Published June 8, 2024, 10:44 a.m. ET
By Rich Calder
The Hochul administration is staring at the grim prospect of having to flush a half-billion dollars in taxpayer money down the toilet over the botched congestion pricing scheme.
The boondoggle could’ve been avoided had Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority seriously studied what the economic impact on New York residents and businesses would be by charging drivers $15 to enter parts of Manhattan, critics said.
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Published June 5, 2024 Updated June 5, 2024, 12:19 p.m. ET
By Carl Campanile , Craig McCarthy , Vaughn Golden and Olivia Land
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is ditching the MTA congestion pricing plan indefinitely — with insiders saying she’s worried that it’s “not the right time” as New Yorkers face a cost-of-living crisis.
Hochul announced plans to delay the $15 toll’s June 30 start date on Wednesday, citing the increased cost on working people, including teachers and firefighters.
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Published June 1, 2024, 12:07 p.m. ET
By Rich Calder
Migrant-friendly laws that limit local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters would be repealed under new legislation to be considered by the NYC Council.
Council members Robert Holden (D-Queens) and Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island) told The Post they’ll introduce a bill Thursday that would roll back so-called “sanctuary city” laws approved from 2014-2018 under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Updated: May. 29, 2024, 1:35 p.m. | Published: May. 28, 2024, 10:26 p.m.
By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Councilman Joe Borelli conducted a street co-naming ceremony in Great Kills last week to pay tribute to USAF Captain (Ret.) Ted Cohen, who served in the Air Force from 1959 to 1969 and continued to encourage and support military causes until his passing last year.
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Published: May 27, 2024, 1:40 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A nearly 100-year-old Oakwood cemetery originally built for African Americans took another step toward landmark status this week after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing Tuesday.
Frederick Douglass Memorial Park, at the corner of Amboy Road and Montreal Avenue, looks poised for landmark status as multiple people testified in support during the hearing, including Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks (D-North Shore), who chairs the Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings, and Disposition.
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Published May 25, 2024, 11:33 a.m. ET
By Matthew Sedacca
They were more prepared than weekend glampers in the Catskills.
Plastic bags stuffed with supplies that appear to have been intended for the Columbia anti-Israel encampments recently lined the curb for trash pickup outside the Morningside Heights campus, footage shared by recycling advocate Anna Sacksshowed.
Among the junked sundries meant to fuel the demonstrations were Costco-size boxes of Nature Valley protein bars, instant noodles and dozens of unopened emergency blankets and ponchos.
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Updated: May. 21, 2024, 8:55 p.m. | Published: May. 21, 2024, 4:52 p.m.
By Jillian Delaney | jdelaney@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In an effort to quicken the rate of thyroid cancer detection, Staten Island Councilman Joe Borelli (R – South Shore) is hosting a screening event on the South Shore.
Administered by HeartScan Services and held at Mount Loretto’s Catholic Charities of Staten Island, this free screening event is this year’s iteration of the service — which “has been a great success” in the past, according to a written statement.
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Updated: May. 13, 2024, 12:12 p.m. | Published: May. 11, 2024, 5:30 a.m.
By Tom Wrobleski | wrobleski@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It’s a mystery wrapped inside a whodunit.
An exotic piece of guerrilla artwork on the beachfront at Lemon Creek Park appears to have been vandalized.
But the question of how the mysterious sculpture came to be damaged has revealed a deeper puzzle: who created the unsanctioned artwork in the first place?
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Published May 2, 2024, 9:12 a.m. ET
By Emily Crane
Columbia University and other private colleges should cough up and help foot the bill for the NYPD having to swarm the Ivy League campus and crack down on pro-terror protests, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday.
Hizzoner addressed the cost to Big Apple taxpayers after cops were finally called in to help oust a destructive mob that had illegally taken over Columbia’s Hamilton Hall academic building late Tuesday and to clear out an encampment on the school’s iconic lawn.
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Published May 2, 2024, 9:12 a.m. ET
By Emily Crane
Columbia University and other private colleges should cough up and help foot the bill for the NYPD having to swarm the Ivy League campus and crack down on pro-terror protests, Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday.
Hizzoner addressed the cost to Big Apple taxpayers after cops were finally called in to help oust a destructive mob that had illegally taken over Columbia’s Hamilton Hall academic building late Tuesday and to clear out an encampment on the school’s iconic lawn.
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