Staten Islanders are renewing calls for a breakaway from the Big Apple — with Mayor Eric Adams’ controversial call to bus migrants to a local shuttered Catholic school proving to be the latest breaking point.
Staten Island has always been an odd fit within the five boroughs, sitting on the outskirts of New York City with a predominantly conservative Republican population that butts heads with the rest of the city.
“I mean, I hear all the jokes all the time that they would love to get rid of Staten Island, well, this is your opportunity,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said on NY1 Wednesday morning. “I think Staten Island would like to have an opportunity to self-govern.