Staten Island
Some buy flood insurance, don’t get much back
Why exactly do people have to pay flood insurance when the insurance doesn’t actually pay for most flood damage? It’s not that the idea originally lacked merit. The government wanted …
Playland restricts Muslim scarves and all other headgear
Staten Islanders react when safety rules bar women from wearing Muslim headgear on some rides.
Some delays in restoring power
But the numbers of power outages have been dropping fast.
If you’re reading this, then your power is back on – and it should be
Con Edison waited until the storm passed to get the power back on. Fortunately it didn’t have to wait long.
Staten Island celebrates 350 years
Over 350 years, nearly everything has passed through here, and much of it stuck around to celebrate the Island’s birthday Monday.
Staten Island has the best beach in the city, and the worst
South Beach gets an A+. Wolf’s Pond Beach gets a D.
Disgraced cop’s Staten Island ex-wife wants custody of their daughter
She doesn’t want to pay him 14-times as much alimony just because he lost his job over a rape charge.
Contributions stolen that were for little kid with cancer
Thieves took this cancer victim for, what, $11? $12? Some people need to hit bottom, but just how far down is that?
Staten Island tops the city for adolescent drinking
What’s your kid doing right now?
Two men almost drown in an elevator
Either this was an elevator scene in a Wes Craven movie, or it’s going to be.
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