Staten Island, Saint Patrick's Day and LGBT

Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade will allow LGBTQ+ groups for the first time in 2025
LGBTQ+ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island's Saint Patrick's Day Parade for the first time in 2025.
Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Ends 60-Year Ban on Gay Groups
After years of controversy and boycotts, the parade’s organizers said it was time to change the exclusionary policy.
Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade committee lifts ban on LGBTQ marchers
One borough, one parade. After 60 years, one of Staten Island’s largest and most influential civic organizations is allowing gay and lesbian groups to march in the borough’s official St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
LGBTQ groups finally invited to march in Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade — ending NYC event’s decades-long anti-gay ban
LGBTQ groups will be allowed to march in Staten Island's St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the first time ever this year, organizers announced Tuesday -- ending a long-running controversy over the annual event's anti-gay stance.
NYC Mayor Adams ‘thrilled’ that LGBTQ+ marchers can join Staten Island St. Patrick’s Parade
From day one, our administration has been clear that celebrations in our city should be welcoming and inclusive.'
LGBTQ+ groups invited to march in Staten Island's 2025 Richmond County St. Patrick's Day Parade
The parade committee, for the first time in 60 years, announced Tuesday it will allow LGBTQ+ groups to march in Staten Island's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

NYC, Hochul and Staten Island

Off-duty NYPD detective arrested on Staten Island
An off-duty NYPD detective was arrested on Staten Island on Sunday, according to authorities. Douglas MacEwen, 42, was taken ...
15 Staten Island Ferry mariners – including sleeping beauty – are now millionaires after pulling down seven-figure paydays last fiscal year
Fifteen top Staten Island ferry mariners are now millionaires after pulling down seven-figures last fiscal year – including ...
New York state test scores 2024: These 20 Staten Island elementary schools performed strongest in math
Here are the top 20 highest-performing elementary schools in the math exam on Staten Island, according to data. Percent of ...
Staten Island baby had no food in stomach — and no name — when he died of malnutrition: police sources
An autopsy revealed that 1-month-old Joseph Heben Jr. had no food in his stomach or urine in his bladder when he died on July ...