Tag: Staten Island politics
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I’m William Peck – A Bobby Zahn Tribute
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Robert J. “Bobby” Zahn, Jr. was not a polished political insider. He was better than that. He was a Staten Island original: a 9/11 responder, Tea Party warrior, proto-MAGA organizer,…
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Staten Island Spelling Bee Bloodbath
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Staten Island’s Republican Party isn’t just fractured—it’s at war. What began as a routine Assembly primary challenge has detonated into a full-scale political brawl between insurgent John A. Tabacco and…
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Staten Island Amateur Hour?
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Staten Island Republicans are no longer whispering—they’re warring. What started as a routine Assembly primary challenge has detonated into a full-scale MAGA insurgency against the borough’s GOP establishment. Cable news…
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Sign of the Times: Blakeman Plants Flag in MAGA Stronghold
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A single yard sign on Staten Island’s South Shore just turned into a political flare shot. On Hylan Boulevard, in the heart of New York City’s most pro-Trump territory, Bruce…
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Luthmann Op-Ed: Laline’s Blame Trump Farce Amid NY-11 Power Grab
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Staten Island is under siege — not from Trump, but from Democrats using race-based lawfare to dismantle NY-11. In his latest column, Brian Laline tells readers to “blame Trump” for…
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Hypocrite Commissioner Jessica Tisch
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Everyone expected Jessica Tisch to clean up the NYPD. Instead, she weaponized “integrity” to crush rivals and protect cronies. Jeffrey Maddrey was forced out on collapsing claims, while Tisch elevated…
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The Lawyers Blew It in NY-11 Redistricting
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Let’s be blunt: Nicole Malliotakis’ election lawyers got outplayed by Marc Elias, and Staten Island is now facing the fallout. The NY-11 redistricting case was a straightforward federal matter involving…
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Op-Ed – Luthmann Responds to Brian Laline
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Brian Laline didn’t write an editorial. He wrote a confession. In his Trump-deranged screed about NY-11, the Staten Island Advance’s longtime Democrat gatekeeper exposed exactly how deep the rot goes.…
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Fear By Subscription: Staten Island DA Targets Journalist
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A Staten Island district attorney subscribed to a journalist’s newsletter, read it for months, then called the police and claimed fear for his life. That is not satire. It is…
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Bruce Blakeman Trumps Ed Cox
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New York Republicans are headed for a full-scale political street brawl. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman just blew up Ed Cox’s carefully staged coronation of Elise Stefanik, shattering the party…
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McMahon’s Puppets Caught Acting!
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In Staten Island’s latest act of political theater, Democratic Judge Raymond Rodriguez and Republican boss Michael Tannousis are pretending to feud — a carefully staged brawl orchestrated by District Attorney…
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Kamillah Hanks Dominoes Fall: Adams Quits, Staten Island Dems Machine Shifts Mamdani
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Mayor Eric Adams’ collapse reverberates across the outer boroughs. Staten Island’s lone Democratic councilmember, Kamillah Hanks, finds herself exposed as the machine frays. Progressive Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is poised to…
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The Fall of McMahon
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Irish luck just ran out in Staten Island. Richmond County DA Michael McMahon faces a pounding one-two combination: his Fighting Irish football team’s shocking defeat at the hands of the…








