Whatever happened to Staten Island’s united political front? | From the editor
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Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin s trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool)AP
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Hi Neighbor,
It was pretty obvious where the president stood on the George Floyd case long before the jury reached a verdict.
If you know Democrat Joe Biden’s politics, you know he thought the Minneapolis cop who kneeled on the neck of a Black man for nine minutes and 29 seconds was guilty. Just as every thinking American did, too. Defense arguments like exhaust fumes from the cop’s car played a role be damned.
$28B federal fund available to help Staten Island restaurants but they have to apply
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Posted Apr 23, 2021
From left to right, Ted Fleetwood Nugent of The Richmond, The Belvedere Club and Cebu Bistro, VINUM owner and chef Massimo Felici, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Councilwoman Debi Rose, chef Joe Salimeni of J s on the Bay, Max s Es-Ca owner and chef Max Callichio, State Senator Michael Cusick and, in the back row, Assemblyman Charles D. Fall. State Senator Diane Savino is in front to the right. (Staten Island Advance/Pamela Silvestri)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. One year ago VINUM owner Massimo Felici sold toilet paper and cleaning supplies alongside Italian fare from his Michelin-noted eatery, a survival tactic at a rather bleak time for restaurants during the COVID-19 crisis.
Know your candidates: Kelvin Richards, a public defender, for North Shore City Council seat
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Kelvin Richards, a candidate for the North Shore s City Council seat, poses for a photo. (Courtesy: Richards campaign)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Kelvin Richards has served as a public defender with the Staten Island Legal Aid Society since 2013, and he wants to be the North Shore’s next City Council person.
A refugee of the Liberian Civil War, Richards, 38, is a graduate of the College of Staten Island, and current New Brighton resident. The United Auto Workers Region 9A announced their endorsement of him earlier this month.
‘A step in the right direction’: Staten Island activists react to Derek Chauvin verdict
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Staten Islanders participate in a march from Park Hill to the 120th Precinct in St. George on May 31, 2020. (Staten Island Advance/Jason Paderon)
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Chauvin, 45 and white, was convicted of killing Floyd in an encounter where he pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds, as Floyd lay face-down in handcuffs. Floyd had been accused of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a neighborhood market.
“I am very very happy for George Floyd’s family to finally get that reconciliation, but me, honestly, I am not deeply moved by it,” said Donovan Robinson, 25, of West Brighton, who was a key speaker at some of the largest protests on the borough in 2020. “When you have a video of someone standing on someone’s neck for nine minutes, that is not justice, that is just obvious.
Know your candidates: John McBeth, a lifelong Islander, is running for Debi Rose’s seat
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John McBeth, a candidate for the North Shore s City Council seat, poses for a photo outside the West Brighton Houses. (Courtesy McBeth campaign)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Born in West Brighton and raised in Port Richmond, John McBeth is a lifelong Staten Islander and longtime community activist who wants to be the North Shore’s next City Council member.
McBeth, who currently lives in Mariners Harbor, is one of over 12 candidates in the June 22 Democratic primary for the race to replace City Councilwoman Debi Rose, who will be term-limited at the end of the year.