"What it does is takes a bunch of New Yorkers—most of the people on Jersey Shore are New Yorkers... drops them at the Jersey Shore, and tries to make Americans feel like this is New Jersey," said Christie. "I can tell people, they want to know what New Jersey really is? I welcome them to come to New Jersey anytime."…
The Muslim American Society yesterday was rejected in its bid to buy a Roman Catholic Church on Staten Island by the church's board of trustees, of which Archbishop Timothy Dolan is a member. Neighbors feared the mosque would breed terrorists.
Thanks to Jersey Shore, it's all about the guidos these days, and there are definitely a few yuks at their expense in "Staten Island Girls," a parody of Katy Perry's "California Gurls." The jokes are easy, but they're classic.
New York City opened its public pools today to help residents cope with the record heat wave. Too bad they'll be full of squealing children. Here are some other more peaceful but equally cool ways to beat the heat.
A Staten Island teacher won an initial court ruling after she was suspended for allowing students to write down penis-related Yiddishisms in an HIV education class. She is now seeking $1 million in damages from the city. [NYT, pic]
Many things are ending in New York these days. From where we sleep to where we bob across the water to Staten Island to where we place our bets to where we Do It, all of New York is disappearing.
Despite its name, MTV's Jersey Shore isn't really a reflection on New Jersey, says Slate's Jonah Weiner. It's more a comment on where half of the cast is originally from: Staten Island, "prime summer-rental feeder community," longtime haven to members of the Mafia, the site of one of the city's biggest landfills, and…
Remember how the New York Times' uncomfortable interview with Caroline Kennedy pretty much sank her Senate campaign? Hello, Harold Ford, welcome to New York! First question: Jets or Giants?
On the night of Barack Obama's election, a group of young idiots in "a makeshift clubhouse" in Staten Island decided to go out and beat up some black people. They tried hard. But they made the following mistakes:
T.A.W., shit: texting and walking is dangerous! You know you've done it. But how dangerous is your reluctance to stop and engage in singular activities? If you're to learn anything from the youth of Staten Island, very. And there's video!
Belmar, NJ mayor Kenneth Pringle pissed off all of Staten Island a couple weeks ago when he called its residents—in a good-natured way—a bunch of stupid guidos. Now Pringle is paying the price. In order to avoid an all-out boycott of the Jersey town by belligerent, tight-shirted, spiky-haired clubgoers, Pringle has to…
Staten Island-all of it!-is threatening to boycott Belmar, NJ because the mayor there made derogatory remarks about "guidos," the overtanned, hair-gelled, well-muscled gentlemen who I say are just fine, so that I don't get jumped next time I go to the gym. "The mayor should watch his f- - -ing mouth!" one Staten…
Oh, dear. Time Out Kids is having a little poll about Real Estate. No one can afford to live anywhere in New York anymore, so they're asking where their readers would deign to move themselves should it become necessary to get more space for less money. It's early still, but the results already speak for themselves.…
Staten Island, home to that one thrift store we went to once, is sometimes called "the fifth borough." But not on popular social networking site "Facebook.com", which, according to the Richmond County Young Republicans Club, doesn't recognize the hellish fake-tanned monster island as a town or city.
Apparently Staten Islanders are super pissed about the way people—and by people, I mean MTV—stereotype them. One year after it first aired, they're still all up in arms about MTV's True Life: I'm a Staten Island Girl episode, and how it made all Staten Islanders look like "pumped-up dudes driving pimped-out…
"Staten Island ninja thief flees after homeowner stabs him" [NYDN]
This city is full of psychics, both high-end and low-end. But can any of them actually foretell what's tk? We'll only know when we all go back and reread this occasional feature in twenty years. Do you have a psychic you'd recommend we see? Let us know.
The holidays can be very stressful for Staten Islanders. When residents of the fifth borough suddenly feel the need to wreak havoc, we certainly know where they're coming from, having been there ourselves many, many times. There have been several occasions this very week, in fact, where your guest editor has been…
As many of us often fail to realize, the City of New York is comprised of five boroughs. We go to the Bronx for Yankees games and to Queens to fly off to God-knows-where, so the third and fourth pieces of the puzzle are accounted for from time to time. But what of Staten Island? What is this place so thick with nail…
