EntertainmentUpdated: Oct. 23, 2025, 4:15 p.m.|Published: Oct. 23, 2025, 4:13 p.m.
Kitty Perkowski, left, and her sister Stella, during the 1990s. (Courtesy/Perkowski family)Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If you ask 100-year-old Catherine Perkowski if anything’s new, grab a chair. You may be sitting for a while.
“Nothing gets past me, I’ve seen it all,” says the Elm Park resident, who just happens to be Staten Island’s latest centenarian.
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