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Tom Wrobleski

Tom Wrobleski

The Staten Island Advance

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Divided America on display outside Trump hush-money trial (opinion)

15.04.2024 2

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Throwing out the trash in NYC is about to costr us money (opinion)

Get ready to say goodbye to your garbage cans. It won’t be long before you’ll be prohibited from using them. And get ready to pony up some cash...

14.04.2024 2

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Republicans still stand with Trump, despite trials, controversies. It’s easy to see why (opinion)

Staten Island has always been Donald Trump country. Back in 2016, the future president took a whopping 82 percent of the borough vote in the GOP...

07.04.2024 3

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FDNY flag controversy shows that even New Yorkers can diss, forget 9/11 (opinion)

“Never forget.” That’s what we all said after the murderous terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, which killed nearly 3,000...

06.04.2024 10

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Slaying of NYPD Officer Diller, subway murder show that NYC has a real crime problem (opinion)

When it comes to crime in New York City, it’s not only about statistics. That was made crystal clear last Monday, when the city saw two tragic...

31.03.2024 6

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NYC congestion pricing exemption for official city cars is ripe for abuse (opinion)

I thought we were all in this together when it came to saving the planet. But we’re not. At least not when it comes to forking over the coming $15...

28.03.2024 3

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11 simple ways NYC could make speed cameras an even bigger rip-off (opinion)

Speed cameras remain widely unpopular among Staten Islanders, despite camera supporters saying that the devices have improved traffic safety across...

24.03.2024 7

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NYC’s crazy squatter’s rights law is more coddling of criminals over taxpayers (opinion)

Thou shalt not steal. Or, as every pre-school kid is taught, don’t take things that don’t belong to you. Except if it’s someone’s home. Except...

20.03.2024 6

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Time for Staten Island to have one, inclusive St. Patrick’s Parade (opinion)

18.03.2024 3

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Hochul tears a page out of Cuomo’s book by sending National Guard into NYC subway (opinion)

Let’s militarize the subways. What could go wrong? That’s what Gov. Kathy Hochul has inexplicably chosen to do by sending 750 members of the...

11.03.2024 9

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10 easy ways that NYC congestion pricing could get even more expensive for drivers (opinion)

The coming congestion pricing tax is already bad enough. Drivers will be charged a staggering $15 to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. Even the $5...

11.03.2024 5

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No, state judges can’t just bar Trump from running for president (opinion)

When will the Democrats learn? Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter in Illinois has removed former President Donald Trump from the GOP primary...

03.03.2024 10

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Hochul, N.Y. Dems show contempt for voters by hijacking House redistricting process (opinion)

New York’s Democratic lawmakers didn’t get everything that they wanted out of this year’s redistricting mess, but they did achieve their...

02.03.2024 9

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Turkeys may be here to stay, but that doesn’t mean I have to love them (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – I know that turkeys are here to stay. And I mean them no harm. But that doesn’t mean I have to welcome them with open arms,...

29.02.2024 4

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Path to inclusive Staten Island St. Patrick’s Parade began with confrontation on parade route in 2011 (opinion)

Staten Island will finally Manhattan, Boston, Dublin and other places and host a St. Patrick’s Parade that will allow LGBTQ people to march openly....

25.02.2024 5

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8 ways New York could make driving an even bigger rip-off for motorists (opinion)

Many drivers hate speed cameras. And few are enthusiastic about the prospect of paying the looming congestion pricing tax. But that’s hardly all...

18.02.2024 5

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Shaky Biden benefits from double standard on improper handling classified documents (opinion)

President Joe Biden dodged one calamity when it came to his willfully improper handling of classified documents. But he still ended up getting...

11.02.2024 6

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Eliminate congestion pricing or make sure that everybody pays (opinion)

The drumbeat is growing steadily louder against the ludicrous, draconian congestion pricing tax. The powerful Municipal Labor Committee, representing...

07.02.2024 4

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Time to sound off, Staten Islanders: Tell us what issues here irk you the most

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – We Staten Islanders like to gripe. And we’ve got a lot to complain about. After all, we are the forgotten borough. It’s...

04.02.2024 10

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Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Disney, other streamers can’t top those old Friday nights at Blockbuster Video

I know that that streaming services have forever changed home entertainment and that there’s no going back. Netflix, Amazon and the rest have even...

03.02.2024 2

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Hochul, New York Dems paving way for yet another House redistricting disaster (opinion)

New York Democrats just can’t help themselves. They’ll do whatever they have to in order to rig House elections in their favor. But now they’re...

28.01.2024 6

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Expect more license plate scofflaws once NYC congestion pricing tax kicks in (opinion)

I don’t like the idea of paying a $15 toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. I don’t like any tolls, frankly. And I don’t like New York...

26.01.2024 2

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Camera installations on NYC highways rightly make us leery of congestion pricing expansion (opinion)

Here’s something you can count on: when government programs make money, and lots of it, you can expect them to expand. So you can’t really blame...

25.01.2024 2

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Beware: This crazy glitch kept my car from passing NYS DMV inspection and cost me money (opinion)

Thinking about swapping out your vehicle’s battery anytime soon?You might want to get your car or truck inspected before you do it.Here’s a crazy...

21.01.2024 5

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More enforcement, not Hochul’s silly task force, will stop New York retail crime (opinion)

Gov. Kathy Hochul is looking to take a bite out of retail crime, in part by forming a task force to coordinate efforts. Let me save the future task...

14.01.2024 3

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Red light cameras at more NYC intersections the next driver rip-off (opinion)

I guess New York isn’t making enough money with speed cameras. That could be why one New York lawmaker is pushing for red light cameras to be put...

07.01.2024 9

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You miss having snow in NYC? I don’t (opinion)

New York City this weekend is bracing for what could be the first meaningful hit of snow we’ve seen here in 600-something days. Some folks are...

06.01.2024 2

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From Trump/Biden and Taylor Swift to NYC speed cameras, AI and the New York Wheel, the top 13 things we’d like to see in 2024 (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Out with the old, in with the new. It was a tumultuous 12 months on Staten Island this year, marked by large protests over...

01.01.2024 8

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5 good reasons why Staten Islanders should be exempt from NYC congestion pricing fee (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – I’m convinced that more drivers will eventually get discounts or be totally exempt from the coming congestion pricing tax....

31.12.2023 10

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Banning Trump from the ballot is one way to fix an election (opinion)

What are Democrats so afraid of? The way they’re acting, you would think that Joe Biden hadn’t beaten Donald Trump for the presidency in 2020....

24.12.2023 30

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Psychedelic psilocybin ‘therapy’ could lead to New York’s next money-losing legal drug disaster (opinion)

A Western New York lawmaker wants to launch a pilot program that would allow 10,000 people to receive psychedelic psilocybin therapy for mental...

17.12.2023 4

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$14K to upgrade to a ‘green’ NY heating system? I’d rather freeze (opinion)

The day is coming when every fossil fuel-powered appliance n your home is going to be outlawed. Your stove. Your furnace. Your hot water heater. Your...

10.12.2023 6

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N.Y.’s new automated speeding radars prove that the vast majority of us actually drive safely (opinion)

New York started deploying automated speeding radars in highway work zones all across the state this year. We here in the city call these devices...

09.12.2023 2

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Forget about traffic lights and speed bumps. Here’s how to really make Howard Avenue safer (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The city Department of Transportation recently put a new traffic signal array up on Howard Avenue on Grymes Hill. The traffic...

08.12.2023 7

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Money-for-nothing $15 congestion pricing tax the biggest NYC motorist rip-off yet (opinion)

What a perfect grift. I’m surprised it took lawmakers this long to figure it out. Now we know what drivers will be expected to pay for the privilege...

03.12.2023 2

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New York drivers face new Thanksgiving weekend traffic menace: highway speed cameras (opinion)

We all know that Thanksgiving is one of the biggest driving weekends of the year. But drivers in New York State this past week had to deal with...

26.11.2023 5

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Adams wants parents policing NYC public schools. What could go wrong? (opinion)

Is he kidding? Mayor Eric Adams, presiding over a cratering New York City budget, the other day tried to put the burden for school safety on parents. ...

19.11.2023 10

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Yep. NYC plastic bag ban still dumb and unenforceable (opinion)

Saving the planet one plastic bag at a time. That was the goal when New York passed a law banning single-use plastic bags like those used in...

18.11.2023 10

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I finally made peace with the Staten Island Expressway. Here’s what happened (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Like many Staten Islanders, I dread taking the Staten Island Expressway. For a whole bunch of reasons. More on that later. But...

12.11.2023 4

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With Biden-Trump rematch, House race looming, don’t expect a sleepy campaign season on Staten Island in 2024 (opinion)

08.11.2023 2

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Rats! Now I have to pay for new NYC garbage cans? (opinion)

Putting the garbage out used to be simple. Not anymore. At least not in New York City. Now the city wants us to buy new, official garbage cans at a...

07.11.2023 20

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NYC cyclist deaths spiking. What now, Vision Zero? (opinion)

There were 29 bicycle deaths in New York City in the fiscal year that ended July 1, the Daily News reported. It’s the highest fiscal year bike death...

07.11.2023 7

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Don’t tell me how much to tip in a restaurant (opinion)

I’m all for helping restaurant owners and workers, especially as the dining industry continues to recover from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic....

07.11.2023 10

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Staten Island loses with so many candidates here running unopposed (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Election day is just over a week away. But you wouldn’t know it on Staten Island. That’s because we have only one...

07.11.2023 40

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The toke’s on them as pro-weed NY lawmakers bemoan illegal pot shops (opinion)

I guess they didn’t see this coming. The New York lawmakers who gave us legal weed are now wringing their hands over the enormous unintended...

07.11.2023 10

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Staten Island getting dumped on again with battery storage sites (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – New York has very ambitious clean energy goals, meaning that the state is going to have to seriously up its ability to...

07.11.2023 7

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Hey, what happened to all the parking on my block? (opinion)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Something has changed. I live on the North Shore and have never had a problem parking in my neighborhood. Oh, there have been...

07.11.2023 10

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