Clifford Michel, Eileen Grench, Author at THE CITY - NYC News

Food

Grandmas Keep Beloved Staten Island Restaurant Going, One Jar of Sauce at a Time

Oct. 12, 2020, 8:09 p.m.Oct. 12, 2020, 8:09 p.m.

Enoteca Maria, powered by “nonnas” from around the world, is producing sauce for order until it’s safe for the elderly chefs to return to make meals. Their pivot is one of the borough’s few business bright spots.

Election 2020

Firm That Bungled Brooklyn Absentee Ballots to Handle Do-Over as Cuomo’s Simpler Solution Gets Ignored

Sept. 30, 2020, 9:26 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:42 a.m.

Plans to send whole new ballot packages to 100K voters instead of just corrected envelopes spurred fears of new baseless Trump attacks. Concerns stretched to the tight Brooklyn-Staten Island Congressional race.

Buses

MTA Hits Brakes on High-Speed Busways for Transit-Starved Staten Island

Sept. 27, 2020, 7:48 p.m.Sept. 27, 2020, 7:48 p.m.

Dedicated path projects slow to a crawl with the transit agency pleading for an elusive $12 billion federal bailout amid pandemic-driven budget woes. Transit improvements are getting shut down around the city.

Politics

What’s Ranked-Choice Voting? Candidates Say Many New Yorkers Don’t Know

Sept. 23, 2020, 7:41 p.m.Sept. 23, 2020, 7:41 p.m.

The new system, in which voters list candidates in order of preference, is set to hit next year as offices from City Council to mayor are filled. Those running say the city Board of Elections is doing little to educate the public.

Politics

The Candidates Running for Staten Island’s House Seat Agree on One Thing: They Blame Bill de Blasio for Everything

Sept. 17, 2020, 8:45 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:41 a.m.

Freshman Rep. Max Rose and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis are turning their increasingly bitter battle for the nationally watched swing-district slot into a referendum on the mayor.

Retail

Century 21’s End is Bemoaned on the Brooklyn Block Where it Began in the Last Century

Sept. 10, 2020, 10:00 p.m.Sept. 11, 2020, 11:03 a.m.

The Bay Ridge mainstay, which opened nearly 60 years ago, swallowed storefront after storefront on 86th Street before expanding beyond NYC. Now bankruptcy has claimed the retailer amid the pandemic.

Staten Island

Staten Island Outlet Mall Struggles to Pay Back $8.5M City Debt

Sept. 1, 2020, 2:34 p.m.Sept. 1, 2020, 2:34 p.m.

NYC Economic Development Corp. claims Empire Outlets owes money, despite $100 million in city and state aid.

Politics

Staten Island’s Odd Couple: Rep. Max Rose and Borough President James Oddo’s Unlikely Alliance

Aug. 18, 2020, 7:06 a.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:41 a.m.

The Democratic congressman and the GOP leader enjoy a banter-filled working relationship — while Trump-backed House hopeful Nicole Malliotakis battles Rose without Oddo’s help.

Weather

Isaias Delivers Power Outages and Powerful Reminder of NYC’s Vulnerability, Years After Superstorm Sandy

Aug. 4, 2020, 11:30 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:40 a.m.

The wet and windy tropical storm, which downed trees and left many New Yorkers in the dark, underscored for some a lack of preparation on power lines and much more.

Health

Looking for Relief as Summer Heat Wave Hits Black and Brown Neighborhoods Hardest

July 29, 2020, 7:14 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:40 a.m.

The City Council ed a bill this week that would require the city to “measure and report on the impact of extreme heat” on health and collect demographic data.

Clifford Michel

Grandmas Keep Beloved Staten Island Restaurant Going, One Jar of Sauce at a Time

Firm That Bungled Brooklyn Absentee Ballots to Handle Do-Over as Cuomo’s Simpler Solution Gets Ignored

MTA Hits Brakes on High-Speed Busways for Transit-Starved Staten Island

What’s Ranked-Choice Voting? Candidates Say Many New Yorkers Don’t Know

The Candidates Running for Staten Island’s House Seat Agree on One Thing: They Blame Bill de Blasio for Everything

Century 21’s End is Bemoaned on the Brooklyn Block Where it Began in the Last Century

Staten Island Outlet Mall Struggles to Pay Back $8.5M City Debt

Staten Island’s Odd Couple: Rep. Max Rose and Borough President James Oddo’s Unlikely Alliance

Isaias Delivers Power Outages and Powerful Reminder of NYC’s Vulnerability, Years After Superstorm Sandy

Looking for Relief as Summer Heat Wave Hits Black and Brown Neighborhoods Hardest

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