The NYPD has, according to various reports, been “investigating” years-old racist Facebook posts made by one of its patrolmen. “Racist cop” is not exactly the most surprising news the world has ever presented us. What’s noteworthy about this instance of racism from a person nominally sworn to equally protect all…
Staten Island Borough President James Oddo put a burn for the ages on the real estate developers Savo Brothers this week. By Oddo’s choosing, three streets in a new Savo development will be named after rough synonyms for greed, avarice, and deceit.
The FBI examined an informant’s claim that two Wu-Tang Members—RZA and Raekwon—ordered the murder of two Staten Island drug dealers in 1999, according to newly released court documents obtained by the Staten Island Advance.
New York City’s forgotten borough smelled very bad this morning. From St. George to Westerleigh to Dongan Hills, people are complaining about a stench that has been variously compared to fish, shit, garbage, and “some hoe.” Why? Nobody knows.
A gay man in Staten Island named Louis Falcone says police called him a “faggot” while beating him outside his home on June 19. The incident was taped from across the street, though no homophobic epithets are audible. The Daily News posted footage and an interview with Falcone:
Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold a year ago this week, who has been stripped of his gun and shield and is working a desk job, wants to be a cop again, his lawyer told the New York Daily News.
The Queens man accused of charging a tourist couple $400 for a round-trip on the (free) Staten Island Ferry filed a lawsuit against the city in Manhattan on Friday, the New York Post reports.
A 17-year-old girl allegedly attacked a male classmate last week because the boy farted near her at a Staten Island high school. Prosecutors say Joquasha Rosado smashed the 15-year-old victim in the head with a metal stool before repeatedly punching him in the face.
Earlier this month, Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan made headlines for failing to secure an indictment for Daniel Pantaleo, the Staten Island NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner. This week, Donovan is in the papers again, this time as the Republican Party's "clear front runner" for the congressional…
Representative Michael Grimm, the Republican from Staten Island who plead guilty to tax evasion and threatened to break a reporter in half has decided to resign from Congress, the New York Daily News reports.
The Staten Island Advance was presented with a tough choice in its district's upcoming House race. Michael Grimm, the incumbent, was indicted on federal fraud charges and once threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony. Domenic Recchia, his challenger, seems even dumber than him. Apparently, neither has ever read a…
The New York City medical examiner ruled today that Eric Garner's death was a homicide by chokehold.
Staten Island police arrive at the scene of an alleged crime, where they find a middle-aged black man. He resists arrest, maybe, so they rough him up a bit. After a while, he complains that he's having difficulty breathing, but medical attention arrives too late, and he dies.
A couple in Staten Island was found dead in their bed at a Hilton Garden Inn on Staten Island on Friday, police say. The couple was found clutching each other and fully clothed in an apparent dual overdose.
Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who can be seen wrapping his arm around Eric Garner's neck before the Staten Island man's death in a video that went viral last week, has been the target of two previous civil rights lawsuits, the Staten Island Advance reports.
Congressman Michael Grimm is perhaps best known for threatening to throw a NY1 reporter off a balcony. He is also the bae at Staten Island sweet sixteen parties, according to teen girls' tweets, which don't lie.
At around 1:15 a.m. today, Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority police officers opened fire on a Hummer driving on the Verrazano Bridge. There were no injuries, and the driver fled on foot.
At least 34 people, 23 of them firefighters, were injured early Thursday morning during a five-alarm fire in Staten Island. The FDNY rescued 11 people, including six children; two other children escaped the blaze after their father threw them from one of the burning building's windows to neighbors below.
