Published: May. 16, 2023, 7:00 a.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
Asylum seekers arrive at the vacant Richard H. Hungerford School in Clifton on Sunday, May 14, 2023. (Courtesy/ C.T. Lowney)Courtesy/ C.T. Lowney
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It appears part of a new strategy from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to deal with the large influx of migrants coming into New York City is to use vacant Department of Education properties as temporary housing.
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Updated: May. 05, 2023, 6:57 p.m. | Published: May. 05, 2023, 5:32 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
Broadway in Manhattan is shown Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Staten island Advance/Paul Liotta)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Anyone driving into lower Manhattan will soon have to pay a hefty fee after the federal government okayed the state’s congestion pricing plan Friday.
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Updated: Apr. 25, 2023, 9:37 a.m. | Published: Apr. 24, 2023, 2:24 p.m.
By Kristin F. Dalton | kdalton@siadvance.com
Borough President Vito Fossella, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, representatives from Councilmen Joe Borelli, David Carr, and Mike Reilly, and Assemblymen Michael Tannousis, Sam Pirozzolo, and Charles Fall’s offices held a press conference on Monday, April 24 at the Great Kills train station to discuss the recent stabbing and influx in violent crime.
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Updated: Apr. 24, 2023, 5:03 p.m. | Published: Apr. 24, 2023, 1:05 p.m.
By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com
The Manhattan skyline seen from St. George in this file photo. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Meeting New York City’s ambitious climate goals will likely require bending its own zoning regulations, and a plan to fundamentally change those rules and make it easier to retrofit buildings and usher in the switch to electric vehicles is now inching over the starting line.
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Published: Mar. 18, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
By Kristin F. Dalton | kdalton@siadvance.com
The state Senate is hoping to solve the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s budget woes by charging New York City residents for a permit to park on city streets. The Senate said the plan, which wasn’t included in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed state budget or in the Assembly’s counter budget, could potentially generate $400 million annually for the agency, the New York Post reported.
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The state Senate is hoping to solve the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s budget woes by charging New York City residents for a permit to park on city streets. The Senate said the plan, which wasn’t included in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed state budget or in the Assembly’s counter budget, could potentially generate $400 million annually for the agency, the New York Post reported.
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Published: Mar. 13, 2023, 6:30 a.m.
By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com
The Staten Island Ferry makes it morning run to lower Manhattan on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. (Staten Island Advance/ Steve Zaffarano)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A plan to fundamentally change New York City’s zoning regulations to help reach its ambitious climate goals received an endorsement from a leading environmental organization this week in a boost to the proposal’s prospects.
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Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 3:35 p.m.
By Erik Bascome | tbascome@siadvance.com
The MTA has pushed back the expected start of congestion pricing to the second quarter of 2024. (Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-Ledger)SL
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The implementation of the nation’s first congestion pricing plan has been pushed back several months in a move that MTA officials anticipate will cost the agency roughly $250 million in expected revenue.
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Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 2:33 p.m.
By Erik Bascome | tbascome@siadvance.com
The Huguenot Staten Island Railway station will receive an elevator as part of an MTA accessibility project announced Thursday.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An elevator is coming to the Huguenot station of the Staten Island Railway (SIR) as part of a wide-ranging effort to enhance accessibility throughout New York City’s transit system.
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Updated: Feb. 20, 2023, 1:36 p.m. | Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 8:09 a.m.
By Maura Grunlund | mauragrunlund@siadvance.com Jan Somma-Hammel | jsomma@siadvance.com Tom Wrobleski | wrobleski@siadvance.com Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The crowds began forming before dawn on Monday in anticipation of a speech by Florida Gov.
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