Staten Island

Complaints of Missed Trash Pickups Surge as Garbage Piles Up at Home

Sept. 27, 2020, 8:08 p.m.Oct. 12, 2023, 7:41 a.m.

Sanitation officials say they’re keeping pace with mounting waste produced by households in Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, Staten Island and upper Manhattan despite staff cuts.

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

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.

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.

Libraries

Library Grab-and-Go (and Quarantine) Grows as New Yorkers Prove Hungry for Books

Aug. 5, 2020, 9:35 p.m.Aug. 5, 2020, 9:34 p.m.

NYC’s three library systems are gearing up to reopen more branches for limited service, even as all returned items are quarantined for 96 hours.

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.

Climate Change

Will Your New House Flood? In New York, the Answer Is Easily Hidden

Aug. 4, 2020, 8:35 p.m.Aug. 5, 2020, 11:00 a.m.

Flood risk disclosure laws in New York are particularly weak, advocates say. For $500, sellers can waive a property’s transparency record — and many do.

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.

Veterans

Staten Island Student Veterans Look to Military Spending Bill for Fairer Housing Aid Deal

July 27, 2020, 10:02 p.m.July 27, 2020, 9:59 p.m.

Housing stipends leave those studying in the borough shortchanged on rent compared with the rest of New York City. The difference comes out to more than $450 a month.

Staten Island

Complaints of Missed Trash Pickups Surge as Garbage Piles Up at Home

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

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

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

Library Grab-and-Go (and Quarantine) Grows as New Yorkers Prove Hungry for Books

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

Will Your New House Flood? In New York, the Answer Is Easily Hidden

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

Staten Island Student Veterans Look to Military Spending Bill for Fairer Housing Aid Deal

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