May 27, 2020
Council Member Joe Borelli has sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio to institute Early Retirement Incentives for our oldest and highest paid employees. “Given the current economic climate and impact from COVID-19 on the upcoming budgets, providing an incentive for our employees who are the highest paid and closest to retirement would help lessen job cuts across the board”
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March 30, 2020
Council Member Joe Borelli has sent a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, calling on them to work with pension boards to ensure that first responders or essential employees of any city agency, state agency, or public authority, who perishes from COVID-19 is presumed to have contracted the virus in the course of their work, and are, as a result, entitled to full contractual line of duty death benefits.
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February 14, 2020
Council Member Joe Borelli to send letter to New York State lawmakers, calling for a referendum to ask voters if bail reform should repealed, amended or allowed to continue as it is.
February 10, 2020
Council Member Borelli plans to vote “No” on the upcoming speed camera legislation, the Reckless Driver Accountability Ace. He is joined by fellow Staten Island elected Steven Matteo, who will also be voting against the bill.
The Reckless Driver Accountability Act aims to create a three-year pilot program, which will required drivers who receive 15 or more speed camera violations, or 5 or more red like camera violations, inside of a 12-month window to complete a safe driver course offered by the DOT.
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January 20, 2020
Council Member Borelli and Borough President James Oddo teamed up to provide the New York City Parks Department with a $4 million dollar investment into the E.M.T. Christopher J. Prescott Playground in Huguenot, Staten Island.
The new playground, which will be ADA-accessible will provide a sensory experience for children utilizing different surface textures and colors and special sensory play equipment to engage even more children than just a standard park.
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December 9, 2019
Council Member Borelli will be introducing a bill to begin a study on the secession of Staten Island. Co-sponsored by Minority Leader, and fellow Staten Island Council Member, Steven Matteo. The bill is also supported by fellow Staten Island electeds such as Borough President James Oddo.
“The legislation is intended to begin the process of studying the impact of secession on Staten Island, the city, and the state.
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For Release November 1, 2019
Council Member has announced the passing of his bill requiring animal shelters to post photos of the animals up for adoption within 3 days of receiving this them. The bill is intended to cut down on the amount of time an animal stays in the shelter system awaiting adoption. Photos will provide prospective adopters the ability to look at what the shelters have available, rather than just skipping them and looking elsewhere.
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For Release September 15 , 2019
Council Member Borelli has announced a $450,000 capital funding allocation for an extensive renovation and new exhibition.
“Historic Richmond Town has thousands of articles of interest that they have collected over the years. This renovation will allow them to display more and more items to the public and entice new and returning visitors periodically”
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For Release June 1, 2019
Council Member Joe Borelli has sent a letter to Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, requesting the NYC Parks Department to consider acquiring three vacant parcels, currently owned by Project Rebuild. The properties are currently managed under the cities Hurricane Sandy buyout program.
“It’s a rare opportunity to be able to expand a local park and when we’re presented with the possibility we need to do whatever it takes to make it a reality,” Borelli said.
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For Release June 27, 2019
Council Member Joe Borelli has proposed legislation making unwanted unwanted cyber sexting a crime. The legislation, backed by the NYPD, is in response to sexual predators utilizing features such Airdrop on iPhones to send sexually explicit photos to unsuspecting recipients.
This bill will set up a way for law enforcement to enforce the kinds of quality of life harassment and offensive behaviors that we see too often.
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