A Staten Island woman accused of fatally beating her 10-year-old son was charged with first-degree manslaughter on Sunday.
Mon 29 Dec 2008
Filed under: Staten Island (NYC), Child Abuse and Neglect, Murders and Attempted Murders — @ 8:15 am
Sat 27 Dec 2008
Filed under: New York City Transit, Transit Systems, Staten Island (NYC), Accidents and Safety — @ 7:06 am
A train derailment at the end of the Staten Island Railway — one of the oldest elements of the city’s transit system — inconvenienced riders who are unaccustomed to delays.
Fri 26 Dec 2008
Filed under: Teachers and School Employees, Amos, Tori, Staten Island (NYC), YouTube.com, Education and Schools, Music — @ 5:03 am
Gregg Breinberg helped make his chorus at Public School 22 in Graniteville popular on YouTube, and their predecessors once serenaded the singer and songwriter Tori Amos with two of her songs.
Wed 24 Dec 2008
Filed under: Iqbal, Javed, Satellites, Hezbollah, Television, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Staten Island (NYC), Terrorism — @ 2:46 am
A Staten Island businessman pleaded guilty to a single federal count of assisting terrorists by providing satellite services to Hezbollah’s television station.
Mon 15 Dec 2008
Filed under: House of Representatives, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Staten Island (NYC), Brooklyn (NYC), Fossella, Vito J Jr, Republican Party, Politics and Government — @ 3:39 am
Speculation has run high about whether Representative Vito J. Fossella is in fact laying the groundwork for a return to the political stage.
Mon 15 Dec 2008
Filed under: House of Representatives, Drunken and Reckless Driving, Staten Island (NYC), Brooklyn (NYC), Fossella, Vito J Jr, Republican Party, Politics and Government — @ 3:24 am
Speculation has run high about whether Representative Vito J. Fossella is in fact laying the groundwork for a return to the political stage.
Mon 24 Nov 2008
Filed under: Burns, Ryan, Robert J, Fire Department (NYC), Staten Island (NYC), Fires and Firefighters, Accidents and Safety — @ 4:23 am
The New York City Fire Department lieutenant killed in a house fire on Sunday morning had returned to work despite suffering a potentially career-ending injury in 2006.
Mon 24 Nov 2008
Filed under: Fire Department (NYC), Police Department (NYC), Staten Island (NYC), Fires and Firefighters, Accidents and Safety — @ 2:07 am
The Staten Island fire was several blocks from the house fire in which a lieutenant in the Fire Department was killed, but there was no evidence that they were connected, police said.
Sun 23 Nov 2008
A lieutenant was killed early Sunday morning fighting a fire in Staten Island when a ceiling in the attic of the burning home collapsed on him.
Mon 17 Nov 2008
City Councilman Michael E. McMahon is seen as a practical centrist who is unconcerned with political philosophy.