NY Unemployment System Shuts Down Tonight for Upgrade
The New York State Department of Labor's unemployment system goes offline today, Monday, at 5 p.m. for about 9 to 12 days while it is replaced with a new system.
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Warm, Dry Week Ahead Before Rain Moves In Friday
Staten Island is in for an unusually warm stretch, about 10 degrees above normal.
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Street Sweepers Clean Verrazzano Bridge After Marathon
A convoy of street sweepers rolled across the Verrazzano Bridge yesterday, cleaning up after the NYC Marathon. The bridge was closed to traffic from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Multi-Car Crash on Gannon Avenue South Sends Two to Hospital
Two people were taken to the hospital after a multi-car crash on Gannon Avenue South, the Staten Island Expressway service road, near Victory Boulevard during this morning's rush hour.
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Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested After Shmira Members Track Down Vehicle
One person was arrested tonight for driving drunk after a hit-and-run crash on Graves Street between Portage Avenue and Brielle Avenue.
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Drunk Driver Arrested With Help of Shomrim After Willowbrook Crash
A driver was arrested tonight by the NYPD, with the help of Staten Island Shomrim, on Willowbrook Road at Taft Court, after crashing at Portage Avenue and Brielle Avenue while driving drunk.
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Lithium Batteries Spark Second Sanitation Truck Fire in a Week
Firefighters put out a fire in the back of a Sanitation truck at Midland Avenue and Patterson Avenue on Sunday morning, after lithium-ion batteries thrown in the trash caught fire.
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Water Main Break Leaves Large Hole on Fieldstone Road in Graniteville
A water main burst on Fieldstone Road in Graniteville around 9 PM Motzei Shabbos, shooting water into the air and leaving a large hole in the street.
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Verrazzano Bridge Fully Reopened After Marathon
As of 2:50 PM, both levels of the Verrazzano Bridge are open in both directions, after being closed this morning for the NYC Marathon.
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Clocks Fell Back Overnight as Daylight Saving Time Ends
Daylight Saving Time ended overnight, with clocks moved back one hour at 2 AM, giving everyone an extra hour of sleep.
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Verrazzano Bridge Expected to Reopen Around 3 PM as Marathon Brings Record Crowds
A record 60,000 runners arrived on Staten Island this morning for the 50th NYC Marathon, starting from Fort Wadsworth.
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One Hospitalized After Two-Car Crash Near Korean War Veterans Parkway
One person was taken to the hospital after a two-car crash on Shabbos at Arthur Kill Road and Drumgoole Road West, at the entrance to the Korean War Veterans Parkway.
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Zidichov-Veretzky Rebbe Leads Melave Malka in Staten Island
The Zidichov-Veretzky Rebbe of Eretz Yisroel, who is currently visiting the USA, came to Staten Island on Motzei Shabbos and led a large Melave Malka at the Belz Beis Medrash.
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City Rolls Out Empire Trash Bins, Staten Island's North Shore Next in 2027
Mayor Mamdani and the Sanitation Department installed Brooklyn's first residential Empire Bins this week, part of the city's push to get trash bags off the sidewalks.
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Flu Season Off to an Early Start in New York as Hospitalizations Rise
New York's flu season has started earlier than expected, with more than 10,800 cases reported statewide so far. In the week ending Oct.
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