{"id":67209,"date":"2025-12-10T21:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/67209\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T21:05:07","slug":"davidson-jost-ferryboat-proposal-to-be-presented-to-committee-of-staten-island-community-board-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/67209\/","title":{"rendered":"Davidson, Jost ferryboat proposal to be presented to committee of Staten Island Community Board 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ERLGOUAMURBLHDBKREH466JUVI\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Representatives for celebrities Colin Jost and Pete Davidson \u2014 and possibly the two themselves \u2014 will bring a proposal to dock their decommissioned John F. Kennedy ferryboat at Pier 1 before a Community Board 1 committee next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"F37L3ATOTFBWTFOJUBP6QCDY6Y\">Details of the plans for the vessel and its conversion into an entertainment venue will be explained to a Community Board 1 committee in a public Zoom meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UPWZ3E2K4ZDAXLOXUKYNN56T7U\">Davidson and Jost bought the vessel nicknamed \u201cTitanic 2,\u201d for $280,000 about four years ago with plans to turn it into a live entertainment venue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AGUQPXTSU5DUNCKVZKPIAQ5OQ4\">The pair now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2024\/05\/you-dont-want-to-buy-a-staten-island-ferry-boat-just-ask-snl-funnymen-pete-davidson-and-colin-jost-opinion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2024\/05\/you-dont-want-to-buy-a-staten-island-ferry-boat-just-ask-snl-funnymen-pete-davidson-and-colin-jost-opinion.html\">faces various hidden costs<\/a>, including refurbishing the boat, mooring it and making it compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act and other safety codes before it can be used as a business. It\u2019s estimated that the undertaking will cost millions of dollars and take a number of years before all is said and done.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RDCAQEWLPNH3HCJT26D2AQL6VM\">During the meeting of the New Brighton\/St. George\/Tompkinsville Committee, an explanation of every aspect of the plan is expected, a Community Board 1 spokesperson said. \u201cHow they plan to use it, parking, hours, everything,\u2019&#8217; she said. \u201dWe just want to ask questions. They\u2019ll probably be back again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BHPJ627BA5BJDAK2SLP67WNPYE\">According to the spokesperson, the two propose to dock the boat six months of the year on Staten Island and six months in lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4WFTOIND2NDUBOIT4M3SN5VFCA\">Parking and noise are expected to be big problems, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6CY3LIDE3ZG6BNDB4YGS66OU2Y\">Though the pair has admitted that they might have bitten off more than they can chew with the purchase, Davidson has told media outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/pete-davidson-defends-staten-island-ferry-project-we-have-a-really-good-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/entertainment\/2025\/07\/pete-davidson-defends-staten-island-ferry-project-we-have-a-really-good-plan.html\">they have \u201ca really good plan.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jost-Davidson ferryboat\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/FZQ3E4VWFBD3JBMFEMFXT2SZGU.JPG\"  \/>Here, a combination of photos shows &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; cast members Colin Jost at the premiere of &#8220;Avengers: Endgame&#8221; in Los Angeles on April 22, 2019, left, and Pete Davidson at the premiere of &#8220;Big Time Adolescence&#8221; in New York on March 5, 2020. (Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JNGBIY5FZFFSRPBBUYGM7ONISI\">The pair has spoken to a local civic association but this is the first time they\u2019ve come before Community Board 1, according to the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RQKHRKKT3ZES7FUV5SGHOSRCDA\">Jost and Davidson are native Staten Islanders, who have made their challenges with the boat into a punchline. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H5JCAMWVHZEJDLWHIVJLCVED4I\">They recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2025\/11\/pete-davidson-stops-by-snl-to-dig-into-staten-island-and-his-messy-ferry-titanic-2-venture.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2025\/11\/pete-davidson-stops-by-snl-to-dig-into-staten-island-and-his-messy-ferry-titanic-2-venture.html\">joked about it on a recent \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d episode<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wRp93f2tiTo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wRp93f2tiTo\">\u201cWeekend Update\u201dsegment<\/a> hosted by Jost.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MEZYVSXBBZFCFMCAHIY2XQ3VKY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/98803789534?pwd=VjF2aCtRbDdNTDdONDlacDYzYlF0QT09#success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/98803789534?pwd=VjF2aCtRbDdNTDdONDlacDYzYlF0QT09#success\">To join the Community Board 1 committee meeting, visit Zoom.<\/a> The meeting ID is: 988 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2025\/12\/tel:0378%209534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/news\/2025\/12\/tel:0378%209534\">0378 9534<\/a>. The passcode is: 712393.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Representatives for celebrities Colin Jost and Pete Davidson \u2014 and possibly the two themselves&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-67209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67209","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=67209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}