Richmond County

Despite State Ban, Federal Inmate Ronell Wilson Is Sent to Death Row

The Search Is On for Dan Donovan's Record on Mortgage Fraud

Morgan Schweitzer​Would-be state Attorney General Dan Donovan says that the reason he hasn't had any public corruption cases as Staten Island District Attorney, is that the borough's too small to have its very own corrupt officials. The Voice pointed out that for years you could walk into rest ... More >>

Staten Island Couple Can Sue Morgue for Keeping Son's Brain. In a Jar. Without Telling Them

​A Staten Island couple has been given the right to sue the city for keeping their deceased son's brain, according to a ruling from Brooklyn's New York Appellate Division. Consider this something that we will now worry about when we can't sleep at night.

Attorney General Candidate Dan Donovan's Messy Backyard

The A.G. candidate vowing to clean up Albany missed a mess back home

Have You Seen... Bank Robbers in Harlem, Staten Island

​ We've been having a bunch of bank robberies around these parts. Can you help out? On November 4, the woman at left hit the Banco Popular Banco Popular located at Broadway and 145th Street. She's said to be white, about 40, 5'2" and pock-marked, and to have a distinctive tattoo on her left a ... More >>

Staten Island Mob Takedown Includes Sanit Chief, Court Officer, and Head of Top Tomato

​A city Sanitation Department chief; his father-in-law, an alleged Gambino family soldier; the owner of the popular Staten Island supermarket chain, Top Tomato, long-suspected by locals of having mob ties; and a New York State Court Officer are among 22 people arrested today in an organized cr ... More >>

Vendor crisis averted at Richmond County Fair

The Staten Island Advance reported yesterday that health inspectors were shutting down food vendors at the Richmond County Fair (warning: blinking type), and that a local politician on the scene was not happy with the situationIn a telephone interview direct from the fair, State Senator Andrew Lanza ... More >>

Staten Island 9/11 Memorial Defaced; Bronx 9/11 Memorial Restored

​As long as we're looking for 9/11 outrages, here's a defaced memorial: Kathryn Cronin, 56, of York, Pennsylvania visited the "Postcards" tribute in Staten Island and started beating it with a metal pipe*. She defaced images of two or more 9/11 victims, and has been arrested on charges of thir ... More >>

Giuliani Speaks at Staten Island Golf Event, Criticizes Obama and "Nationalized" Health Care

Staten Island golf events are tumultuous affairs, apparently. Last week a local golfer sued because he perceived he'd been tossed out of a tournament unfairly. This weekend, Rudolph Giuliani, a good friend to Staten Island, spoke at the Richmond County Country Club event to raise funds for the CIAO ... More >>

Banned for Cursing, Staten Island Golfer Sues Club, Association

​Gotta love Staten Island -- even the golfers are contentious. Christopher DeMenna of Bay Terrace is suing Richmond County Country Club and the Staten Island Golf Association because they banned him from a tournament after he cursed out an official. In September 2007, it seems, DeMenna got int ... More >>

UPDATE: P.S. 30 Mystery Solved! The Home of Chick, "The Duck," and Racist Johnny?

Staten Island's PS 30!
Just minutes after the most recent Studies in Crap post went up, intrepid reader (and celebrated improv comic) Josh Steinmetz had solved the mystery your Crap Archivist never quite managed to: where was PS 30, Richmond, the school featured in this senior autograph book?
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Gay Democrat Goes for Broke in Staten Island

Who Killed Robert Konopka?

His psychotic Rikers cellmate—or the prison system itself?

Nobody Shows Up to Two-Day Alt-Rock Fest

Freddy Voting Off the Island?