State legislators announce they will repeal Cuomo’s executive powers; COVID orders to continue for 30 days
Updated Mar 02, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Pool, File)AP
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Legislators in the New York Assembly and Senate announced an agreement Tuesday that will repeal executive powers they granted the governor last year in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The joint announcement from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-the Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester) comes as the governor continues to deal with a number of scandals related to his time in office.
Will Sandy Ground be added to school curriculum? DOE is unresponsive, petitioners say
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
Books detailing the history of Sandy Ground are shown at the College of Staten Island in 2007. (Advance File Photo)
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Over half a year later, very little movement has been made toward making that a reality.
Since its inception in July, the Change.org petition has garnered more than 2,800 signatures.
Marhong told the Advance/SILive.com that she sent the petition to the Department of Education (DOE), Superintendent Richard Carranza, former District 31 Executive Superintendent Anthony Lodico, while he was still acting, and Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The silence from Remauro’s enablers is deafening (opinion)
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
Posted Feb 12, 2021
Leticia Remauro leads the ceremonies as Nicole Malliotakis hosts a thank-you brunch for those who supported her mayoral run Sunday, January 21, 2018 at the Excelsior Grand. (Staten Island Advance/Bill Lyons)
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By Justin Wood and Roxanne Mustafa
It’s been more than a month since the citywide media briefly focused on Leticia Remauro, the candidate for Staten Island Borough President caught on camera enthusiastically yelling “Heil Hitler” at a rally in December. She went on to apologize on Twitter for making a “bad analogy” and explained to the Daily News that she actually meant to yell “Mein Fuhrer.”