Staten Island Borough President Vito J. Fossella

06/13/2026

🏴‍☠️ BP Vito Fossella returned to Tottenville High School to share some exciting updates for Pirate Nation!

The new gym floor is on track to be completed in just a few weeks, just in time for summer camp. We also unveiled the school’s brand-new electronic scoreboard and checked in on the future Drennan Field House, a project more than 30 years in the making.

On Staten Island, our kids come first.

06/13/2026

The City Department of Transportation will be conducting daytime and nighttime paving and milling work at the following locations this week:

Daytime Milling:

Monday:
-- 3rd Street between Rose Avenue and Beach Avenue; Hamilton Avenue between Richmond Terrace and Westervelt Avenue; Ergmont Place between Dead End and Hamilton Avenue; St. Peter’s Place between Carroll Place and Richmond Terrace; St. Mark’s Place between Hyatt Street and Victory Boulevard; Slosson Terrace between Bay Street and Central Avenue; Fremont Street between Brook Street and Corson Avenue

Tuesday:
-- Veterans Road West between Englewood Avenue and West Shore Expressway; Exit 1 Southbound; St. Mark’s Place between Hyatt Street and Victory Boulevard; Slosson Terrace between Bay Street and Central Avenue; Freemont Street between Brook Street and Corson Avenue; Maryland Avenue between Tompkins Avenue and Dead End; Reynolds Street and Colton Avenue; Maryland Avenue between Tompkins Avenue and Dead End; Colton Street between Clifton Avenue and Virginia Avenue; Beethoven Street between St. Johns Avenue and Hope Avenue; Rosebank Place between Clifton Avenue and Hylan Boulevards; Tilson Place between St. Mary’s Avenue and Virginia Avenue; Keely Street between Dead End and Scarboro Avenue

Wednesday:
-- Harbor View Place between Dead End and Wadsworth Road; Wadsworth Road between Shore Acres Road Harbor View Place; Wadsworth Road between Bend and Sea Gate Road; Shore Acres Road between Bay Street and Wadsworth Avenue; Sea Gate Road between Wadsworth Road and Harbor View Place; Sea Gate Road between Bay Street and Dead End; Tompkins Avenue between Fingerboard Road and Lincoln Place; Occident Avenue between St. Paul’s Avenue and Ward Avenue

Thursday:
-- Sunrise Terrace between Occident Avenue and Trossach Road; Hillside Avenue between Vanderbilt Avenue and Howard Avenue; Butler Terrace between Brighton Avenue and Dead End; Clinton Court between Dead End and Prospect Avenue; Sunset Hill Drive between Dead End and Bard Avenue; Herkimer Street between Metropolitan Avenue and Bard Avenue; Lakewood Road between Norma Place and Dead End; Sharon Avenue between Forest Avenue and Norma Place

There will be nighttime milling of Veterans Road West between Englewood Avenue and West Shore Expressway, Exit 1, southbound.

Daytime Paving:
-- Tuesday: Ithaca Street between Adelaide Avenue and Brook Avenue; Brook Avenue between Clawson Street and Fairbanks Avenue

-- Wednesday: Veterans Road West between Englewood Avenue and West Shore Expressway; Exit 1 Southbound; Brook Avenue between Clawson Street and Fairbanks Avenue; Adelaide Avenue between Mill Road and Falcon Avenue

-- Thursday: Veterans Road West between Englewood Avenue and West Shore Expressway; Exit 1 Southbound; South Railroad Avenue between Guyon Avenue and Montreal Avenue

All work is weather-dependent and subject to change. To register a complaint or report a pothole, call the DOT at 212-839-2395 or call 311.

(Photo courtesy of the Department of Transportation)

06/11/2026

It’s official! June 10, 2026 is OG Anunoby Day on Staten Island. 🏀🟠🔵

After that Game 4 performance, it was the only reasonable thing to do.

Once the Knicks secure their final win, we welcome OG and the team to Staten Island for the hero’s welcome they deserve.

06/11/2026

🎵Our thanks to the Bernstein (I.S. 7) Intermediate School Band for performing in our final Little Lunch Music Concert Series this afternoon on Borough Hall's St. George Plaza.

Our lunchtime music featured the talents of Staten Island’s high school and intermediate school bands and choruses.

Thank you to all the schools who participated. We hope those who attended enjoyed the music.

06/11/2026

Due to the extreme heat, the City Department of Emergency Management has opened Cooling Centers in the five boroughs through tomorrow.

The Staten Island Cooling Centers are located in libraries and City Parks Department Recreation facilities. There are older-adult Cooling Centers, as well.

Find the full list of Cooling Centers here: https://finder.nyc.gov/coolingcenters/locations.

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06/11/2026

🏰🎨For more than a century, this stained-glass window has been part of Curtis High School’s story.

When Curtis BSAC students presented Borough President Vito Fossella with the idea of restoring it, he was happy to help make it happen. Soon, this historic piece will become the centerpiece of Curtis’ new main entrance, welcoming students for generations to come.

06/10/2026

🎵 Thank you to Frank D. Paulo Intermediate School 75 for performing this afternoon in lunchtime concert on Borough Hall's St. George Plaza.

Join us for our final two performances from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., weather-permitting:
-- Tomorrow: Bernstein (I.S. 7) Intermediate School

Borough Hall’s St. George Plaza is located at 10 Richmond Terrace -- we hope to see you here!

06/10/2026

📚 Borough President Vito Fossella celebrated the milestone 30th anniversary of Readers Are Leaders by honoring our fourth-grade “Super Readers” last night in a ceremony at the Michal J. Petrides School.

Fourth graders in Staten Island’s public, private, and parochial schools participated in the 2026 Readers are Leaders Challenge, which challenged them to read at least five books in five weeks and produce a report on their favorite book.

Since its inception in 1996 by then-Councilman Fossella, more than 140,000 fourth-grade students have read more than 840,000 books.

One Super Reader was selected from each participating school for the honor.

“Staten Island is thirsty for leaders, and the one common denominator among those who read is that they all read and they don’t stop,” said Borough President Fossella. “They just keep on learning. This is the foundation you have going into fifth grade, middle school, high school, college and beyond. That’s one thing that hasn’t changed.”

Our thanks to Community Media of Staten Island and the Staten Island FerryHawks for sponsoring this year’s Challenge.

We hope the Challenge continues to inspire the thousands of students who have participated over the last 30 years to continue reading and builds a newfound love of books for future participants.

06/09/2026

🎵 Join us this week for the final performances of our lunchtime concert series on the St. George Plaza.

The concerts feature the talents of our high school and intermediate school bands and choirs.

Our final three concerts will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., weather-permitting:

Tomorrow: Frank D. Paulo Intermediate School 75
Thursday: Bernstein (I.S. 24) Intermediate School
Friday: I.S. 24 Myra S Barnes

Borough Hall’s St. George Plaza is located at 10 Richmond Terrace -- we hope to see you here!

06/08/2026

BP Vito Fossella was proud to once again join the festivities at the 4th Annual Filipino Fiesta of Staten Island this past weekend in celebration of Philippine Independence. It was a wonderful day filled with culture, community, and appreciation for the many contributions of Staten Island’s Filipino community. Picosi 🇵🇭🇺🇸