Sentences with phrase «staten island community»

Elizabeth graduated from LaGuardia Community College in 2001 with an AAS in Veterinary Technology and earned a BA in Anthropology from Staten Island Community College in 2009.

«This, after they thumbed their nose at the Staten Island community, pillaged the property by cutting down numerous trees, and ravaged the hillside.»

The advocates rallied outside City Hall as Mr. de Blasio and Mr. Bratton held a round - table with Staten Island community leaders and Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss the fallout of the death of Eric Garner, shortly after an NYPD officer apparently put him in a prohibited chokehold.

During my campaign for Borough President I have said repeatedly that, if elected, I look forward to using my position in Borough Hall as an instrument of good to help the entire Staten Island community.

«Improving infrastructure and reducing congestion is critical to connecting the Staten Island community,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Despite this, the Staten Island Community Contractor's Association had about a dozen protesters outside the stadium yesterday who said they are against using non-Staten Island contractors for the project.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - In getting a green light from two Staten Island community boards, the city cleared a hurdle this week in its quest to acquire 25 East Shore parcels so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can build a seawall.

At noon, Rep. Michael Grimm and Staten Island community officials discuss government funding for residents affected by Sandy, calling for state officials to expand eligibility for property buyouts and for projects to elevate or rebuild houses; Joe & John Toto's Restaurant & Bar, 809 Father Capodanno Blvd., Staten Island.

We need construction to begin ASAP so we can better protect Staten Island communities from future storm damage.»

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I would like to acknowledge what is a long list: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Office of the New York Attorney General, the New York State Department of Financial Services, the New York Legal Assistance Group, Staten Island Legal Services, the Legal Aid Society, MFY Legal Services, various bar associations, New York City Department of Small Business Services, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Neighborhood Housing Services of Staten Island and the Northfield Local Community Development Corporation.

In the West Brighton section of Staten Island, small groups of people walk across the street from the project buildings into the parking lot of New Hope Community Church, where they dodge basketballs whizzing by before congregating in a beautifully renovated building that was a staging area for an underground pit bull fighting ring up until a few years ago.

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Also at 10 a.m., NYC Parks and Recreation Department Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, Staten Island Deputy Borough President Ed Burke and NYC Councilman Steven Matteo break ground on the New Dorp Community Center, 128 Cedar Grove Ave., Staten Island.

Without the ability to employ design - build procurement for its reconstruction, the welfare of residential and business communities throughout Staten Island, Brooklyn and Queens, is imperiled.

Prior to that, she was a community relations assistant for Pataki and for the late state Sen. John Marchi (R - Staten Island).

«The Berry's have served the greater East Shore athletic community well for many years, but the fields are in dire need of rehabilitation and modernization to ensure all Staten Island teams who want to utilize them can do so,» Matteo said in a statement.

Recently Clarke had a conversation with Jasmine Robinson, an Afro - Cubana legal secretary and community activist challenging Staten Island state Senator Diane Savino (a former breakaway Democrat) at an event.

Also at 6:30 p.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina attends the town gall meeting of District 31's Community Education Council P.S. 48, 1050 Targee St., Staten Island.

At 12:30 p.m., Sen. Diane Savino and environmental advocates from groups discuss the Legislature's passage of the «Community Risk and Resiliency Act» and call for the governor to sign it; parking lot across the street from Savino's district office, 36 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island.

Also at noon, NYS Homes and Community Renewal President and CEO Darryl Towns appears at the College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island.

The citywide task force — to be chaired by city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Commissioner Dr. Mary Basset, Borough President James Oddo, along with Councilmen Steven Matteo (R - Mid-Island), Joseph Borelli (R - South Shore), Councilwoman Debi Rose (D - North Shore), Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D - Mid-Island), Senator Andrew Lanza (R - Staten Island) and Congressman Daniel Donovan (R - Brooklyn / Staten Island)-- will develop a community and public engagement campaign to increase utilization of new life - saving resources and to recruit health and medical professionals to distribute the new prescription drug resources.

The city budgeted $ 60 million in FY17 for the project, according to a spokesperson, and de Blasio said, «The Staten Island levee will provide vital protection to the East Shore community — a community that is on the front lines of climate change, as we saw so clearly during Sandy.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to keep Staten Island front of mind at a meeting with the borough's elected officials and community leaders Sunday morning following his appearance at the Groundhog Day cerISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed to keep Staten Island front of mind at a meeting with the borough's elected officials and community leaders Sunday morning following his appearance at the Groundhog Day cerIsland front of mind at a meeting with the borough's elected officials and community leaders Sunday morning following his appearance at the Groundhog Day ceremony.

«After decades of fear and waiting, the people of Staten Island's shoreline communities are finally receiving the protection they need and deserve,» Malliotakis said.

«These are crimes that can injure others and make our communities less safe,» said Staten Island Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, who has joined several Republican legislators in pushing a bill in Albany to compel the city to comply with federal detention requests.

The community leader and Staten Island resident made the announcement at a City Hall press conference on Thursday.

WEST BRIGHTON — One of the three new Staten Island Ferry boats will be named after Rossville's Sandy Ground community, one of the country's first free, black - founded settlements, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday.

«We want the police to protect and serve the community,» said Sherel Bowman - Wilson of Staten Island, who said she was considering a City Council run in 2017.

«Staten Island is overwhelmingly a bedroom community... that doesn't mean we can't have a different housing topology, that doesn't mean that we can't have a safe, clean, hip waterfront community and this is going to be that,» Borough President James Oddo said.

The last known community district was unknown for 144 from Staten Island.

«There are decisions that were made in the early weeks after the storm, that I will take to my grave, were the wrong decisions and set our community down a path that has been difficult to come back from,» said Staten Island Borough President James Oddo.

Additional Time Warner Cable Learning Labs are located at the Police Athletic League Center in Harlem, Sunnyside Community Services in Sunnyside, Queens, and at the Gerard Carter Community Center in Stapleton, Staten Island.

Other grants included $ 15,000 for an obesity awareness program at the Staten island Partnership for Community Wellness; $ 100,000 for the Central Queens YMCA; and $ 800,000 to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum to replace a portion of Pier 86.

«This has long been a priority project for the state and the city — beginning back in the Bloomberg administration — that has widespread support within the community and region because it will transform the economy of Staten Island's North Shore,» said Jason Conwall, a spokesman for ESD.

At 3 p.m., Cuomo holds a third bill signing ceremony for the same legislation, Jewish Community Center of Staten Island, 1466 Manor Rd., Staten Island.

AG Eric Schneiderman will be joined by doctors, government officials and pharmacists to discuss I - STOP at 10:30 a.m. at Staten Island's Beacon Christian Community Health Center.

At 12:30 p.m., Cuomo's Staten Island Regional Representative Thomas Feeney delivers a regional budget briefing, Jewish Community Center, 1466 Manor Rd., Staten Island.

«Threats made against Jewish Community Centers in New York and across the country, including those that occurred this morning in Plainview and on Staten Island, are unacceptable and will not be tolerated,» Flanagan said in a statement.

At 12: 30 p.m., Governor's Office of Faith Based Community Development Services Executive Director Karim Camara Delivers Regional Budget Briefing, Staten Island Rotary Club, 697 Forest Avenue, Staten Island, NY

STATEN ISLAND — Staten Island's borough president wants every community board member to get a lesson on local polISLAND — Staten Island's borough president wants every community board member to get a lesson on local polIsland's borough president wants every community board member to get a lesson on local politics.

«It is not easy for Debi to be in Staten Island representing a community that is fractured,» Council Public Safety Chair Vanessa Gibson said.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the aftermath of the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio is hosting a roundtable on police - community relations that includes NYPD Commissioner William Bratton and the Rev. Al Sharpton on ThuISLAND, N.Y. — In the aftermath of the death of Eric Garner on Staten Island, Mayor Bill de Blasio is hosting a roundtable on police - community relations that includes NYPD Commissioner William Bratton and the Rev. Al Sharpton on ThuIsland, Mayor Bill de Blasio is hosting a roundtable on police - community relations that includes NYPD Commissioner William Bratton and the Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday.

A Staten island grand jury decided yesterday not to charge Mr. Pantaleo in the death, which has stoked tensions between police and the minority community.

Oddo recently put out a call to boost the number of new applicants for seats on Staten Island's community boards, which netted more than 70 potential members.

Appearing at the Eltingville station of the Staten Island Railway, City Councilmen James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio, along with Mid-Island Council candidate Steven Matteo, on Thursday announced a three - prong strategy to beautify communities across the borough.

Oddo said this gives Staten Islanders not wanting to leave the Island for similar communities an incredible housing option.

The students from Staten Island interview the people of their community to bring you listeners a snapshot of what it's like to live in Staten Island.

He founded Island Voice — a community youth development organization that supports African, Caribbean, and African American, and Caribbean American Staten Islanders — in 2006.

A Staten Island assemblyman is holding his next gathering not in its usual community center, but Facebook.