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Veterans ask: Why can pot supporters march in NYC but we can’t have Memorial Day parade?
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
The Vietnam Veterans of American march at the Memorial Day Parade on Forest Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 2019. (Staten Island Advance/Shira Stoll)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Local veterans want to know why they can’t march down Forest Avenue to celebrate Memorial Day, but just last week supporters of legal marijuana got to parade down Broadway carrying a giant joint.
James Haynes, CEO of United Staten Island Veterans’ Organization Inc. (USIVO), said they want to be able to “honor those veterans, current and past, who have served this great nation” in the annual parade that’s more than a century old.
Full Staten Island Ferry service to resume ‘as soon as possible,’ DOT says
Updated May 07, 2021;
Posted May 07, 2021
In a letter to City Councilman Steven Matteo, Department of Transportation Commissioner Henry Gutman wrote that the agency intends to return to full Staten Island Ferry service “as soon as possible,” but that it needs to hire more staff. (Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo)Staten Island Advance
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York City’s Department of Transportation (DOT) needs more staff before it can resume full-time service on the Staten Island Ferry, as required by law, the Advance/SILive.com learned Friday.