{"id":275555,"date":"2026-06-23T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275555\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:52:45","slug":"official-staten-island-flag-could-make-borough-feel-part-of-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275555\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Staten Island flag could make borough feel \u2018part of the city\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A symbolic move could have a meaningful impact on Staten Island civic pride, one local elected official said Monday.<\/p>\n

Councilmember Frank Morano, a Republican representing the South Shore, made his latest push at a City Council committee hearing to officially recognize Staten Island\u2019s borough flag<\/a> in the city\u2019s administrative code.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn one swoop, namely in adopting and giving us a flag, this City Council has the ability to do two things \u2014 one, celebrate and recognize borough identity, and two, make Staten Island feel like we\u2019re actually part of this city,” Morano said. <\/p>\n

Each of the city\u2019s five boroughs has at least an unofficial flag, but only Brooklyn and the Bronx have them enshrined in city law.<\/p>\n

Morano\u2019s Staten Island counterparts \u2014 Councilmember Kamillah Hanks, a Democrat representing the North Shore, and Councilmember David Carr, a Republican representing the Mid-Island and part of South Brooklyn \u2014 have backed his legislation to make the flag official, along with 18 other members of the city\u2019s legislative body.<\/p>\n

The law would officially recognize the flag designed by Borough Hall graphic designer Emil Micha about a decade ago under former Borough President James Oddo.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Staten Island, to be proud of a flag that represents us, I think has value,\u201d he said. \u201cSomebody can look at it and say \u2018yea, I feel good about that,\u2019 then I think that was the purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n

The flag incorporates Staten Island\u2019s seal, which features a female figure standing on the borough holding a sword and shield. She is seen looking out onto the Narrows, where Henry Hudson\u2019s ship \u201cThe Half Moon\u201d and a smaller boat sail.<\/p>\n

The armed female figure in the seal is meant to represent the city of New York.<\/p>\n

In 1609, Hudson named the borough \u201cStatten Eylandt,\u201d Dutch for \u201cStates Island,\u201d and the borough became part of the city in 1898 after the five boroughs\u2019 consolidation. Both years are represented on the seal.<\/p>\n

Oddo unveiled the new design in 2016<\/a> because the previous version reminded him of the Fresh Kills Landfill, with a large mound in the background and seagulls flying over it. <\/p>\n

Morano signaled during the hearing that some of his Council colleagues might not be on board with the idea as so much of the seal celebrates the nation\u2019s colonial founding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 A symbolic move could have a meaningful impact on Staten Island civic pride, one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-275555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}