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From landfill to 'living classroom': Officials, teachers gather at park for Fresh Kills 20th anniversary silive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from silive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What would Staten Island be like today if the Fresh Kills landfill never closed? silive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from silive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Remembering the epic Blizzard of ’96 through photos Updated Jan 06, 2021; Twitter Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. The infamous “Blizzard of 1996” deposited almost 30 inches of snow on Staten Island, shutting down businesses, leaving people stranded in homes and cars and crippling transportation throughout the borough. The winter of 1996 didn’t end with the blizzard. By season’s end, over 75.6 inches of snow fell, far exceeding the previous record of 63.2 set in the winter of 1947-1948. It hit NYC on the morning of January 7, 1996 and lasted for 37 hours, dropping on average 2 inches of snow per hour. Residents were told to stay home and await the passing of the storm; only police, fire department and hospital personnel reported to work according to NYCdata. ....