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Grassroots independent journalism on NYCs forgotten borough. Staten Island is forgotten no more.

13/01/2025

Two-Year Old Doing 'Exceptionally Well' Following Open-Heart Surgery

Taya is receiving support from a foundation for the congenital heart disease she was afflicted by.

Read more at link 🔗https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/two-year-old-doing-exceptionally-well-following-open-heart-surgery/

10/01/2025

RUMC Notifies Federal Regulators They Were Hacked 18 Months Ago

The hospital breach potentially affected 674,033 individuals including full names, dates of birth, Social Security and driver’s license numbers.

Read more at link 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/rumc-notifies-federal-regulators-they-were-hacked-18-months-ago/

03/01/2025

Music as Solidarity and Resistance

From Method Man's debut solo album in 1994 to Leila Hegazy's in 2024, local artists recognize music can effectively express desires, experiences, and grievances of oppressed peoples.

Read more at 🔗 link https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/music-as-solidarity-and-resistance/

17/12/2024

Workers at Island's Largest Employer Authorize a Strike if the Company Continues Refusing Contract Negotiations

Employees at Amazon’s JFK8 warehouse have voted overwhelmingly to authorize the Amazon Labor Union (ALU-IBT Local 1) to call an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike.

Read more at link 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/workers-at-islands-largest-employer-authorize-a-strike-if-the-company-continues-refusing-contract-negotiations/

15/12/2024

There is power in a union.

Amazon reported a $15 billion dollar profit in the third quarter of 2024 on the backs of an overworked and underpaid workforce that are our neighbors.

Plea for the Fifth stands in solidarity with the Amazon Labor Union members as they prepare for a strike.

Consider donating to their strike fund so they can support their families through the Holidays while they fight for dignity at work.

05/12/2024

Reports Reveal South Shore's 10312 Most Surveilled Zip Code Within Borough; NYC 5th Most Surveilled City in the Nation

Crime rates aren’t reduced by having more cameras in place. The most surveilled city in the United States, Washington DC has seen violent crime skyrocket recently.

Read more at 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/reports-reveal-south-shores-10312-most-surveilled-zip-code-within-borough/

30/11/2024

SIers Lambaste POTUS on Friendsgiving Visit

The holiday centers gratitude, while downplaying the genocide of millions of indigenous lives and countless lost cultures of the First Nations of Turtle Island.
Read more at 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/siers-lambaste-potus-on-friendsgiving-visit/

25/11/2024

Someone checked the math and found an error.

22/11/2024

Paratransit Business Warns 150 Local Employees of February Lay Offs

MV Transportation notified New York State that 80% of their workforce in Port Richmond will be laid off, just as the Holiday season begins.

Read more at link🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/paratransit-business-warns-150-local-employees-of-february-lay-offs/

13/11/2024

The borough saw a 1% increase in Republican Party votes, a 28% decrease in Democratic Party votes, and a 377% increase in write-in candidates from 2020 to 2024. Total ballots cast for President dropped 12%.
Read more at 🔗https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/staten-island-votes-for-president/

09/11/2024

Local Synagogue holds Discriminatory Sale of Homes to Expand Occupation
Tens of community members attempted to halt the illicit sale in Willowbrook.
Read more at 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/local-synagogue-holds-discriminatory-sale-of-homes-to-expand-occupation-2/

07/10/2024

Campaign for Island to Brooklyn NYC Ferry Route Expands
But despite increasing support from community members, organizations, and politicians the NYC EDC remains reluctant.
🔗https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/campaign-for-island-to-brooklyn-nyc-ferry-route-expands/

05/08/2024

Dozens traveled from Staten Island to D.C. late-last month, indignant at the Congressional address by a war criminal pursued by the International Criminal Court.

Read more at 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/siers-travel-to-d-c-capitol-to-obstruct-visit-of-war-criminal/
📝 Tamer Mahmoud & Sean Ghazala

21/07/2024

Lee Camp is a comedian, and the former host and head writer of Redacted Tonight. He co-manages the news platform RadIndieMedia.com, and his newest show America Inc. with Lee Camp is on Breakthrough News. Camp had a wide-ranging conversation with Plea for the Fifth, published in four parts.
✏ Sean Ghazala
🔗Our series with Lee Camp can be found here https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/tag/lee-camp/

21/07/2024

Community members disrupted Staten Islanders' routinous Ferry commute on July 15, decrying Benjamin Netanyahu's forthcoming address to a joint session of Congress.
✏ Petra Gregory
🔗https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/from-the-ocean-to-the-harbor-staten-island-is-quiet-no-longer/

10/06/2024

'We as [Jewish] people are tasked with tikkun olam - repairing the world, and the pursuit of Tzedek - justice.'
Read an open letter to the SI Jewish Community at https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/open-letter-to-si-jewish-community

09/06/2024

Teen Dances Out of Staten Island Hospital After Three Months of Burn Treatment. Sarah's recovery is credited to her determination to live, and the amazing care she got from the doctors and nurses through the support of Northwell. Read more at 🔗 https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/dancing-out-of-northwell/
📝 Sean Ghazala

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HEGAZY - Peace

Sisters Leila Hegazy and Omnia Hegazy form the duo HEGAZY . Their music reflect their intersectional identities, and do not shy away from the urgency of the moment. https://www.pleaforthefifth.com/hegazy/

Our article and video for the young and upcoming artist @_.lil.z._ is live #LocalMusic #LocalArtist #StatenIsland #GrassrootsJournalism

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