Staten Island - Plea for the Fifth

Staten Island

Two-Year Old Doing 'Exceptionally Well' Following Open-Heart Surgery

Taya is receiving support from a foundation for the congenital heart disease she was afflicted by.

Richmond University Medical Center

RUMC Notifies Federal Regulators They Were Hacked 18 Months Ago

The hospital breach potentially affected 674,033 individuals including full names, dates of birth, Social Security and driver’s license numbers.

Amazon Labor Union

Workers at Island's Largest Employer Authorize a Strike if the Company Continues Refusing Contract Negotiations

Employees at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse have voted overwhelmingly to authorize the Amazon Labor Union (ALU-IBT Local 1) to call an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike.

Fort Wadsworth

SIers Lambaste POTUS on Friendsgiving Visit

The holiday centers gratitude, while downplaying the genocide of millions of indigenous lives and countless lost cultures of the First Nations of Turtle Island.

NYC Ferry

Campaign for Island to Brooklyn Fast Ferry Route Expands

Despite increasing support from community members, organizations, and politicians the NYC EDC remains reluctant to expand NYC Ferry Service.

Staten Island 4 Palestine

SIers Travel to D.C. Capitol to Obstruct Visit of War Criminal

Dozens traveled from Staten Island, indignant at the Congressional address by an individual pursued by the International Criminal Court.

Eric Garner

Ten Years since Eric Garner's Murder [Video]

Lee Camp speaks on Eric Garner's killing by police, and larger trends of police killings increasing year-after-year.

Empire Outlets

Empire Outlets Terminates Tenant's Lease Eight Months Early

Retail complex informed BADASS BOOTCAMP their lease would be terminated because a tenant offered more for their space, but there are forty other vacancies at Empire Outlets.

Staten Island Ferry

Commentary: New NYC Ferry Service Must link Staten Island and Brooklyn

Despite repeated calls from former and current elected officials to expand the NYC Ferry system for Staten Islanders, pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

Substance Use

'End our neglected borough status' calls Coalition at Legislative Breakfast

Staten Island community coalition calls on State and Federal elected leaders for more investment in the public health workforce, supportive housing for those in recovery, and a fair share of opioid settlement funding.

Substance Use

Local Youth Create Zine with their New Awareness of the Risks of Vaping

Don’t Vape Yourself Away, Uncovers the Dangers of Vaping and Spreads Awareness

Free Palestine

Plea for the Fifth stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine as they endure the current oppressive occupation of their land at the hands of the state of Israel. We are an organization that supports indigenous sovereignty both domestically and abroad. Since its creation in 1948, the state of

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