By Erik Bascome | tbascome@siadvance.com

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/01/5-borough-bus-survey-comes-to-staten-island-friday.html

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Local bus riders will soon have the opportunity to offer valuable feedback regarding the borough’s ailing bus network.

New York City Council Speaker and Acting Public Advocate Corey Johnson will wrap up his five-day, five-borough tour, encouraging residents to take the 2019 Bus Rider Survey, this Friday at the Eltingville Transit Center at 4 p.m. READ MORE

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/01/e-zpass-should-refund-borough-residents-for-glitch-island-pols-say.htmlBy Kristin F. Dalton | kdalton@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Staten Island commuters were shocked when opening their E-ZPass bills that said they were charged the non-resident price of $17 to cross the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge instead of the resident rate of $5.50.

Some residents were charged the non-resident price because they failed to flip a switch on their E-ZPass Flex transponder, which indicates either HOV or sub-HOV occupancy inside the vehicle. READ MORE

https://www.silive.com/news/2019/01/borellis-office-collecting-donations-for-unpaid-staten-island-coast-guard-members.htmlBy Kristin F. Dalton | kdalton@siadvance.com

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — More than 1,000 Staten Islanders are among hundreds of thousands of federal workers not receiving a paycheck during the longest government shutdown in history, now going on 23 days.

U.S. Coast Guard employees stationed at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island are still patrolling the water during the shutdown. READ MORE

Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) and partner-group, HeartScan Services, offered free thyroid cancer screenings for police officers, precinct staff, and community members at the 123rd Precinct in Tottenville on Friday morning.

This is the second screening Borelli has hosted this year with HeartScan. The screenings are offered to all members of the community, especially those who are active and retired emergency responders. READ MORE

I.S. 72 Students Enjoy “Greener NYC” Horticulture Program Funded by Council Member Borelli

The Horticultural Society of New York has been serving 6th graders at IS 72. This Fall, the students released ladybugs, transplanted herbs, planted bulbs and weeded the garden. In celebration of school pride, they the planted bulbs with orange and blue flowers. They planted Tangerine Beauty tulips and Scillia siberica for its cobalt blue blossoms. READ MORE

Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) is providing $500,000 in funding from his capital budget this year to upgrade Tottenville High School’s Dental Lab.

The Dental Laboratory Technology program at Tottenville High School is the only Dental Laboratory program on Staten Island. The program is a three-year sequence enabling students to develop techniques and skills in the field of Dental Laboratory Technology and is NYSED CTE Approved Program. READ MORE

More than $100,000 allocated from Council Member’s budget to install security cameras, business development, and beautification services.

Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) is announcing that his office has allocated more than $100,000 in funding for security cameras, business support services, and beautification for south shore communities this fiscal year. The funds will be used to install seven new security cameras in Annadale, following Borelli’s previous years’ successful camera initiatives and NYPD partnerships in Eltingville and Great Kills’ commercial corridors. READ MORE

Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) and Borough President James Oddo are announcing two brand new improvements coming to Wolfe’s Pond Park in Huguenot; a playground and basketball courts. Much of the recreational infrastructure at the park, one of the most popular on the south shore, had been damaged by the storm surge during and after Superstorm Sandy in 2012. READ MORE

Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) is pleased to announce that there will be an increase in both litter basket service across hotspots in the 51st District with the allocation of an additional DSNY truck for pickups in heavily-utilized areas, and the placement of new litter baskets in high-traffic locations. The augmented service and additional baskets are made possible through Council Member Borelli’s office and the New York City Council’s Clean Initiative. READ MORE