STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island is referenced hundreds of times in the Jeffrey Epstein files, establishing connections between the borough and the millionaire financier whose sexual abuse of young girls and interactions with rich and powerful people has been at the center of the national discourse.
The documents, which were disclosed under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Jan. 30, include more than three million pages, alongside more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, related to the actions of Epstein and his confidant and onetime girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
The files have been made publicly available on the Department of Justice website, which includes a search feature that allows users to comb through the files for references to specific names, words or phrases…