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Local Power Broker for Borough President traveled to D.C. on Day of Capitol Insurrection
Leticia Remauro

Local Power Broker for Borough President traveled to D.C. on Day of Capitol Insurrection

Leticia Remauro, a GOP candidate for Staten Island Borough President with a history of racist remarks [https://forward.com/news/461979/leticia-remauro-who-apologized-for-saying-heil-hitler-has-history-of/] , was among a busload of Islanders who traveled to Washington D.C. on January 6. In screenshots from a now-deleted Facebook Live video, Remauro – a 30-year [https://www.
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Sandy Ground and the Continued Gentrification of Staten Island's Communities of Color
Sandy Ground

Sandy Ground and the Continued Gentrification of Staten Island's Communities of Color

On August 1, a relatively new Young Leaders of Staten Island (YLSI) led the first annual “Path of Liberation” [https://champ.gothamist.com/champ/gothamist/news/staten-island-burgeoning-youth-led-movement-social-justice-afoot?__twitter_impression=true] march along Staten Island’s former Underground Railroad route, beginning at the often forgotten Sandy Ground Settlement [https://maap.columbia.
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