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The frontrunner in the Democratic race to become the next mayor of New York City has so far avoided face-to-face meetings with his rivals, who presently all trail him in the polls. That ends this week. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to debate up to eight other competitors in...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Sunday, the Rossville AME Zion Church celebrated its 57th annual Family and Friends Day. On a pleasant, yet unseasonably cool first Sunday in June, more than 100 people gathered to celebrate at the historic house of worship. “This day means continuity for a rich...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island youth and tobacco control representatives from NYC Smoke-Free at Public Health Solutions met with borough state representatives in Albany earlier this year to discuss the tobacco industry’s targeted marketing that attracts and addicts young people. Reality Check youth from Gaynor...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Three people were taken to a hospital on Sunday night after two vehicles crashed on Hylan Boulevard. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. at the corner Hylan and Bedford Avenue, Grant City, police said, and prompted a large emergency response. Three occupants of a Black...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A fully renovated Colonial home in the heart of New Dorp has been listed for sale at $1,149,888. The property at 91 Allison Ave. offers modern amenities while maintaining its classic charm, according to the Staten Island Multiple Listing Services, MLSSINY.com listing. The home welcomes...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Health Department advised residents Sunday against swimming and wading at Cedar Grove Beach. The department issued yellow advisories for three Staten Island Beaches in total. South Beach, Midland Beach and Cedar Grove were all slapped with water quality advisories by the...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An Advance/SILive.com reporter spotted turkey vultures gobbling up a dead opossum on Hylan Boulevard in early May. On the bridge spanning over Lemon Creek on Staten Island’s South Shore, two massive turkey vultures took turns diving down onto the street to pick at the carcass of an opossum.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An emergency call prompted a water rescue effort in the vicinity of Whitehall Ferry Terminal on Saturday morning, according to a NYPD spokesperson. NYPD officers from Manhattan, along with the NYPD’s Harbor Unit, SCUBA team, Emergency Services Unit and Aviation responded to the scene.

A desperate search for a missing 15-year-old girl feared drowned in New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge entered its second day Saturday. After a night of heavy rains, NYPD scuba divers went back into the waters between Queens and Roosevelt Island on Saturday and attempted to recover the...

A witness told News 12 that they saw a large group and then heard six or seven gunshots.