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Authorities say a transformer failure caused a Staten Island ferry to lose power and slam into a New York City pier earlier this week.
Now that's Italian! A Staten Island restaurant is relying on a group of Italian-born grandmothers for its menus. The women take turns cooking at 35-seat Enoteca Maria, using recipes from the different parts of Italy they come from.
A former pastor in New York City is accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from his parish to pay for plastic surgery, Botox injections and prescription drugs. The Rev. William Blasingame cited medical reasons when he resigned in January from St. Paul's Memorial Episcopal Church on Staten Island.
The former caretaker of a historic Staten Island mansion has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man before dismembering his body and burning the pieces in a furnace.
With their searches seeming to hit a dead end, police and family members of a Kansas City mother who has been missing more than a week hold out hope for some fresh leads in the case.
The widow of a victim of a deadly ferry crash has settled a wrongful-death claim against the city for $8.7 million.
A woman was cleared of all charges Monday in the shooting of a commune founder nearly killed by a shadowy figure on the stairwell of his compound.
To the Staten Island girls who may have been taught to fight dirty in Brownies, Ken Pringle is sorry. To the muscle-bound, tanned-as-coconut-shell visitors he referred to as "guidos," employing a term widely considered an ethnic slur, the mayor of Belmar offers his apologies.
The search for a New Jersey woman missing since her son was found abandoned in a parking lot last summer led authorities on Sunday to a Staten Island pond, where human bones were discovered in a suitcase.
Lush Tuscan vineyards and the urban landscape of Staten Island may not seem to go together, but that's about to change.
The trucks that rolled into Staten Island left more than dirt at the site of a new NASCAR racetrack. They also brought cash for the Gambino crime family, prosecutors say.
A federal appeals court panel showed little patience Wednesday for a lawyer who said the city's liability should be limited in the deadly 2003 crash of the Staten Island ferry.
An oil tanker slammed into a light tower off Staten Island on Saturday that helps watch over the main shipping lanes to New York Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
A councilman has a unique solution to reducing the pigeon population at the Staten Island ferry terminals: Put them on birth control.
A little help from sanitation workers probably saved Ron Goldstein a lot of explaining to his wife. The Staten Island man, who had tucked his wife's 3.5-carat diamond ring in a napkin for safe keeping while she was at the hospital, accidentally threw the ring in the trash.
Woman Arrested For Vandalizing Staten Island 9/11 MemorialAs many prepare to remember those lost on the ninth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks this Friday, a Pennsylvania woman has been arrested for vandalizing a local 9/11 memorial that honors victims from Staten Island.
Texting Teen Falls Down Open Manhole Plans On Filing Lawsuit.One second a Staten Island teenager was walking down the street, the next second she was gone.
Cops: 'Skeletal remains' of chewing gum heir stolenConnected with the theft of Geronimo's remains alleged by the Yale University "Skull and Bones"?
John J. Marchi, Who Fought for Staten Island in Senate, Dies at 87 John J. Marchi, whose 50 years as a state senator from Staten Island made him the longest-serving lawmaker in New York and one of the longest-serving state legislators in the nation, died on Saturday while vacationing in Lucca, Italy, the home of his forebears. He was 87.
Change we can believe in-FAA tells NYPD not to comment as 1000's evacuateWhat a friggin waste of money. So many people out of work and homeless. Lets have a photo op, scare some people and blow some of their money while we are at it.
Staten Island student exposes bottle cap hoaxExcerpt: It seemed too good to be true: Parts of their trash would provide valuable treatment for cancer patients. It turned out it was.
NYC cabbies to donate tips to orphan twinsNew York City taxi drivers are being asked to donate one day's tips to 13-year-old twins whose immigrant parents were killed in a hit-and-run accident.
Recession Woes Lead To Holiday Shoplifting SpikeNEW YORK (CBS) -- The bad economy has been particularly hard on retailers, but now they are getting hit again -- this time by shoplifters. There has been a shoplifting surge across the country.
Black Teen Beaten By Carload of White Men Shouting 'Obama'Ali Kamara, 17, says his attackers shouted "Obama" before the assault. The Curtis High School student and Liberian immigrant said he was about a block away from his Pine Place home when the car full of white men pulled over and yelled the president-elect's name.
Vito Fossella wants back on ballot (PLEASE no!)Just when you think the water is scum-free... Four months after a DWI arrest and revelations about an out-of-wedlock child forced him to forgo a run for reelection this fall, the shamefaced Staten Island Republican is looking for a way back on the ballot.
'Weapons of grass destruction' captured in N.Y.It was a report calculated to send chills through those charged with anti-terrorist vigilance in New York City: Bearded intruders secretly penetrate heavily guarded transportation site.
Fossella Will Not Seek Re-election Is this the end of his political career? Or will he run for mayor in 2009?
Fossella Admits to Extramarital AffairWhat is it with our New York politicians? Giuliani. Spitzer. Patterson. Now Fossella. And that's only the ones we know about. Also, Fossella has a DWI arrest to deal with and it was the arrest that revealed his affair and hidden child.
NYC's Ninja Bandit Blamed For 19th Burglary Staten Island's costumed crook known as the Ninja Bandit has apparently struck for the 19th time. In the latest incident, a family on Melhorn Road in the Castleton Corners neighborhood reported that the thief stole more than $100,000 worth of jewelry.
Flock of birds mysteriously die in Staten IslandDroves of dead birds dropped from the sky in Staten Island Friday - and city health officials don't know why. More than 50 birds plummeted to the pavement in Bay Terrace about 3 p.m., causing frightened residents to scramble indoors.
Morons Eating Monkeys in Staten Island should be drowned in cat pee.
Police officers strip and strand 14-year-old boy after he's found tossing eggsTwo Staten Island cops are in hot water for trying to scare a 14-year-old boy they caught tossing eggs on Halloween by stripping off his clothes and dumping him in a desolate area, a police source and family members said.
Whiz kid caught in parents' feud begs to attend better school8-year-old girl caught in an educational tug of war between her divorced parents wants to ditch her failing Staten Island school for a better-rated one in Manhattan.
The Adventures Comeback with OverClockedAdventurer in the rain – New, wet screenshots from Overclocked
Man pummels Peacock to death, 'cuz he thinks it's a vampireA man beat up a peacock at a Staten Island fast-food restaurant parking lot, claiming it was a vampire, animal-control authorities said. Beaten so fiercely that most of his tail feathers fell out, the bird had to be euthanized,
This McMansion's on a diet - Staten Island - NY Daily NewsA small corner lot on Staten Island used to be just a lawn, as well tended as a golf-course green. Now it features a McMansion strange enough to horrify the neighbors.
Student Calls For Teacher's Murder On YouTubeA student, after failing a test, offered his teacher's name and address on YouTube and encouraged others who saw her to "shoot her in the neck."
New York City Says No to Wal-Mart Store - Associated ContentWalMart in Baghdad, unions in Manhattan. New Yorkers defeat chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr. from establishing a Wal-Mart branch in the state. How Wal-Mart has adopted intelligence tactics and former intelligence officials to eavesdrop on employees.
Gay man wins New York State Assembly seatMatthew Titone (D) won a special election and became the third openly gay New York state legislator.
New Yorkers given rabies warningHealth officials in New York are warning residents to stay away from stray animals over the holiday period. The advice follows a large increase in the reported number of rabies cases, including seven in December alone.
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