Sydney Kashiwagi

Council Member Debi Rose was the borough’s first Black lawmaker, and she opened the door to a growing, diverse seat of political power.

Democratic activists, even in his district, may have backed him for Congress but not mayor.

Voters have responded positively to Eric Adams and Andrew Yang, who both oppose defunding the police.

Progressive activists oppose his platform on policing, housing and Israel-Palestine relations.

It didn’t look like he would support Andrew Yang for mayor, until he did.

After spending more than a decade out of politics, former Staten Island Rep. Vito Fossella made what could be a decisive comeback Tuesday in Staten Island politics.

These typical early endorsers may not be able to decide on one candidate this year.

CITY HALL -- Scaffolding lines the Island’s aging family courthouse on Richmond Terrace to prevent pieces of the building from falling off and hitting people when they walk into the more than eight decades old North Shore courthouse to seek justice.…

CITY HALL -- By the end of her 10-year tenure studying whether Staten Island could secede from New York City 30 years ago, Kathryn Rooney was convinced the 13-member commission she was part of had made a case for the borough breaking away from the…

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In the quiet neighborhood of Oakwood, if you talk to neighbors who know the Pantaleos and the cop who has waited five years to learn if he’ll be punished in connection to the death of Eric Garner, many are puzzled over why the…

As more come forward with 9/11 linked illnesses, Victims Compensation Fund says it's at risk of losing funding.

STATEN ISLAND -- Stephen Dawson of Mariners Harbor overdosed for the first time on what he thought was heroin when he was 25-years-old. The last memory he recalls before he overdosed is sitting on his couch and doing a bundle -- equivalent to 10 bags…

CITY HALL -- An Upper East Side councilman is calling for an investigation after a spokeswoman for the New York City Board of Elections sent an errant political text message to an Advance reporter inviting the reporter to a campaign fundraiser at her…

(Editor’s note: The real name of the mother and sex offender in this story are not used to protect the identity of a minor.) STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- When Anna’s daughter was 3 years old, she decided to talk to her about what an inappropriate…

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Mayor Bill de Blasio may have put himself in a First Amendment predicament when he decided to paint “Black Lives Matter” on streets across the five boroughs. Last month, de Blasio announced the city would paint “Black Lives Matter”…