Updated: Aug. 26, 2024, 12:08 a.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2024, 5:50 a.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
“You have to find a sweet spot. And no matter what sweet spot you find, there are going to be folks who are going to say, ‘no, we don’t like it.’ That’s the beauty of New York,” Mayor Eric Adams said.
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Published Aug. 13, 2024, 4:18 p.m. ET
By Carl Campanile
City Council members from every borough are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to block a push by the state’s weed regulatory board to allow more licensed pot shops to open in neighborhoods across the Big Apple.
Nine members of the council’s “Common Sense” Caucus fired off a letter to Hochul on Monday decrying what critics call the state Cannabis Control Board’s half-baked idea to provide waivers for its current 1,000-foot buffer between legal cannabis shops — thus allowing two or more stores to sell weed on the same block.
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Updated: Aug. 07, 2024, 2:02 p.m. | Published: Aug. 07, 2024, 5:50 a.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
CITY HALL — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration said Tuesday that hizzoner’s housing plan encompasses a broad set of initiatives, but much of it will rely on its most controversial portion.
Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) account for as many as 40,000 of the 110,000 new units to be built under Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposed plan over 15 years, administration officials said Monday, but for Staten Island council members they’re a non-starter.
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Published Aug. 3, 2024, 11:03 a.m. ET
By Matthew Sedacca
Seven Staten Island pols are pressing Gov. Hochul to remove an MTA board member who recommended stripping the forgotten borough of its promised new railcars.
The reps penned a letter to the governor excoriating the “outwardly hostile bias and callousness” of nonvoting MTA board member Norman Brown at a June committee meeting on the now-paused $15 congestion pricing tolling program.
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Updated: Aug. 01, 2024, 9:59 a.m. | Published: Aug. 01, 2024, 5:50 a.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
An aerial view of Tottenville with the Outerbridge visible from Conference House Park on Thursday, August 3, 2023. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tipping Point? is a journalistic initiative launched by Advance/SILive.com to inform Staten Islanders how NYC’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal could impact the borough.
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Published: Jul. 26, 2024, 11:55 a.m.
By Tracey Porpora | porpora@siadvance.com
City Council Minority Leader Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) and his son, John, 4 at Owl Hollow. (Courtesy of Frank Rapacciuolo)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Infused with a $4.6 million City Council allocation, the turf fields at Owl Hollow in Freshkills Park, which are used by sports leagues across the borough, will soon be refurbished.
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Published: Jul. 16, 2024, 3:11 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli addresses the media during a call for unity at City Hall with Mayor Eric Adams and other faith and political leaders Sunday, July 14, 2024. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)
CITY HALL — Mayor Eric Adams had high praise for a Staten Island elected official this week over his response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
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Published July 15, 2024, 4:45 p.m. ET
By Joe Borelli
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli speaking at a City Hall event with Mayor Adams and faith leaders following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. James Keivom
City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli’s remarks at Sunday’s City Hall event called by Mayor Adams to promote unity in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
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Updated: Jul. 09, 2024, 6:15 p.m. | Published: Jul. 09, 2024, 6:14 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
The entrance to the Rikers Island jail complex is shown iTuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
CITY HALL — Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he supports a conservative-pushed rollback of sanctuary city policies passed during Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration.
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Published July 3, 2024, 6:33 p.m. ET
By The Center Square
New York City officials are dramatically expanding a controversial program that gives debit cards pre-loaded with cash to migrant families staying in taxpayer-funded hotels across the city.
The Adams administration says another round of debit cards is expected to be distributed to more than 7,300 migrants over the next six months, costing the city about $2.6 million.
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