Tracey Porpora

"Church was the center of our village. Everything I knew began and ended there...I thank God for my ancestors keeping it alive."

“We have amazing stories here on Staten Island, and it’s important to keep them alive."

Authorities said the victim was found with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Police are searching for two men wanted in connection with an alleged reckless endangerment incident in which shots were fired inside a New York City playground, authorities said.

In addition to one fatality, there were a total of 40 people injured: one civilian in critical condition, and 39 members of the FDNY, according to a spokesperson for the FDNY.

One person is in critical condition. Two of the injured firefighters were hospitalized in critical condition.

One of the oldest pieces in James Merlino’s collection is an 1897 logbook from the Richmond County Dragoons, a volunteer horseback police force that patrolled the borough in the late 19th century.

His goal is simple: to inform audiences while sparking interest in writers and cultural figures audiences may not have encountered before.

The mother turkey was perched atop a 15-step staircase, blocking the entrance to the busy practice widely known across the borough for prenatal imaging and care for high-risk pregnancies.

A source with knowledge of the incident said the woman had been at a nearby yard sale shortly before the crash, and may have been crossing the street.