Holly” Whyte’s 1980 film, The Social…
In New York: First Chief Public Policy Officer To Lead New Advocacy Dept At American Parkinson Disease Association
American Parkinson Disease Association Appoints Anne Hubbard as First Chief Public Policy Officer to Lead New…
At Staten Island’s Beso Restaurant: Pride Center Of SI Offers Chat & Chew Event – Informal Discussion, Educational Workshop Tomorrow
Chat & Chew Event, Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 Editor’s note: Last June, we covered the Pride…
Most Pro-Housing Administration In New York City’s History
Community Op-Ed: The Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History Editor’s note: The Mayor’s Office…
Financial Literacy for NYC Public Schools, 10,000 New Homes, Brooklyn Affordable Homes, Key To The City, Bronx Affordable Housing, Manhattan Plan Proposal: Mayor Adams
Financial Literacy for NYC Public Schools, 10,000 New Homes, Brooklyn Affordable Homes, Key To The…
On Staten Island Last Week: “Queer Happened Here” Author Explores Local LGBTQ+ Landmarks At Alice Austen House
On Staten Island Last Week: “Queer Happened Here” Author Explores Local LGBTQ+ Landmarks At Alice…
NYC Health Dept: Life Expectancy For New Yorkers Now At Pre-Pandemic Levels
NEW YORKERS’ LIFE EXPECTANCY INCREASED TO PRE-COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGH OF 82.6 YEARS IN 2023, NEW…
Staten Island Students Honored With Scholarships At St. Clare’s For Community Service Achievements: UPDATED
Staten Island Students To Be Honored At St. Clare’s Editor’s note: We’ve previously covered…
“The Arches” Further Revitalization, Restoring Public Safety Grants, Anti-Semitism Definition, Hunts Point Jail Barge Removal, More Affordable Housing
“The Arches” Further Revitalization, Restoring Public Safety Grants, Anti-Semitism Definition, Hunts Point Jail Barge Removal,…
Atlantic Avenue Corridor Approval, Central Park Quality of Life, New NYC Parks Commissioner, Lowest Number Of Shootings, Illegal Guns Removed, Bronx Senior Housing Development, Fireworks Return To Brooklyn Bridge, Inclusive Early Childhood Center, School Budget Stabilization, E-Bike/Scooter Speed Limits: Mayor Adams
Atlantic Avenue Corridor Approval, Central Park Quality of Life, New NYC Parks Commissioner, Lowest Number…
Broadway Junction Commercial Development, 125th Street Subway Stop Homes, Empire 1 Wind Project Restored, 9-11 Memorial Honoring Fallen Servicemembers, Fifth Avenue Transformation: Mayor Adams
Broadway Junction Commercial Development, 125th Street Subway Stop Homes, Empire 1 Wind Project Restored, 9-11…
On Staten Island This June, Celebrate Pride Month With Municipal Arts Society Of New York, Pride Center Of Staten Island, Alice Austen House
Editor’s note: The Mayor’s Office last year honored Pride Month with new installations in…
Staten Islanders: Participate In National Volunteer Week Starting Tomorrow – Help Your Neighbors, Find New Ways To Assist
NEW YORKERS GIVE BACK DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK: APRIL 20-26 NEW YORK CARES WILL…
Staten Island’s Outlier Status Applies To Commuting: Surprising Financial Tradeoff For City Residents: Public Transit Saves Money – Not Necessarily Time
Staten Island’s Outlier Status Applies To Commuting: Surprising Financial Tradeoff For City Residents: Public Transit…
Staten Islanders, New York City Residents Will Benefit By Undue Medical Debt Agreement – Unexpected Forgiveness May Be Coming Your Way!
Editor’s note: This is information to follow up on our previous article from the Mayor’s…
New York City Values, New York City Strong
New York City Values, New York City Strong Editor’s note: We’ve previously covered the…
Breaking Housing Records, Giving New Yorkers Key To Their Future
Breaking Housing Records and Giving New Yorkers a Key to their Future Editor’s note: The…
NYC MoMA February Art Activities For Kids: Creative Ways To Spend School Break
Five days of immersive art, activities, and more Editor’s note: Staten Islander previously covered MoMA’s…
Martin Luther King, Jr Struggle For Freedom Free Presentation By St. George Theatre
Celebrate Black History Month at the St. George Theatre Editor’s note: We covered last year’s…
Staten Island JCC, UJA Federation: Volunteers Spend MLK Day 2025 Sorting Donated Art/Craft Supplies, Toiletries, Baby Items To Send To Senior Centers, Cornerstones, After-School Programs
Editor’s note: We have previously covered the Day Of Service for MLK Day last year…
January Plan Makes Our City Safer, More Affordable To Raise A Family
January Plan Makes Our City Safer and More Affordable to Raise a Family Editor’s note:…
Meeting With President Trump, $80M Medical Debt Relief, Response To Gov Hochul’s State Budget: Mayor Adams
Meeting With President Trump, $80M Medical Debt Relief, Response To Gov Hochul’s State Budget: Mayor…
Staten Island’s Wagner College New Exhibit Showcases Woman Professional Wrestlers: “Fight Like A Girl”
Woman Professional Wrestlers at Center Ring for Wagner Exhibit Editor’s note: Also in sports, we previously…
NY Senators, Democratic Delegation: Restore SALT Deduction To Benefit Millions Of Working-Class Americans
FIXING A PROBLEM REPUBLICANS CREATED: GILLIBRAND, SCHUMER, NEW YORK DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP…
Making New York City Best Place To Raise Your Family, Including Lower, Middle Income Residents
Making New York City the Best Place to Raise a Family Editor’s note: Staten Islander…
NYers Approve State Of the City Address; New Agenda For 4th Address; 24 Affordable Housing Complexes On 24 Public Sites; NYPD Recruit Graduation Ceremony;
MAYOR ADAMS LAYS OUT AMBITIOUS AGENDA TO MAKE NEW YORK CITY BEST PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY IN FOURTH STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS …
NYC Is 400 Years Old This Year: Celebrating Our City’s History, Culture
Celebrating 400 Years of the Greatest City in the World Editor’s note: Last weekend’s op-ed…
Almost 65 Million Reasons Why New York City Tourism is Back: Mayor Adams
Almost 65 Million Reasons Why New York City Tourism is Back Editor’s note: The Mayor’s…
“Founded By NYC,” Year-Long Celebration Of NYC’s History, Culture, Innovation During 400th Anniversary Of Formation; Ethnic Media Engagement “Time Television”; State Of The City Address January 9th; In-Person Media Availability; World’s Largest Hanukkah Menorah Lighting Ceremony On Final Night: Mayor Adams
“Founded By NYC,” Year-Long Celebration Of NYC’s History, Culture, Innovation During 400th Anniversary Of Formation;…
Record Year of Delivering For New Yorkers Coming To A Close: Mayor Adams
2024: A Record Year of Delivering for New Yorkers Editor’s note: This week’s rundown of…
Legislation Will Build Critically-Needed Housing, Address Sewer, Flood Infrastructure Concerns; Delivering Safer, More Affordable NYC In 2024; Celebrating Record Number Of Visitors In 2024; Deeply Affordable Housing Site, City’s Progress Moving New Yorkers From Shelters To Permanent Homes; Helping 100th Foster Care Young Adult From Foster Care Into Permanent, Affordable Housing: Mayor Adams
MAYOR ADAMS SIGNS LEGISLATION TO BUILD CRITICALLY-NEEDED HOUSING, ADDRESS SEWER AND FLOOD INFRASTRUCTURE CONCERNS Legislation…
Holiday Shoppers Receive Four Hours Of Free Parking In Bayonne Parking Utility Lots Through January 1st, Help For Local Fire Victims
Free Four-Hour Parking for Non-Commercial Vehicles in Bayonne Parking Utility Lots, December 2 Through January 1…
New Exhibit ‘Arcadia’ Unveiled At Wagner College ‘Poetry of Painting’ At Galleries By Painters Abigail Dudley, EM Saniga
‘Poetry of Painting’ Exhibit at Wagner’s Galleries shfap owner curates show by artists Dudley, Saniga…
Kyle Holbrook, Internationally Celebrated Mural Artist Collaborates With NYC Public Schools In All 5 Boroughs For Unity Themed Paintings Made With Students Before Election Day At Their School
Editor’s note: Staten Islander interviewed Kyle Holbrook, internationally renowned muralist, about the CommUNITY project, meant…
No One Wants To Be Alone During Festive Holiday Season: Help LGBTQIA+ Community Members Without Accepting Families With “Home” for The Holidays Sponsorship at The Pride Center of Staten Island
Let’s Bring “Home” To The Holidays for the LGBTQIA+ Communities and Families! Editor’s note: On…
New Yorkers Are Saying Yes To More Affordable Housing, City Of Yes Proposals: Mayor Adams
New Yorkers Are Saying “Yes” to More Affordable Housing and “City of Yes” Editor’s note:…
NYC Mayor’s Office Roundtable: Proposed Zoning Updates Including Accessory Dwelling Units, Shared Housing, Faith-Based Initiatives, Other Methods In Public Comment To Tackle Housing Crisis
NYC Mayor’s Office Roundtable of Proposed Zoning Updates Which Include Accessory Dwelling Units, Shared Housing…
National Night Out Campaign Celebrated With MTA Chair Lieber At Coney Island-Stillwell Ave DFNQ
MTA Chair Lieber Visits Coney Island-Stillwell Av DFNQ Station for National Night Out Editor’s note:…
NYCHA South Beach Houses Secured Grant To Upgrade Fire Alarm Systems In Need Of Repairs
Malliotakis Announces $1.5 Million Secured to Upgrade NYCHA South Beach Houses Funding will be used…
NYCHA’s Section 8 Housing Voucher Waitlist Opened For 1st Time In 15 Years: Applicants Will Be Added To Waitlist Starting August 1st
ICYMI: NYCHA’s Section 8 Housing Voucher Waitlist Applications Reopened For The First Time In Over…
Religious Congregations Join YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard), Repurposing Their Own Spaces As Critical Housing
Affordable housing in God’s backyard: Some religious congregations find a new use for their space The…
Celebrating Pride Month: New Installations In City Hall Rotunda, Gracie Mansion Created By LGBTQ+ Artists
MAYOR ADAMS UNVEILS NEW INSTALLATIONS IN CITY HALL ROTUNDA, GRACIE MANSION TO CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH…
To Honor Anniversary Of Historic Stonewall Inn Resistance In NYC, Opening Of New Visitors Center Next Door
TODAY IN NYC: SENATOR GILLIBRAND, PRESIDENT BIDEN, DR. BIDEN, PRIDE LIVE ANNOUNCE HISTORIC OPENING OF…
Pride Month Celebrations At Pride Center Of Staten Island: Dave & Buster’s, Interfaith Discussion, Night At Carousel
Pride Month Celebrations At The Pride Center of Staten Island All During The Month Of…
OPINION: NYC Mayor Discusses Latest ‘City of Yes’ Initiative For Faith Built Affordable Housing Across Five Boroughs
Community Op-Ed: Yes to Housing in God’s Backyard Editor’s note: You can learn more about…
Solving NYC’s Housing Crisis: City of Yes Proposal Seeks To Allow Churches To Build Housing On Their Land More Easily With Zoning Law Modernization
MAYOR ADAMS UNVEILS PLAN TO HELP FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NYC Part…
Supportive Community, Connection Is Absolutely Essential In Treatment Of Parkinsons With New Theme Living Better Together
AMERICAN PARKINSON DISEASE ASSOCIATION TO CELEBRATE THE POWER OF A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY DURING PARKINSON’S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH…
As We Approach 2024, CM. Hanks Reflects on Challenges, Triumphs Community Has Shared, Demonstrating Resiliency – Updates On Environmental Bills, Noise Violations, City Of Yes Carbon Neutrality
As we approach the end of 2023, I find myself reflecting on the challenges and…
New Documentary Explores How Newport News, VA Universities Uprooted Flourishing, Expanding Black Communities Via Eminent Domain
“Uprooted” Explores How University Expansion and Eminent Domain Led to Black Land Loss by Brandi…
Audre Lorde Project Announces Important Dates In November
My name is Oscar Rodriguez Cruz (they/he)–I’m the new Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator at Audre Lorde…
Join MoMA To Explore Connections Between Art, Gardening, Social Justice At MoMA’s Crown Creativity Lab
How can we dream of a world that is ecologically just and rooted in equity…
Noble Maritime Museum: Celebrating 20 Years Of CloseKnit Knitting Circle, Museum’s Longest Running Program Making Items For Charity
The Noble Maritime Collection celebrates 20 years of CloseKnit, the museum’s longest running program STATEN…
Political Education Cypher On Healing Justice Movement Presented Virtaully By Audre Lorde Project On Tuesday, June 20th
We invite you to join us virtually on Tuesday, June 20th for a political education…
Staten Island Arts
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Rep. Mondaire Jones Gives Update On Activities In The House, Including Funding For Communities, Infrastructure Projects, Environmental Restoration
It’s been a busy last few weeks in Washington, and as this Congressional term comes…
Vision Zero’s Holiday Initiative To Focus On Speeding, DWI On NYC Streets This Season
VISION ZERO: ADAMS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT OF DWI DURING WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON NYPD will…
Audre Lorde Project To Hold Healing Event On Community Care Day, This Sunday December 18th
Join us this Sunday, December 18 for Community Care Day, a space for LGBTSTGNC People of Color to practice and receive healing…
CM Kamillah Hanks To Hold Webinar About Discretionary Funding In NYC Tonight – Helpful To Community-Based Non-Profit Managers, Others Involved In Requesting Funding For Their Community
I wanted to send a reminder that my office will be hosting a Discretionary Funding Info Session! Our…
#GivingTuesday At Staten Island Pride Center – Goal To Reach $4,000 This Month
#GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of radical generosity. #GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as…
Another Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway Tomorrow From Office Of Cm. Kamillah Hanks
Thank you so much to everyone who came out, shared, and contributed to our first…
NYC Dept Of Planning Encourages New Yorkers To Participate, State Priorities For Capital Budget
NYC PLANNING AGENCY TO COMMUNITY BOARDS: IT’S TIME TO STATE PRIORITIES FOR CAPITAL BUDGET The Department…
Italian American Museum, Museum Of Chinese In America To Receive Marco Polo Ambassador Awards October 14th
Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce that the Italian American Museum along with The…
Councilmember Kamillah Hanks Provides Updates: Ferry Disruptions, Budget Wins, Community Events
The constant disruptions in service on the Staten Island Ferry are top of mind for…
This Valentine’s Day, Visitors To Rockefeller Center Are Invited To Experience An Immersion In Love And Charity
The Salvation Army Celebrates Valentine’s Day with a Different Kind of Gift. On the romantic…
Playground Honoring 9/11 Heroes To Be Constructed At P.S.45. BP Oddo At Groundbreaking Ceremony
The new playground at P.S. 45 will bear the names of Captain John R. Fischer…
NYC to pay for summer school taxis for homeless students and those with disabilities after facing criticism from advocates
NYC to pay for summer school taxis for homeless students and those with disabilities after…
Culture & Museums
Newhouse Center For Contemporary Art …