Staten Island NY

NYC GOP Mayor Candidate Sliwa: 'Not Going Anywhere'

Cornelis van Werkhoven, who worked for the Dutch West India Company, acquired a huge amount of land from the Nyack Natives in 1652, trading for it with six shirts, two pairs of shoes, six pairs of socks, six hatchets, six knives, scissors and combs. The Dutch called the area Yellow Hook for the color of the clay...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week marks the end of an era in our backyard — and in our food lives. After nearly two decades of raising chickens, we’ve said goodbye to Linda, our last remaining hen. A vivacious Rhode Island Red with the soul of a Golden Retriever, Linda passed peacefully in her sleep earlier this week....

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD is asking for the public’s help to locate a 19-year-old woman who has been reported missing from Port Richmond. Isabelina Figueroa was last seen at 1351 Forest Ave. in Port Richmond on Thursday, June 12, around 1:30 p.m., according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Speed cameras are meant to act as deterrents for unsafe driving, but it appears some drivers aren’t getting the message. During a visit to some of the most active speed camera sites on Staten Island this week, the Advance/SILive.com — armed with a radar gun — clocked one car going 62 MPH on...

The Staten Island community is rallying in support of Lucy the pig and her family, the Gannones, after a complaint was filed against them by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, with the family awaiting a court hearing to determine the severity of the fines and whether they will be allowed to...

Authorities say they found the vehicle at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Wethersfield, where a second victim of the scam was trying to register the SUV.

ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams is prepping to launch his latest restaurant venture, we hear. The host of “On Patrol: Live” was previously a co-owner of Tribeca eatery White Street , as well as the former Greenwich Village hotspot the Lion . Abrams is now behind an upcoming restaurant at 46 West 22nd Street —...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A body was found on the shoreline of Staten Island on Friday afternoon, according to police. Officers were called to Fort Wadsworth at about 12:22 p.m., where they located the body of a male that authorities believe washed ashore from the waters off of Staten Island, according to preliminary...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — For the past several years, a group of students at Susan Wagner High School has been operating a small business. The culmination of long hours, field trips and lots of classroom learning, the smallish virtual bakery enterprise was formed after its owners took several courses in finance, learned...