Council hopeful calls NYPD a ‘white supremacist institution’, wants budget eliminated

By Julia Marsh A political newcomer who’s likely to take over the Harlem City Council seat long held by Bill Perkins believes the NYPD is a “white supremacist institution” and wants to cut its budget to $0. “Police in this country began as slave patrols. It’s a white supremacist institution at its core,” Kristin Richardson […]

Bursts of color, sprinklers and more: New sensory playground opens in Huguenot

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Various officials attended the ribbon-cutting of the brand new E.M.T. Christopher J. Prescott Sensory Playground — designed to provide fun for all children, including those with autism spectrum disorder and sensory processing disorder — in Huguenot Thursday morning. The park, located next to Bernstein Intermediate School (I.S. 7), is named after […]

Another sign Andrew Cuomo cares more about winning headlines than results

By Post Editorial Board Gov. Andrew Cuomo loves nothing more than to win positive headlines by announcing action in the public interest. Too bad he so often fails to follow up by actually getting the job done. City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-SI) utterly nailed the gov on this after Thursday’s torrential rains from Tropical Storm […]

Joe Borelli cuts ribbon on the south shore of Staten Island’s newest park, Fairview Park

NYTimes sparks July 4 outrage by claiming American flag ‘alienating to some’

By Bruce Golding The New York Times sparked fireworks with an Independence Day report on the political implications of displaying the American flag — just weeks after being forced to defend an editorial writer who said she was “really disturbed” to see Old Glory flown by supporters of former President Donald Trump. The Times article […]

‘Wholly unacceptable’: Bi-partisan letter calls for more NYPD officers to be assigned to S.I.

By Joseph Ostapiuk | jostapiuk@siadvance.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island elected officials are calling on the city to vow 85 NYPD officers be assigned to the borough from the department’s next graduating class after not a single recently-graduated recruit was set aside for the Island. A bi-partisan group of elected officials penned a letter […]