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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By Staten Island Advance Staff
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A project to expand Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC)’s neonatal (NICU) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) was fueled with $7 million from the city’s budget, which was passed by the City Council on Monday.
The Staten Island City Council delegation, led by City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli (R-South Shore), and Speaker Adrienne Adams secured the capital funds for the expansions.
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By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Eric Adams and City Council officials gathered in the City Hall rotunda Friday to announce the $101 billion budget.
Top line items in the budget include increases to public safety funding, and property tax relief that should equate to about a $150 rebate for homeowners.
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Late last year, the New York City Council passed a landmark law extending the right to vote in local elections to immigrants who live, work and pay taxes in New York City, but who are not citizens. The law, which would enfranchise more than 800,000 new voters starting in 2023, was heralded as a win by immigrant advocates and many Democratic lawmakers.
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By Reuven Fenton and Evan Simko-Bednarski
Mayor Eric Adams received a warm reception in Staten Island Monday as he joined local politicians in the borough’s annual Memorial Day parade to honor fallen veterans.
The thousands of attendees lining Forest Avenue seemed happy to see Hizzoner among the floats, motorcades and vintage cars, marching to patriotic music in honor of those who died in service to the country.
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