Public interest and advocacy reporter at Staten Island Advance/SILive.com. Sometimes I tweet about the Mets.
Staten Island, NY
Joined August 2012
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I spent hours combing through city data to show y'all every ticketing speed camera location on Staten Island. Now look it over and stop speeding through school zones.
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Brief thread on this "new" issue that "dropped" into the city's lap "yesterday."
From July 22, 2022.
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ICYMI: "Staten Island 2100" explored the latest scientific projections and brought them to the local level — exploring what our borough could face under different climate scenarios and seeing what's being done to combat the effects of a warming planet. Here are the pieces (1/6)
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Always a great time talking with @ErikBascome for the @siadvance From the Scene podcast. We chatted about the ongoing "Staten Island 2100" series I'm working on beside @LiottaPaul — give it a listen. (Ft. my @FerryHawks hat).
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This week, Advance science and breaking news reporter @OstapiukJ discusses the future of the offshore wind industry on S.I. and how it could benefit the borough and the state in the coming years. New episodes are released biweekly on Fridays.
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On episode 20 of From the Scene, Advance science and breaking news reporter Joseph Ostapiuk discusses the $34 million settlement paid to Staten Islanders who claim that they developed debilitating cancers as a result of the borough’s former landfills.
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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, take some time and watch some of the stories my friend @ShiraStoll beautifully presented during her time at @siadvance. Here's her documentary that garnered a New York Emmy award.
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For this episode of @siadvance’s From the Scene, hosted by @ErikBascome, @LiottaPaul discusses the opioid epidemic and the devastating impact it has left on Staten Island.
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This week’s From the Scene podcast, hosted by @ErikBascome, discusses the sentencing of Michael Cammarata, who was recently found guilty of murdering his estranged wife, Jeanine, in 2019. We talked to @FrankDonnellySI, who covered the case for @siadvance.
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The reporters who work at @siadvance care deeply about this borough and have been working their asses off amid a pandemic that has touched all of us personally. This newsroom is essential to S.I., and your support on #GivingTuesday is deeply appreciated.
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ICYMI: Last week's From the Scene episode hosted by @ErikBascome discussed the implications and pushback on vaccinations in the five to 11 age group with @siadvance Education Reporter @AnnaliseKnudson.
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Are you curious what plans the city has for Staten Island after devastating flooding from Hurricane Ida? 👉 Airing Friday, Advance Public Interest & Advocacy reporter Paul Liotta joins our From the Scene podcast to discuss Mayor Bill de Blasio's Resiliency Plan for NYC.
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On this week’s @siadvance “From the Scene” episode, @ErikBascome talks restaurants and vaccine mandates with Pam Silvestri.
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Parents, you won’t want to miss this one! 👇 silive.com/news/2021/09/back…
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This will be such a memorable moment...to see the SSG Michael H. Ollis, the first of the new Ollis class of Staten Island Ferry boats, travel under the Verrazzano Bridge and up the harbor.
A 9 am VZ Bridge arrival is expected.
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If you’re #OnStatenIsland's South Shore or in Southern Brooklyn tomorrow morning 8/14, you might see the new #StatenIslandFerry on its way from Florida, where it was built, to be inspected on Staten Island. This boat will come into service later this year following training.
ALT The staten island ferry and the statue of liberty. Text reads: Staten Island Ferry Alert.
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🔊🔊🔊 HYLAN BOULEVARD, 30 mph: Talking speed limits, car culture on our latest podcast episode. 🔊🔊🔊silive.com/news/2021/07/spee…
Any Staten Islanders interested in being interviewed about the state of the pandemic and their reaction to the constantly changing restrictions and mandates, please reach out via DM or at [email protected].
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Last week, Grant Williams had his 2nd-degree murder charge vacated more than 20 years after being wrongfully convicted. On the latest @siadvance From the Scene episode, @ErikBascome and I jump into the case and what happened on the monumental day.
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LISTEN UP — Speeding, 30 mph limits and cameras: Podcast examines Staten Island’s car culture (From the Scene) silive.com/news/2021/07/spee…
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On this episode of @siadvance’s “From the Scene,” @PriolaVictoria tells us how the pandemic affected the arts community on Staten Island — a story of resilience and adaptation. Hosted by @ErikBascome.
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