By Ann Marie Barron | ABarron@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — City Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) is urging two city agencies to help control the invasion of spotted lanternflies on Staten Island, with the invasive pests threatening the borough’s ecology and “reproducing at an alarming rate.”
The councilman recently penned a letter to Susan M.
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By SALLY GOLDENBERG and JOE ANUTA
NEW YORK — In a deep-blue stronghold of 8.8 million people, where Democratic voters dominate Republicans 7 to 1, a conservative city lawmaker from the remotest reach of the self-proclaimed “forgotten borough” has emerged a power broker.
Staten Island Council Member Joe Borelli, leader of the 51-member body’s five-person Republican caucus, is playing an outsize role reforging the Council district lines that lawmakers must defend next year in an off-cycle election triggered by once-in-a-decade redistricting.
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By David Meyer
City Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez shamelessly exploited a visit to the scene of a deadly Staten Island crash to tout unrelated local new bike lanes Monday and should apologize, a local pol says.
“Our DOT commissioner just showed up for a photo op at the site of last night’s horrific accident, which tragically claimed the lives of three teenagers, to announce that DOT will be installing bike lanes and turning lanes over a half a mile away,” City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-South Shore)
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By Joe Borelli
Intestinal fortitude is a rare commodity in politics, and nowhere was its absence more evident than in the word salads Gov. Kathy Hochul tossed up on congestion pricing in last month’s Democratic primary debates.
Congestion pricing is an awful plan. It hasn’t worked in London. It won’t work here.
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New York City Council Member Joe Borelli wants Staten Island to have another chance at seceding. Reactions, so far, seem to indicate he’s going to need a lot of luck making the improbable a reality.
Borelli, who represents City Council District 51 encompassing Staten Island’s South Shore,
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By Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding
A New York City law allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections was struck down Monday by a judge who said it violated both the state constitution and various provisions of state law.
Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio also issued a permanent injunction that bars the city Board of Elections from letting around 800,000 non-citizen residents
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By Liz Donovan
The mayor’s office has approved the highest funding for tree planting in half a decade, officials say, allowing the Parks Department to plant 20,000 trees a year for the next four years. But some councilmembers say that pace isn’t fast enough to keep up with extreme weather events that damage the city’s tree canopy.
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By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island judge struck down a controversial law Monday that would’ve allowed almost one million non-citizens the right to vote in local New York City elections.
Borough President Vito Fossella, who served as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the city, said he applauded Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio’s decision, but said he expects the case to reach the state’s highest court.
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By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
CITY HALL — They say politics make strange bedfellows, and on Thursday, a decades-old problem brought together New York City politicians from across the political spectrum.
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-South Shore) and City Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island) joined City Comptroller Brad Lander and a host of other city Democrats to push for changes to the city’s inequitable property tax system.
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By Bernadette Hogan and Carl Campanile
Legendary Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher famously said, “Nice guys finish last.” Don’t tell that to the current handful of Republicans sitting on the New York City Council.
The five GOP members were real team players during the $101 billion budget negotiations led by Democratic Speaker Adrienne Adams and Mayor Eric Adams — and made out like bandits.
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