Staten Island DA Michael McMahon is calling for changes to bail reform, unlike many other district attorneys who favor keeping the low or no bail plan.
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Impact & Excellence: Trailblazing prosecutor reflects on his ascension to Staten Island leadership
Thomas Ridges remembers walking to the mailbox at the Bedford-Stuyvesant housing projects to grab his mother’s welfare check, a lifeline in an area he self-described as one of the toughest in the city.

Staten Island DA on Mayor Adams plan to curb crime
Tensions are heating up this month as public officials debate the best way to improve public safety across the city.

S.I. pols show united front supporting NYC Mayor Adams’ calls for criminal justice reform rollbacks
Staten Island’s elected officials presented a united front on the steps of City Hall Tuesday as they voiced support for Mayor Eric Adams’ calls to rollback recent criminal justice reform legislation.

Laws must change to end violence in our schools (opinion)
Like many Staten Islanders, I am deeply troubled by the violent incidents that have occurred involving teenagers and the use of illegal firearms…

Trio ran drug ring inside hotel on Staten Island where 3 fatal ODs occurred, alleges D.A.
Three St. George men did more than just hang their hats in the hotel rooms where they lived, allege prosecutors.

Staten Island district attorney hosts Germany’s first lady during visit to NYC
Almost 4,000 miles separate Germany from Staten Island, but last week the borough was host to a historic…

Staten Island man indicted in multi-million dollar unemployment fraud scheme
A Clifton man was arraigned Wednesday in state Supreme Court, St. George, on a 224-count indictment related to a $3.2 million dollar unemployment fraud scheme.

Hotspotting the Opioid Crisis’: Here’s how artificial intelligence will identify those at-risk for an overdose
Two days after leaving a treatment facility, Staten Island native Samuel Grunlund, 27, died of a fentanyl-related overdose.

Operation Illegal Sign Takedown’ removes signs, stickers and trash along Forest Avenue
Armed with garbage bags, trash pickers, sticker scrapers and gloves, more than two dozen community members met…
