Right-to-life support for Staten Island candidate, an adoptee
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As an adoptee, GOP South Shore Assembly candidate Joseph Borelli has strong feelings when it comes to right-to-life issues. Borelli, 29, today was backed by anti-abortion activist Marietta Canning, chair of the city Right to Life Party. “Joseph Borelli is 100 percent pro-life and has no exceptions to life,” Ms. Canning […]
Staten Island Conservatives Nominate Joe Borelli
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island Conservatives made nominations for the fall state Legislature elections last night, but left their convention without endorsing a candidate to oppose Assemblyman Matthew Titone (D-North Shore). Meeting at the Road House restaurant in Sunnyside, members of the party county committee endorsed three incumbent lawmakers for re-election: Assemblyman Michael Cusick […]
Giuliani endorses Borelli for Staten Island’s South Shore Assembly seat
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has endorsed Republican Joseph Borelli in the race for the South Shore Assembly seat. “Joe Borelli is the only candidate for this seat that has an actual record of accomplishments for Staten Island,” Giuliani said in a prepared statement released by the Borelli campaign. “He has a […]
SIGOP Endorses Joe Borelli for South Shore Assembly seat
The executive committee of the Staten Island Republican Party has endorsed Joseph Borelli to run for the South Shore Assembly seat. But the party is still in search of a candidate to take on state Sen. Diane Savino (D-North Shore/Brooklyn). Meeting this week, the executive committee also endorsed Sam Pirozzolo, president of the Community Education […]
5-alarm brushfire at Staten Island’s former Fresh Kills landfill prevents planned protest
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The planned protest to oppose a waste-to-energy facility at the former Fresh Kills landfill was scuttled yesterday after a five-alarm brush fire tore through the area 90 minutes before the Bloomberg administration planned to bus a group of prospective contractors to the site in Travis. City Councilman James Oddo, who organized […]
Rep. Bob Turner backs Staten Island’s Joseph Borelli in State Assembly Race
GOP Rep. Bob Turner has endorsed Joseph Borelli’s bid for the South Shore Assembly seat. “Joe’s commitment to public service and his community make him a natural choice to serve the people of Staten Island as their assemblyman,” Turner said at a City Hall press conference. Turner, who is running to unseat U.S. Sen. Kirsten […]
Congressman Michael Grimm endorses Joseph Borelli in Staten Island State Assembly Race
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Michael Grimm wasn’t just being endorsed this morning — he also did some endorsing. Standing with Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo, Grimm endorsed the GOP’s Joseph Borelli for the New York State Assembly. Borelli will run for the South Shore Assembly seat Republican Lou Tobacco will vacate in November. […]