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Staten Island commuters Monday can use the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel

Source: SILive.com, Nov 17 2012, 10:23am CST

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Commuters who typically travel to Manhattan by car, and prefer to use the Hugh L. Carey tunnel, Monday will feel a returning sense of normalcy, when the tube formerly known as the Brooklyn-Battery Tunn ...

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5 hours ago

Staten Islander seeking top job at BOE gets big vote of confidence

Source: SILive.com  |   May 23 2013, 8:37pm CDT

Michael Ryan, shown conceding to incumbent Daniel Donovan in 2011 district attorney election, formerly served as BOE borough commissioner.Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Great Kills attorney has gotten a cross-the-aisle ...

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12 hours ago

Governors Island opens this Saturday!

Source: Governors Island Blog  |   May 23 2013, 1:01pm CDT

Governors Island, a 172 acre island in the heart of New York Harbor, is only 800 yards from Lower Manhattan, and even closer to Brooklyn. It is a world unto itself, unique and full of promise. The Trust for Govern ...

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National Parties Throw Blows Staten Island Congressional Race

Source: New York Daily News  |   May 22 2013, 4:02pm CDT

Rival national campaign committees are stepping up their involvement in the race to represent New York’s 13th District. New York City Councilman Domenic Recchia, the likely Democratic nominee to take on Republican Rep. Michael Grimm, is ...

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Subway Service Alerts: Brooklyn Heights and Vicinity

Source: Brooklyn Heights Blog  |   May 22 2013, 9:19am CDT

The only planned change directly affecting service at any local stations over the long Memorial Day weekend is that, from 11:30 p.m. Friday until 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, there will be no service from Manhattan to C ...

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1 day ago

Staten Island gets self-contained Council districts

Source: SILive.com  |   May 22 2013, 7:03am CDT

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - It's official: Staten Island will have three self-contained City Council districts for the first time in more than 30 years. A stenographer records the NYC Districting Commission publi ...

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2 days ago

3 members of Staten Island's Assembly delegation vote against DREAM Act

Source: SILive.com  |   May 21 2013, 10:07pm CDT

Three members of Staten Island's four-person state Assembly delegation voted against the DREAM Act, which prevailed Tuesday, saying it "devalues citizenship" and is a "slap in the face to Americans." Supporters of the New York DREAM Act hold pho ...

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2 days ago

Prominent Staten Island businessman admits to $5 million bank fraud

Source: SILive.com  |   May 21 2013, 6:30pm CDT

Saquib Khan hid his tracks through a complex web of worthless checks the banks initially credited and wire transfers, said prosecutors. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- He's hosted fund-raisers for former Senator a ...

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2 days ago

Staten Island titleholders attend Miss New York pageant workshop (photos)

Source: SILive.com  |   May 21 2013, 9:53am CDT

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Competing on the state level for the title of Miss New York are four local titleholders: Amanda Alicea, the reigning Miss Staten Island; Alyssa DePaolis, Miss Richmond County; Jamie Lynn Macchia, a former M ...

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3 days ago

Brooklyn Getting Richer, Suburbs Getting Poorer

Source: Brownstoner  |   May 20 2013, 8:38am CDT

A story in the Times today has some data to back up what we’ve been seeing and experiencing anecdotally. As rents and home prices rise in Brooklyn, the well-to-do are moving into the city and the poor are fleeing to the suburbs ...

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3 days ago

Photos: As work on Staten Island Expressway continues, local roads are more congested

Source: SILive.com  |   May 20 2013, 5:06am CDT

Steady progress is being made on the Island's largest traffic project in a generation, but backups on the Staten Island Expressway and surrounding roads are growing worse by the day, and at all times of the day, as construction, lane closures and det ...

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