PRESS RELEASES ARCHIVES

Joint statement released by members of Staten Island Hate Crimes Task Force, elected officials,
and community leaders

Defendant Kabary Salem was removed from Kuwait and charged following a joint investigation
by the Staten Island DA’s Office, NYPD, NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force, and U.S. Marshals
Service

Ongoing initiative between D.A. McMahon’s office, DSNY, NYC Parks, SIEDC, West Shore Industrial BID gets results for Staten Island

Former parole officer Joseph Poser was arraigned on an eighteen-count indictment charging him with falsifying information related to the monitoring of four different parolees under his supervision

Partnership aims to help keep animals safe and reduce overpopulation of cat colonies

On Saturday, RCDA joined members of the Randall Manor Residents Association in cleaning up Alison Pond Park; On Sunday, RCDA and the Borough Presidents Office co-sponsored a cleanup on Front Street with Natural Resource Protective Association and Kayak Staten Island; Additional Cleanups scheduled for next weekend

Training teaches salon workers how to recognize signs of intimate partner violence
and familiarize staff on resources available to survivors

Month of events have included RCDA virtual ‘Go Purple’ Day, Webinar with Staten
Island Family Justice Center focused on DV resources, RCDA ‘Day of Action’, and
Women of Courage Domestic Violence Conference hosted by Central Family Life
Center

RCDA staff set out across Staten Island to post flyers with resources for victims of
domestic violence in the windows of local businesses; first of several events scheduled
in October to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Richmond County Savings Foundation provides grant for Lifestyles for the Disabled,
Inc. to conduct community cleanups