While it easily could be forgotten and overlooked in City affairs primarily due to its very small size, Staten Island politicians have worked across party lines to promote Staten Island's interests and political profile. (newyorktrue.com)
asked Kim Nauer, education research director at The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School, who works on college access. (hechingerreport.org)
His single consistent bastion of influence is in the Assembly, where Democrats from the city dominate and where Carl E. Heastie, the chamber's speaker, usually acts as a bulwark against policies that seem to overreach into city affairs. (nytimes.com)