S.I. Politics: Unions make endorsements; citywide candidates visit borough
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Front row from left: Detective Endowments Association Treasurer Jeffrey Ward, Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch, and Mid-Island City Council candidate Sal Albanese join supporters outside Borough Hall, St. George, to announce the city police unions endorsements of Albanese on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta)
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POLICE UNIONS MAKE PICKS FOR CITY COUNCIL
Politicians running for two of the Island’s City Council seats earned endorsements from the city’s police unions over the past week and a half.
Democratic candidate Sal Albanese, a former City Councilman from Brooklyn and candidate for the Mid-Island seat, earned the endorsement Tuesday of the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA), Lieutenants Benevolent Association (LBA), and Detectives’ Endowment Association (DEA).
Erica Mattera and Allison Regan to receive the prestigious Patrick F Daly Award
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BP Oddo announces the weekend anti-litter campaign ‘Own the 18′
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In 2017, Borough President James Oddo and Department of Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia asked Staten Island home and business owners to clean the sidewalk and 18 inches into the street this weekend as part of their Own the 18 weekend. (Staten Island Advance/Erik Bascome)Staff-Shot
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Borough President James S. Oddo announces the Weekend Anti-Litter Campaign “Own the 18.” This campaign encourages home and business owners to remove litter from their property and eighteen inches into the street as required by NYC Administrative Code: Section 16-118(2)(a).
Logistics, manpower and supply: How NYC’s homebound vaccination plan is littered with hurdles
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
FILE - This Saturday, March 6, 2021 file photo shows vials of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) AP
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Vaccinating New York City’s homebound population, a group especially vulnerable to the coronavirus (COVID-19), has been a prevalent concern for Staten Island officials eager to protect some of the borough’s most at-risk residents.
But, the city’s plan to utilize the FDNY to expand its vaccination efforts have only serviced a small portion of the wider homebound population within the five boroughs as new cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to cast a stark worry.
Election 2021: Immigrant and labor leader wants to be the next borough president
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Radhakrishna Mohan poses for a portrait photo. He is running for Staten Island Borough President in the 2021 election. (Courtesy: Mohan campaign)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Radhakrishna Mohan immigrated to America in 1989, built a career in computer science while serving as a labor leader, and thinks he’s the right choice to be the next Staten Island Borough President.
In an interview with the Advance/SILive.com, Mohan, who ran for Congress in 2018 and lost to former Rep. Max Rose in the Democratic primary, said his experience as a labor leader and time working with community organizations give him the experience for the job.
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