Borelli, Public School Students Plant Over 1,000 Daffodils at South Shore Schools
Council Member Joseph C. Borelli and students from four Staten Island schools, armed with shovels and daffodil bulbs, planted about 1,000 of the yellow flowers today at their school campuses on the South Shore.
Borelli Announces More than $500k in Funding for Elementary School Technology Purchases
The enhancements will include major technology upgrades, including smart boards and laptops at thirteen local schools; P.S. 4, 6, 8, 37, 42, 53, 55, 58, and 62, and I.S. 24, 34, and 72.
Borelli, Matteo Call for Hearing on Correction Officer Safety in Response to Brawl Injuring 20 Officers
The leadership of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA), including President Elias Husamudeen, have suggested that the protocols and procedures necessary to ensure the safety of the officers are not in…
Borelli Allocates $175,000 to Create a STEM Lab at P.S. 56 in Woodrow
Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) is allocating $175,000 in funding from his capital budget this year to create a STEM lab for P.S. 56 in Woodrow. The STEM (Science, Technology, English, Math) lab will provide a scientific environment where students…
Borelli announces largest ever arts and cultural education funding allocation for south shore schools
Council Member Joseph C. Borelli (R-South Shore) has announced that his office has allocated more than $500,000 in funding for arts and cultural programming in south shore schools this fiscal year. The funds will be used to bring world-class arts and cultural organiz…
Borelli bill allowing online filing of smoke alarm plans advances, receives hearing
Council Member Joseph Borelli’s (R-Staten Island) legislation allowing smoke alarm plans to be filed online with the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) instead of in-person and paper filings at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn was heard today during a meeting of the Co…
Borelli announces discretionary awards for South Shore Parent Teacher Associations
For fiscal year 2019, each of these associations will receive $3,000. With this, the parents of each school are able to get right to the business of improving their children’s experience at each of their schools instead of immediately having to fret about fundraising…
Two South Shore parks to undergo $2.1 million renovation
Carlton Park in Prince’s Bay and Ida Court Playground in Huguenot will undergo a $2.1 million renovation, funded by $1.5 million from Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore), $350,000 from the Parks Without Borders initiative and $250,000 from Borough President James Oddo…
For special needs students, new building underway at PS 37
The three-floor standalone building, adjacent to PS 37’s main building, will have 16 new classrooms, a medical suite, three resource rooms, a physical therapy room, an occupational therapy room, a kitchen and about a dozen ADA-accessible bathrooms…
Island wins funding for first FDNY squad company of its own
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Corey Johnson agreed to set aside $3.1 million in the city’s fiscal 2019 budget, at the urging of Councilmen Joe Borelli (R-South Shore), Minority Leader Steve Matteo (R-Mid Island), and Borough President James Oddo for the new company…