Staten Island

Shoppers enter the HL Supermarket in New Dorp Beach.

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

Ben Fractenberg July 1, 2024, 4:59 a.m.June 30, 2024, 7:29 p.m.

In the past decade, a burgeoning Chinese community has built an enclave on the eastern shore of Staten Island, now the borough with the fastest growing immigrant population.

DOB inspectors Kevin Esposito, left, and Ron Lewis look over a ride at a carnival outside the Staten Island Mall.

Summer & THE CITY

How NYC Elevator Inspectors Make Your Favorite Carnival Rides Safe

May 29, 2024, 12:59 p.m.May 29, 2024, 1:18 p.m.

The Department of Buildings has about 17 inspectors on stay who spend the season checking every seat at festivals and fairs.

The sun reflects on apartment buildings along East 110th Street, July 31, 2023.

Small Business

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Business Boost Comes Up for Council Votes

May 21, 2024, 5:00 a.m.May 20, 2024, 4:54 p.m.

Proposed zoning changes would make it easier for small businesses to locate in largely residential areas, prompting pushback from some corners.

How to New York

How to a Community Board, and What to Know Before You Apply

Jan. 24, 2024, 12:52 p.m.Jan. 23, 2025, 6:59 p.m.

They’re the entry level of local government, but what do community boards really do? And how are chosen? It’s application season, so here’s a guide for anyone who wants to get involved.

Rudely Brito speaks outside a Staten Islands Holiday Inn Express run by Project Hospitality were she and other migrants were allegedly scammed out of thousands of dollars by a worker at the hotel who claimed to be securing them housing.

Migrant Crisis

Shelter Worker Scammed Families With Promises of an Apartment, They Say

Oct. 8, 2023, 8:00 a.m.Oct. 11, 2023, 4:38 p.m.

Residents of the Holiday Inn Express in Staten Island reported the incidents to police this week, saying they’d given thousands to a woman who falsely promised to rent them places of their own.

Brooklyn

Seven School Gyms Are Housing Migrants or Could Soon. Parents and Pols Are Pushing Back

May 15, 2023, 7:56 p.m.June 1, 2023, 1:17 p.m.

Some 500 asylum-seekers slept in a school gym on Staten Island over the weekend. By Monday city officials had identified six more gyms, all in Brooklyn, to cope with an evolving emergency.

Labor

Staten Island Ferry Engineers Entitled to Wage Boost, Comptroller Rules

March 30, 2023, 2:32 p.m.March 30, 2023, 5:12 p.m.

As crews complain low pay rates lead to understaffing and service disruptions, Lander’s decision could yield $300K per worker in back pay alone.

Eric Adams

The Year in Photos: The Moments That Captivated NYC in 2022

Ben Fractenberg Dec. 30, 2022, 5:00 a.m.Oct. 13, 2023, 4:58 p.m.

It started with the inauguration of Mayor Eric Adams and a tragic fire in The Bronx and saw historic labor actions and a blistering election along the way.

Shelters

Migrant Families on Staten Island Finally Get Laundry Cards for Christmas

Dec. 28, 2022, 8:58 a.m.March 14, 2024, 2:23 p.m.

As New York races to open facilities, advocates warn that many existing ones aren’t providing basic services like clean and seasonally appropriate clothes to wear to school.

Campaign 2022

How Democrat Max Rose Would Have Won NY-11 Under District Maps Thrown Out by Court

Nov. 9, 2022, 7:54 p.m.May 19, 2023, 3:06 p.m.

An analysis by THE CITY shows that if voters in Sunset Park and Park Slope had been in the district, as under earlier maps, Rose would have edged out Nicole Malliotakis — and maybe helped save Democrats’ House majority.

Staten Island

12 Hours in New Dorp, Staten Island

How NYC Elevator Inspectors Make Your Favorite Carnival Rides Safe

Adams ‘City of Yes’ Business Boost Comes Up for Council Votes

How to a Community Board, and What to Know Before You Apply

Shelter Worker Scammed Families With Promises of an Apartment, They Say

Seven School Gyms Are Housing Migrants or Could Soon. Parents and Pols Are Pushing Back

Staten Island Ferry Engineers Entitled to Wage Boost, Comptroller Rules

The Year in Photos: The Moments That Captivated NYC in 2022

Migrant Families on Staten Island Finally Get Laundry Cards for Christmas

How Democrat Max Rose Would Have Won NY-11 Under District Maps Thrown Out by Court

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