On Monday, several tourists in the Manhattan ferry terminal waiting for a boat to Staten Island said they weren't planning on venturing onto the island, since they were riding to see the Statue of Liberty and city views.
Erica Walsh, 38, of Staten Island, said her twins, Angelina and Colleen, 4, continued to miss the monthly books.
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Cassidy, a 26-year-old budget analyst from Staten Island, said he has a goal of finishing among the top 20.
Joanne Pezzolo, a high-school English teacher from Staten Island, said she would jump at the chance to take a buyout.
Michele Ferrara, 60 years old, of Staten Island, said morale on the picket lines is high some days, and low others.
"I'm ready for spring, " said Staten, who took a train to work Tuesday to her job as a public service manager for the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Companies are using modularized computing to ensure they can adapt to growth and changes in business and market conditions, said Jean Staten Healy, director of Cross-IBM Linux at IBM.
Antiunion sentiment isn't a major factor among Staten Island tea-party advocates, said Frank Santarpia, the founder of the Staten Island Tea Party.
"That's good, " Staten Island storm victim Philip Trivelli said when told of the new program.
Working Families Party executive director Dan Cantor said he believed the Staten Island grand jury investigation would exonerate party officials.
Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan said his office did more than 50 interviews but there was no basis to conclude a chargeable offense was committed.
" But when he heard about police recovering the bodies of two children killed in Staten Island during the storm, he said, "I knew this couldn't go on.
"I don't mean to sound like a wizard or fortune teller, but Staten Island should strap in, " said Mr. Cooley, who expects them to arrive in New York City around May 20.
"It's just a little walk, " said Carlos Diaz, 49, also of Staten Island.
City Council Member Jimmy Oddo, whose Staten Island district was hit hard by the storm, said city workers had already been shifting their attention to the marathon route.
"My commute time has doubled, " said Sharon Johnson, 35 years old, of Staten Island, as she waited at the Staten Island ferry terminal.
That means it is likely to be a busy year for Ed Johnson, director of science at the Staten Island Museum, which, with about 35, 000 specimens, said it boasts the largest cicada collection in North America.
Her mother, Patricia Dresch, 46, was later found at Staten Island University Hospital unconscious and was listed in critical condition, the official said.
"If there is a police officer who is standing behind a barricade watching runners go by from Italy and Ethiopia, I would like to have that police officer at intersections on Staten Island where there still aren't working traffic lights, " Mr. Oddo said.
"He was the Genius, and we called him genius because we knew that he was a genius, " said Raekwon, another founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, the legendary Staten Island hip-hop crew formed in the early '90s.
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The agency's commissioner, Ronald Richter, said the funds will be used to repair 12 child-care centers in areas including Staten Island, Coney Island and the Rockaways that were damaged by Sandy.
Mr. Trivelli, a 64-year-old retired Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker, said he had been staying in hotels paid for by FEMA since Sandy destroyed his house in Staten Island's Tottenville neighborhood.
"We looked at the Staten Island site when it was offered and decided it really couldn't justify the investment, " he said.
"This is a war zone down here still, " said Donna Graziano, who has been running a 24-hour relief hub near the beach on Staten Island in a tiny white tent heated by a generator.
That material is now being transported to a park built on top of the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, where investigators will attempt to find any possible remains during the next 10 weeks, the city said.
That material is now being transported to a park built on top of the former Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, where investigators will attempt to identify any possible remains during the next 10 weeks, the city said.
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