Talk:Staten Island
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This page doesn't follow the same format as Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Manhattan. I think the map of the county was made by a bot (Anomebot), so I put a message on its owner's page to see if s/he could get the county map. --zandperl 04:39, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- The county map is on the page, if you scroll down. It doesn't follow the other boroughs because those pages suck, if you ask me. The county map is particularly poor as it stands, because it seems to show Staten Island as being off the coast of New York, when it is not. Certainly the format could use improvement, but the other boroughs certainly could too. -- Decumanus | Talk 04:42, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- oops, my bad! Thanks for pointing out its existance. :-P --zandperl 04:48, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)
The world did not end in 1898, how about some more recent history such as the battle to close the landfill, the unsuccesful bid to secede from New York City and more importantly why, and notable Staten Islander, eg. Emerson, etc. --K2laz 12:46, 2004 May 19 (UTC)
- Good point. There should be a brief notice how NAVSTA New York was on Staten Island in the 80's to early 90's. A minor episode, but it should be noted.--Mtnerd 21:28, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The image of a typical SI street is blocking part of the section on demographics. Someone should fix it. Sorry, I don't know how. --Boarshevik 01:35, 2004 Oct 10 (UTC)
I removed the picture that infringed upon the Demographics portion of the page. I couldn't read the demographics, so this is the reason I did this.
Secession efforts
I question the role that Guiliani played in why secession died. Staten Island residents voted 2-1 in favor of secession in November of 2003. However, the New York Legislature decided that secession could not occur without the consent of New York City because of home rule in the state, and court challenges to that legislative determination were rejected in 1996. Local Government Law, 3rd ed., pp. 412-13. Gerald E. Frug, et al. West Publishing Co., 2001. Is there a source somewhere that says that independent of this legal setback, popular support of secession actually waned because of Guiliani? Regardless, the legal information needs to be included. Postdlf 20:24, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)