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Staten Island is the “reddest” Borough of NYC and it's Borough President is a Republican... Coincidence? Many first responders live on Staten Island because they can't afford to live in the parts of the city that they actually serve. So imagine having to go work in Manhattan as your family struggles to cope with the Hurricane on Staten Island...

And what is typical of many NYC residents (I didn't say all but I know this from experience) they look down at Staten Island as beneath them. True compassion from the Democrats in charge of the city as a whole.

Staten Island is the “reddest” Borough of NYC and it's Borough President is a Republican... Coincidence? Many first responders live on Staten Island because they can't afford to live in the parts of the city that they actually serve. So imagine having to go work in Manhattan as your family struggles to cope with the Hurricane on Staten Island...
And what is typical of many NYC residents (I didn't say all but I know this from experience) they look down at Staten Island as beneath them. True compassion from the Democrats in charge of the city as a whole.

For what it is worth . I've been through more hurricanes than you ever want to think about including two Cat5 storms . If you live in a white middle class are you will be the last to see any type of help and your neighborhood will be the very last to get any type of FEMA money if it gets any at all.

Sad to say but I have been through storms were my area was out of power for weeks and not even a police car came by to check on us .

I love Staten Island...
Visited it during Fleet Week a while back...they had the portable VietNam wall while we were there...Staten Island lost the most in that war of any place in the nation...like Bedford, VA.
The people there are REAL...unlike Manhattenites.