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‘It does not end here:’ Hundreds march to protest BJs development on Graniteville Wetlands
Updated 5:45 PM;
Today 5:44 PM
Hundreds of people marched down Forest Avenue Saturday to protest a BJ s Wholesale development slated to be built on part of the Graniteville Wetlands. (Staten Island Advance/Joseph Ostapiuk)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. A crowd of several hundred people marched down Forest Avenue Saturday afternoon to protest a BJ’s Wholesale development slated to be built on the Graniteville Wetlands.
Marchers began to gather at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Richmond Avenue in Graniteville just before noon and only days before work could potentially begin at the site. Some who attended held signs that read, “Save Our Wetlands” and “Wetlands Not Warehouses.”
Is Staten Island ready to be represented by a progressive?
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Is Staten Island ready to be represented by a progressive?
Brittany Ramos DeBarros certainly thinks so, after gaining more than 1,000 donors in the first two months of her congressional campaign.
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Just two months after filing to run for Staten Island and southern Brooklyn’s conservative-leaning congressional seat in 2022, political newcomer Brittany Ramos DeBarros raised nearly $129,000 from more than 1,000 donors, she told City & State.
The progressive Democrat and Afro-Latina combat veteran is trying to win the support of the Working Families Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican who represents the 11th Congressional District, defeated moderate Democrat Max Rose last year. She said she is not concerned about running as a left-leaning candidate in a conservative district that no moderate Democrat – let alone a progressive Democrat �
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