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Oddo and Lanza agree: Randy Mastro should be our city’s lawyer | Opinion
We sometimes don’t agree and occasionally come from different political perspectives, but on this we agree: Randy Mastro should become the City’s next Corporation Counsel. Mayor Adams has nominated him for this important legal position, and it is now up to the City Council to confirm his appointment. We had the honor of serving on the Council and offer this advice.
Tottenville HS To Receive New Fieldhouse For Athletic Department, BP Oddo and Mayor Announce $12 Million In Funding
You May Look at the Clock and See the 2 Minute Warning in the 4th Quarter; Borough Hall Sees More Time to Play the Game. Funding will complete design and build of the new John Drennan Fieldhouse Last week, Borough President James Oddo announced $12 million in capital funding for a new state-of-the-art fieldhouse for Tottenville High School.
Playground Honoring 9/11 Heroes To Be Constructed At P.S.45. BP Oddo At Groundbreaking Ceremony
The new playground at P.S. 45 will bear the names of Captain John R. Fischer and Firefighter Michael C. Fiore who died in the 9/11 tragedy On November 29th, Borough President James S. Oddo joined District 31 Deputy Superintendent Christine Chavez, P.S. 45 Principal Nicole Vega, staff and students at P.S. 45, officials from the School Construction Authority and the families of Captain John R. Fischer and Firefighter Michael C. Fiore for the groundbreaking of the school’s playground.
BP Oddo's Vision For Young Women's Leadership School Becoming Reality On Staten Island
Unique school to focus on Leadership, Health & Wellness, College Access, and STEAM for girls Today, Borough President James Oddo and District 31 Superintendent Dr. Marion Wilson announced a Young Women’s Leadership School for Staten Island, which BP Oddo has been pursuing since 2016 when he discussed it with then-Chancellor Carmen Fariña and visited the flagship school in Harlem.
Crew Initiative In Staten Island Schools Expansion Announced By BP Oddo
Program utilizes Crew to build and support students’ academic and social-emotional development Today, Borough President James Oddo announced that five Staten Island schools will be participating in a City Council grant which builds a powerful advisory program and school culture framework through the Crew initiative.
Hypertension Education Program Expanding To More Barbershops On Staten Island To Address High Blood Pressure In Black Men
Program that matches haircuts with addressing high blood pressure in Black men continues for another 4 years, scaling to 30 barbershops Today, Borough President James Oddo joined Dr. Joseph Ravenell of NYU Langone Health to announce a grant that will continue the work initiated by the ‘Take the Pressure Off Staten Island’ (TPO SI) hypertension barbershop pilot. The latest grant was awarded to NYU Langone Health as part of the American Heart Association’s Health Equity Research Network.
Staten Island's Concord High School Re-Envisioned Initiative Offers All Community Residents New Education Pathways
BP Oddo, NYC Department of Education’s District 79 and 31, Concord HS, Coop Tech announce the official addition of skilled trades and culinary, high school equivalency, adult education and evening courses to act as “career ladders” for high schoolers, young adults and the community STATEN ISLAND, NY: Borough President James S.
Port Richmond High School Will Finally Have Its Long-Awaited P-Tech Program, As Several Prominent Industry Partners Sign On
Staten Island University Hospital and Sun River Health have officially signed on to create career pathways in healthcare and technology for Port Richmond HS students STATEN ISLAND, NY: Last Monday, November 8th, Staten Island University Hospital (member of Northwell Health), Sun River Health, CUNY College of Staten Island (CUNY CSI), and Port Richmond High School (PRHS) signed a memorandum of understanding to formally establish the very first “Grades 9-14 Pathways to Technology Early College...
Staten Island's Wiliam H. Pouch Camp Natural Area Preserved Forever As A Natural And Open Public Space, Used By The Boy Scouts And All Islanders
City commits funds to allow 19 acres of property to be preserved as protected natural area and open public space STATEN ISLAND, NY: Borough President James Oddo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have announced a plan to protect the last remaining 19 acres of William H. Pouch Camp that are not covered in the conservation easements granted in 2012 and 2013.
Staten Island's Outgoing Borough Presdent Announces Funding For Snug Harbor Little League. Field Lights Will Finally Be Installed, So They Can Hold Games In Autumn, Extending Their Season - StatenIslander.Org
October 18, 2021 STATEN ISLAND: The only Little League field on Staten Island without lights is on track to be illuminated Borough President James Oddo joined representatives of the Snug Harbor Little League at the field this morning announcing the capital allocation of $600,000 to the league which will be used for the installation of field lights.
Harnessing Innovation in the Opioid Fight
There is perhaps no issue more pressing for local governments than the opioid epidemic. In 2017, of the 70,237 drug-overdose deaths in the United States, 67.8 percent involved an opioid. While municipal leaders have devoted significant resources to combating the epidemic, they are too often drawn into a costly game of Whac-A-Mole. Nowhere has that arcade-game frustration been felt more keenly than in New York City.
Misguided 'Reform' Threatens to Undo Progress
BP Oddo, the author, with a group on Staten Island (photo via @StatenIslUSA) The divide is even greater than I feared. The chasm between how folks across this city see our world is even wider than what it seemed.
Share bike share with the Bronx & Staten Island
Despite record investment in new transportation infrastructure projects in our boroughs, transit equity continues to elude us in one very high-profile way. Combined, we represent nearly 2 million New Yorkers. Yet not a single Citi Bike terminal sits within our borders. The status quo on bike sharing in New York City is no longer tenable.
NY Slant
In January 2013, a scant few months after Superstorm Sandy left 24 dead on Staten Island and thousands homeless in New York, a small contingent of city officials, including then-Councilman Vincent Ignizio and me, traveled to New Orleans. Our mission was to find out what to do – and what not to do – in the aftermath of a storm so destructive that the enormity of the recovery we faced was almost impossible to grasp. It was there we learned about the Louisiana Land Trust.
Staten Island BP James Oddo: Washington, D.C., we ain’t
As I peruse the national news every day, dominated as it is by an extraordinarily divisive presidential campaign, I gaze out my window at Borough Hall and say a prayer of thanks that I’m here instead of the nation’s capital. I’ve always been a city government guy, one who likes to focus on the hyperlocal concerns of the Staten Island community.
Misguided 'Reform' Threatens to Undo Progress
BP Oddo, the author, with a group on Staten Island (photo via @StatenIslUSA) The divide is even greater than I feared. The chasm between how folks across this city see our world is even wider than what it seemed.
NY Slant
Students graduating from a job re-training program on Staten Island this week are the embodiment of how New York can sustain its recovery from the worst financial crisis in our lifetimes. Just take graduate Prince-Michael Lewis, a 25–year-old who, a few months ago, was earning $10 an hour packaging and shipping items for an online retailer. Today, he’s qualified to get a job designing that website himself that pays six times that amount.
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