Staten Island Ferry: City remains silent on restoration of full overnight service
Updated May 07, 6:33 PM;
Posted May 07, 1:40 PM
The Department of Transportation has not responded to numerous inquiries regarding the return of full overnight service on the Staten Island Ferry. (Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo)Staten Island Advance
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Update: In a letter to City Council Minority Leader Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island) posted Friday afternoon,
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. It’s been over a year since the Staten Island Ferry provided full overnight service, and there’s still no telling when it will be restored.
Despite plans for a major reopening of New York City later this month, the city has yet to make any indication as to when it plans to bring back the half-hourly overnight service on the Staten Island Ferry that has been curtailed since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
It’s good news: Three community spirited high school ‘litter heroes,” led a volunteer initiative on Todt Hill Sunday
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 04, 2021
From the left, Luke Zaloom, Christopher Sanginari and Sid Prabhu, students at the College of Staten Island High School of International Studies, partake in a litter clean-up on Todt Hill. (Courtesy/Jean Prabhu) Staten Island Advance
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As part of a collaborative initiative called “Be a Litter Hero,” a program created by Borough President James Oddo and Richmond County District Attorney Michael E. McMahon, three local school students volunteered to clean up a strip of unsightly debris that had accumulated in a lot on Todt Hill.
Borough President James Oddo announces new funding to refurbish Schmul Park in Travis
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
Posted Apr 30, 2021
Borough President James S. Oddo announced new funding to refurbish Schmul Park in Travis. (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves) Giavanni Alves
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– It has been almost 10 years since Schmul Park reopened after a $6.5 million renovation. Now, the park is showing its wear and Borough President James S. Oddo is determined to fix it.
On Friday, April 30, Oddo announced that Borough Hall is allocating $2.4 million of additional city funding to refurbish the park.
In 2012, Schmul Park reopened with a brand new playground. One of the most notable features of the playground was the colorful ground surface, which was safe but not durable and patches have deteriorated.
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum created the Seedling Program with a cutting from the original Callery Pear Tree that survived the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center.
Portion of Richmond Hill Road to close Wednesday for cleanup
Updated 5:00 AM;
Today 5:00 AM
Various roads around Staten Island have been part of a spring cleaning effort by the city Parks Department, in collaboration with Borough President James Oddo and Councilman Steven Matteo. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Richmond Hill Road, from Forest Hill Road to Arthur Kill Road, will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday for spring cleaning.
The city Parks Department, in collaboration with Borough President James Oddo and Councilman Steven Matteo (R-Mid-Island), announced the cleanups in late March.