After an early start, Borough President hopeful John Luisi (D-WFP) is getting ready to grab a late brunch at a local favorite of his, the Annadale Diner.

Said Molinaro hasn’t moved fast enough on big-ticket items like the North Shore rail line, which has undergone years of study. “Not one shovel has gone into the ground. The time for action is here, if not long past.”

Conservative Borough President James P. Molinaro spent the last Saturday before Election Day at a get-out-the-vote rally and breakfast at the Excelsior Grand, New Dorp, that drew more than 800 people, including Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

The Democratic challenger for Borough Hall, St. George attorney John Luisi, blasted Borough President James Molinaro yesterday for what he called a "tremendously wasteful" use of tax dollars that went toward helicopter rentals and aerial photography, as well as the purchase of expensive video equipment over the past eight years.

With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, Democrat John Luisi lambasted Borough President James Molinaro for failing to move fast enough on crucial Staten Island issues like the North Shore rail line.

New York City has 64 Business Improvement Districts (BID); only one is located on Staten Island. The Island's sole BID is located along Forest Avenue from Hart Boulevard to Broadway. BIDs are a formal organization made up of property owners and commercial tenants who are dedicated to promoting business development and improving an area's quality of life- all funded by a special assessment paid by property owners which helps to share in business promotional advertising, special events, graffiti and litter removal services and much more.

Citizens Union, in backing Luisi, says it is 'appalled' that Molinaro refuses to engage in debate

John Luisi, Candidate for Staten Island Borough President (Democrat and Working Families), was shocked to find out that the Salvation Army's Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center was being held up based on the Borough President's insistence that a permit for the St. Elizabeth Ann's Health Care & Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home also run by SVCMC, be sandwiched with the Kroc Center's land use permit thereby slowing down the Kroc Center's final approval and putting the project in some jeopardy.

Democrat John Luisi today blasted Conservative Borough President James P. Molinaro for refusing to debate him before the general election.

Candidate John Luisi is frustrated as incumbent Molinaro refuses to debate him in a public forum. Most frustrating is Molinaro's reluctance to disclose where he spent millions in public discretionary funds in the last few years in office.

More than once they’ve been called “the odd couple” of New York City politics. But an investigative report published in the October 25 edition of the Village Voice by Tom Robbins suggests the tight alliance between New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, politically both Republicans but culturally worlds apart, goes well beyond typical City Hall back-scratching.

During an arguably funny, if not bizarre, confrontation, the Democratic candidate for Staten Island borough president went toe to toe yesterday not with his political rival but with the director of the Staten Island Zoo.

Among the city's five borough presidents, only Staten Island Borough President James P. Molinaro may have a race on his hands this year. He has the distinction in the city’s most Republican area of being the first “beep” elected from the Conservative party.

Democratic challenger cites spending by the Conservative borough president, who fires back

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- David Barry, president of Ironstate Development Company, first considered building apartments on the Staten Island waterfront when young Islanders started showing up at his brand-new mixed-use development on the waterfront in Long Branch, N.J.

Hopefuls in the North Shore Council primary race and in borough president campaign get backing.

ELTINGVILLE - According to one local political candidate, having a public transportation system that is still dependent on personal automobiles is both "counterproductive" and "ridiculous."

Borough President James Molinaro took a couple of swipes at his Democratic challenger this morning, saying John Luisi "doesn't know which end is up" and accusing him of "perpetrating a fraud on the public."

Staten Islanders will have a full slate of elections to vote in this fall, but three campaigns will likely garner the lion's share of the attention over the next couple of months: The races for borough president, City Hall and the North Shore City Council seat.

Democratic borough presidential candidate John Luisi has picked up the endorsement of District Council 37 in his campaign against Conservative Borough President James P. Molinaro.

Democratic borough presidential candidate John Luisi kept things light at the party's recent county convention.

Photos from the Staten Island Advance

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Democrat John Luisi has picked up another endorsement in his race for borough president, with the Staten Island Working Families Party backing his candidacy.

In a bid to reach out directly to voters, Democratic attorney John Luisi formally launched his campaign for borough president today via the Internet.

The cross-party slate of borough candidates for the Independence Party line was introduced yesterday, with the organization still seeking a candidate to run for the North Shore City Council seat.

The last time you could get a slice of pizza at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, David Dinkins was the mayor.

The recently painted white chevron and bike symbols that have cropped up along Staten Island's Bay Street have left drivers and cyclists alike scratching their heads and wondering what, exactly, they are supposed to mean.

John Luisi would like to ride his bicycle along Hylan Boulevard without fearing for his life. Joyce Goldstein wants a public gallery so members of the burgeoning arts community can exhibit their talents.