The City Council’s Republican conference is set to vote Tuesday on a new minority leader after the position’s current occupant, Staten Island’s Joe Borelli, announced over the weekend he will be stepping down on Jan. 31 to become a lobbyist. The contentious race for who will lead the six-member conference next is between Borelli’s…
May. 7, 2024 By Anthony Medina Mayor Eric Adams signed two pieces of legislation this month that will provide self-defense training and body armor to Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and Paramedics in the FDNY. Council Members Joann Ariola, who represents central and south Queens neighborhoods, and Joe Borelli, who represents Staten Island south, sponsored the…
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