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Tom WrobleskiThe Staten Island Advance |
Get ready to say goodbye to your garbage cans. It won’t be long before you’ll be prohibited from using them. And get ready to pony up some cash...
Staten Island has always been Donald Trump country. Back in 2016, the future president took a whopping 82 percent of the borough vote in the GOP...
“Never forget.” That’s what we all said after the murderous terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000...
When it comes to crime in New York City, it’s not only about statistics. That was made crystal clear last Monday, when the city saw two tragic...
I thought we were all in this together when it came to saving the planet. But we’re not. At least not when it comes to forking over the coming $15...
Speed cameras remain widely unpopular among Staten Islanders, despite camera supporters saying that the devices have improved traffic safety across...
Thou shalt not steal. Or, as every pre-school kid is taught, don’t take things that don’t belong to you. Except if it’s someone’s home. Except...
Let’s militarize the subways. What could go wrong? That’s what Gov. Kathy Hochul has inexplicably chosen to do by sending 750 members of the...
The coming congestion pricing tax is already bad enough. Drivers will be charged a staggering $15 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Even the $5...
When will the Democrats learn? Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter in Illinois has removed former President Donald Trump from the GOP primary...
New York’s Democratic lawmakers didn’t get everything that they wanted out of this year’s redistricting mess, but they did achieve their...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – I know that turkeys are here to stay. And I mean them no harm. But that doesn’t mean I have to welcome them with open arms,...
Staten Island will finally Manhattan, Boston, Dublin and other places and host a St. Patrick’s Parade that will allow LGBTQ people to march openly....
Many drivers hate speed cameras. And few are enthusiastic about the prospect of paying the looming congestion pricing tax. But that’s hardly all...
President Joe Biden dodged one calamity when it came to his willfully improper handling of classified documents. But he still ended up getting...
The drumbeat is growing steadily louder against the ludicrous, draconian congestion pricing tax. The powerful Municipal Labor Committee, representing...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – We Staten Islanders like to gripe. And we’ve got a lot to complain about. After all, we are the forgotten borough. It’s...
I know that that streaming services have forever changed home entertainment and that there’s no going back. Netflix, Amazon and the rest have even...
New York Democrats just can’t help themselves. They’ll do whatever they have to in order to rig House elections in their favor. But now they’re...
I don’t like the idea of paying a $15 toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. I don’t like any tolls, frankly. And I don’t like New York...
Here’s something you can count on: when government programs make money, and lots of it, you can expect them to expand. So you can’t really blame...
Thinking about swapping out your vehicle’s battery anytime soon?You might want to get your car or truck inspected before you do it.Here’s a crazy...
Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to take a bite out of retail crime, in part by forming a task force to coordinate efforts. Let me save the future task...
I guess New York isn’t making enough money with speed cameras. That could be why one New York lawmaker is pushing for red light cameras to be put...
New York City this weekend is bracing for what could be the first meaningful hit of snow we’ve seen here in 600-something days. Some folks are...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Out with the old, in with the new. It was a tumultuous 12 months on Staten Island this year, marked by large protests over...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – I’m convinced that more drivers will eventually get discounts or be totally exempt from the coming congestion pricing tax....
What are Democrats so afraid of? The way they’re acting, you would think that Joe Biden hadn’t beaten Donald Trump for the presidency in 2020....
A Western New York lawmaker wants to launch a pilot program that would allow 10,000 people to receive psychedelic psilocybin therapy for mental...
The day is coming when every fossil fuel-powered appliance n your home is going to be outlawed. Your stove. Your furnace. Your hot water heater. Your...
New York started deploying automated speeding radars in highway work zones all across the state this year. We here in the city call these devices...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The city Department of Transportation recently put a new traffic signal array up on Howard Avenue on Grymes Hill. The traffic...
What a perfect grift. I’m surprised it took lawmakers this long to figure it out. Now we know what drivers will be expected to pay for the privilege...
We all know that Thanksgiving is one of the biggest driving weekends of the year. But drivers in New York State this past week had to deal with...
Is he kidding? Mayor Eric Adams, presiding over a cratering New York City budget, the other day tried to put the burden for school safety on parents. ...
Saving the planet one plastic bag at a time. That was the goal when New York passed a law banning single-use plastic bags like those used in...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Like many Staten Islanders, I dread taking the Staten Island Expressway. For a whole bunch of reasons. More on that later. But...
Putting the garbage out used to be simple. Not anymore. At least not in New York City. Now the city wants us to buy new, official garbage cans at a...
There were 29 bicycle deaths in New York City in the fiscal year that ended July 1, the Daily News reported. It’s the highest fiscal year bike death...
I’m all for helping restaurant owners and workers, especially as the dining industry continues to recover from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic....
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Election day is just over a week away. But you wouldn’t know it on Staten Island. That’s because we have only one...
I guess they didn’t see this coming. The New York lawmakers who gave us legal weed are now wringing their hands over the enormous unintended...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – New York has very ambitious clean energy goals, meaning that the state is going to have to seriously up its ability to...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Something has changed. I live on the North Shore and have never had a problem parking in my neighborhood. Oh, there have been...