By Rich Calder February 4, 2023 9:02am Updated
Councilman Joseph Borelli introduced two bills to help protect city medics from assaults. J.C. RICE
With attacks against medics surging, the City Council is considering new legislation that would guarantee they have access to body armor vests and yearly self-defense training.
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By Bernadette Hogan, Desheania Andrews and Bruce Golding January 31, 2023 12:19pm Updated
So close … and yet so far away.
President Biden ignored the Big Apple’s spiraling, $2 billion migrant crisis during a Tuesday afternoon visit to tout $292 million in federal spending on a new rail tunnel.
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Updated: Jan. 27, 2023, 5:10 p.m. | Published: Jan. 27, 2023, 5:09 p.m.
By Luke Peteley | lpeteley@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Minority Leader of the New York City Council, Joseph Borelli, has announced the kickoff of a NYC cleanup initiative, helping further district-wide cleaning services.
The representative of the South Shore is credited with having committed $570,000 of his discretionary funds towards the removal of graffiti, litter, and overgrowth since 2020.
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Updated: Jan. 19, 2023, 6:17 p.m. | Published: Jan. 19, 2023, 5:16 p.m.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) have announced new bipartisan legislation intended to protect New York and New Jersey drivers from potential congestion pricing tolls. (Courtesy of Rep. Gottheimer’s Office)
By Erik Bascome | tbascome@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The fight against the MTA’s proposed congestion pricing program rages on.
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By Joe Borelli January 18, 2023 5:58pm Updated
Happy “State of the. . .” season! That time of year when elected leaders give optimistic enumerations of their plans for the state, city, district or whichever fiefdom they govern. This year, as in the recent past, New York’s housing-affordability crisis will take center stage.
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By Bernadette Hogan and Bruce Golding January 16, 2023 6:42pm Updated
Mayor Eric Adams is turning up the heat on Gov. Kathy Hochul to do something to help tackle New York City’s migrant crisis — promoting a plan to have upstate communities take in a fraction of the now 40,000-plus migrants that have flooded the Big Apple.
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Updated: Jan. 12, 2023, 3:22 p.m. | Published: Jan. 12, 2023, 2:52 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rollout of New York City’s congestion pricing plan has long been delayed, and on Thursday, City Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) said it was with good reason as he took his latest swipe at a similar international program.
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