Further Research
Staten Island Research
For further research about Staten Island, the best place to start is at The College of Staten Island Library's Archives and Special Collections. The Archives holds many books and dissertations about Staten Island. The Archives also collects documents and papers related to Staten Island's recent political history and public policy, among other areas. The Archives holds, for example, the papers of Staten Island's long-serving state senator John Marchi, as well as papers related to the 1990s Staten Island secession movement and the closing of the Fresh Kills Landfill. The Archives' excellent website provides an on-line searchable index of its holdings, essays about conducting Staten Island research, and links to other sources:
www.library.csi.cuny.edu/archives/index.htm
The Staten Island Advance is the island's paper of record. News stories from the paper are available on-line in a 30-day archive:
www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?archive
The Staten Island Museum (part of the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences) offers extensive holdings in the fields of natural history, art and history:
http://www.statenislandmuseum.org
Staten Island in Regional and National Perspective
Researchers might also be interested in the broader city, regional and national context for the information about Staten Island that we present here. An excellent website for New York City and New York State demographic information is Infoshare, managed by Community Studies of New York: www.infoshare.org
The U.S. Census Bureau's "American Factfinder" page makes census data readily available across a wide range of geographic areas: http://factfinder.census.gov
The Gotham Gazette is an on-line publication of the Citizens Union of New York, provides news and analysis about New York City politics and public policy. The Gotham Gazette also devotes a page to Staten Island news and links: www.gothamgazette.com
The Regional Plan Association is an important institution that provides reports and analysis about land use, economic development and transportation in the New York Region: www.rpa.org
The Center for the Urban Future is a New York City think tank that devotes considerable attention to public policy in the "outer-boroughs"-Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island: www.nycfuture.org
The Manhattan Institute is a New York City think tank that focuses on urban affairs, including education, economic development and land use: www.manhattan-institute.org
CUNY Resources
Much like the Center for the Study of Staten Island: Staten Island Project, the Center for the Study of Brooklyn reflects the growing appreciation for analysis and attention for outer-borough issues: http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/csb/index.html
The Center for the Urban Research provides data and analysis about urban public policy, with a focus on New York City: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Cur/Frames/home2.htm
