June 05, 2017

Borelli Calls on DOT to Paint Street Markings on Recently Paved South Shore Roads

In response to a number of constituent complaints about a lack of street markings on roads that have recently been paved, Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) has written a letter to the New York City Department of Transportation’s Borough Office on Staten Island requesting clarification of the existing street markings policy to […]

June 03, 2017

Borelli Works with FDNY to Ensure Military Veterans Are Aware of Existing Civil Service Application-fee Waivers

  Staten Island, New York – Council Member Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) has asked the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) to ensure that the waiver for US service members and veterans, which exists since it was implemented at the insistence of former New York City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio several years ago, be […]

May 12, 2017

Borelli Announces Legislation to Modernize Pawn Shop Regulations in Effort to Combat Opioid-related Crime

Council Member Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) has announced an additional measure from his office aimed at mitigating the effects of the national opioid epidemic on this community and New York City by modernizing the regulatory laws relating to pawn shops, in line with similar modernizations that have recently been undertaken throughout the region in response […]

March 12, 2017

Borelli Partners With HeartScan Services to Offer No-cost Thyroid Cancer Screenings

Council Member Joseph C. Borelli wants you to know that getting a preventative health screening can save your life, and that is why he is partnering with HeartScan Services to offer no-cost thyroid cancer screenings to members of the community, especially active and retired emergency responders. According to the National Cancer Institute, there were an estimated 637,115 people […]

March 02, 2017

Borelli Pushes Parks Department to Reinstate Mountain Bike Trails in Fresh Kills Design

Council Member Joseph Borelli (R – South Shore) and Council Minority Leader Steve Matteo are asking the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC DPR) to re-evaluate the recent exclusion of mountain biking trails from the design of Fresh Kills Park. The original drafts of the Fresh Kills Park master plan that were […]