Revisionist History: The Staten Island Problem · 2026-06-29 · 3 min · 492 words

Coming Soon: The Staten Island Problem

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Pushkin. Five miles off the shore of Manhattan. There is a place. Called Staten Island. We don't live.

in the glitter of Broadway. We don't live in Yankee Stadium. Where we live in is in everyday Staten Island. We weren't sophisticated. We we were not, you know, east side of Manhattan. Or West Side of Manhattan liberals. We were country people.

And thirty years ago. Staten Island decided. It didn't want to be part. New York City anymore. Who will you trust?

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