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Atlas Foundation joins in fight against litter

6/29/2015

 
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Borough President James S. Oddo announced on June 29 that the Atlas Foundation’s Cops and Kids Boxing Program will join the Borough President’s Clean Team on Mondays and Fridays.
 
Before Oddo took office in 2014, the Clean Team was on a two day a week schedule. Oddo immediately increased it to three days per week. With the participation of the Atlas Foundation it will now operate five days per week, a 150 percent increase during this BP’s tenure. From Tuesdays to Fridays, those performing community services from the organization CASES will continue to assist with the Clean Team. Starting July 6, cleanup activities on Mondays and Fridays will be performed by participants in the Cops and Kids Program, run by legendary boxing trainer and philanthropist Teddy Atlas.
 
“These young guys will be out there and be part of the positive change that is happening on Staten Island,” noted Oddo.
 
Atlas was only too happy to partner with the Borough President – his friend – and said it just makes sense for the organization to join forces with the Clean Team. “We teach these kids much more than hooks and jabs,” noted Atlas, who runs three gyms for kids to give them positive role models and to help them stay out of trouble. “We teach them to care and have respect for themselves, to care about your community.”

The new additions to the team will be led by Marcus Brown, a Golden Glove champion and alumnus of the Atlas Cops and Kids Program. He joins the Borough Hall staff leader, Larry Collins, to make the Clean Team bigger and better and cover more ground.

History of Sandy Ground exhibit at Borough Hall to be on display all summer

6/23/2015

 
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Borough President James Oddo will host the opening reception for “Quilts: The History of Sandy Ground told on Handmade Coverlets” on Monday, June 29th at 12pm at Borough Hall.  The display is on loan from the Sandy Ground Historical Society Museum. Each of the four quilts represents a different aspect of Sandy Ground’s history. The quilts were made by several groups of Sandy Ground volunteers. The show will be on display through the summer and is open to the public.
 
Settled in Rossville in 1833, Sandy Ground is the oldest continuously inhabited free black settlement in the United States. The Sandy Ground Historical Society runs a library and a museum on the site. The museum is home to Staten Island’s largest documentary collection of African-American culture and history.
 
“We are thrilled to display these quilters’ hard work in Borough Hall and highlight a unique part of Staten Island’s history,” said Borough President Oddo. “We hope this exhibit will encourage more tourists, as well as residents who haven’t visited yet, to take a trip to the museum.”
 
“I’m particularly pleased about this exhibit because it expands our history to a group of people that we may not normally reach,” said Sylvia D’Alessandro, Executive Director of Sandy Ground Historical Society. “I want to thank the Borough President for taking the initiative and helping tell the story of Sandy Ground to tourists from all over the world.”

CSI HS students visit their own exhibit at Borough Hall

6/12/2015

 
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Impressed after a recent visit to CSI High School for International Studies, Borough President James Oddo invited the AP Studio Art class to show their artwork at Borough Hall. On June 12, 2015, students from the class paid a visit to the St. George building, where they saw their artwork on display.

During the visit, the students explained their artwork to BP Oddo, talked to him about their career goals, and got a tour of his office. They also asked him questions about issues in our community, such as the drug epidemic and our growing deer population. Several of the students noted that the process of creating art was a source of stress relief for them during the busy school year.

“I was impressed not only by the students’ artwork, but how much they knew about the issues facing Staten Island,” noted BP Oddo. “These students exemplify all of the great things that are happening in our schools, and I’m proud to give them a space to share their artwork.”

The artwork will be on display in Room 125 through the month of June.

Staten Island to see its normal allotment of 240 lane miles paved over the next two years PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 125, bringing the total to 365 over the next two years

6/9/2015

 
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At a meeting of the Staten Island Transportation and Traffic Task Force at Borough Hall on June 9, Department of Transportation (DOT) officials informed Borough President James Oddo and Council Members Steve Matteo and Debi Rose that 25% of the additional lane miles to be resurfaced under the Mayor’s recently announced plan to resurface 500 more lane miles citywide (200 additional miles in FY 2016 and 300 in FY 2017) would be paved in Staten Island. This means that 125 extra lane miles will be resurfaced on Staten Island in the next two fiscal years. 

In a typical year when the city paves 1,000 lane miles, Staten Island, which consists of 12% of the total lane miles in the city, receives approximately 12% of the resurfacing (or 120 lane miles). As a result of the Mayor’s unprecedented commitment to resurfacing an additional 500 lane miles in the next two years, in FY 2016, which begins July 1, 2015, Staten Island will have 160 lane miles resurfaced, forty more lane miles than in a typical year. In FY 2017, Staten Island will have 205 lane miles resurfaced, eighty five more miles than in a typical year. Taken together, this equals an additional 125 lane miles resurfaced in FY 16 and 17 (in addition to the 240 already slated to be resurfaced) and 25% of the total new lane miles to be resurfaced. 

“We asked the Mayor for an unprecedented commitment to road resurfacing to make up for the omissions of the past, and he delivered,” said Borough President Oddo. “Without this commitment, we would have seen about 240 lane miles resurfaced over the next two years; instead, we will see 365 lane miles resurfaced. This means that we will finally start to see progress in our quest for more drivable roads. It’s time to ‘pave, baby, pave.’”

At the meeting, the elected officials also learned that the following major thoroughfares will be resurfaced during nighttime hours in the coming months: Portions of Bay Street, Clove Road, Richmond Road, Victory Blvd, and Hylan Blvd. Bay Street will be the first one done over the summer.  These are in addition to previously scheduled and announced nighttime resurfacings of New Dorp Lane, Ocean Terrace, and Arthur Kill Road.

Borough Board Meeting - June 2015

6/3/2015

 
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