A Quote by Sal Vulcano

Every time we have a chance to mention it, we say we're from Staten Island. Because of some of the stereotypes, sometimes Staten Island gets a bad rap, and we're in a position to at least try to maybe change that perception.
Staten Island is like a different world. If you're from Staten Island, you're like not from New York, you're from Staten Island.
I'm aggressive, quite frankly, because Staten Island gets screwed all the time. And if I'm not aggressive, then I won't be successful. That's not being a bad boy. That's doing my job.
In the summer of 2007, I was in New York for some meetings and... I rented a car and just drove to Staten Island to take a glance and remind myself about it. I ended up staying a couple of days there in a hotel and I've been all over the island several times since.
I always remember to go on the Staten Island Ferry because it's the most amazing view of New York. And it's free! You see Ellis Island, and it conjures up something of that great moment: you know, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. It's staggering.
Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I'm used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.
One of the things that I try to do when I have a tough time with anything - whatever it may be - is just look at someone else's situation. Here in Staten Island, look, I have people that have children that haven't been back in their home for 18 months after Sandy. They lost every worldly possession.
Staten Island is segregated, but it's also - I don't know. It's, like, it's not - it's not unprogressive.
The Staten Island Ferry remains a potential terrorist target.
Almost all the golf courses in Staten Island double as something else.
My name is Carmella, and I'm the moonwalking, trash-talking princess of Staten Island.
I graduated from CUNY College of Staten Island with a 3.9 GPA in three and a half years.
You know, because of the lack of budget, we had to find neighborhoods where time had stopped - kind of stuck in the '50s. And no place had that better than Staten Island.
I grew up on lovely Staten Island, which is the forgotten borough of New York City.
Staten Island is set off completely by itself in its own world, and that's one of the fascinating things about it, dramatically.
Initially, I think I was eager to get off Staten Island and go away for school, that kind of thing. Then what you do maybe 10 years after that, you start maybe appreciating all the great things about the place you grew up. You can go back and enjoy it because you don't have that angst or sense of struggle to get away anymore.
I was commuting three to four hours a day, I had jobs for much of it. But I was always involved in going to some ensemble someplace. Taking my lessons at the local Jewish community center on Staten Island.
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