The 2024 Staten Island Power 100 Who’s in the political arena in Richmond County?

City & State’s latest Staten Island Power 100 highlights the movers and shakers who are showing that while the borough may be small, they are mighty.

8. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

State Senator

Democratic state Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton has established herself as a powerful moderate in a liberal-dominated state Senate in the past two years. The Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee chair is seeking to create more job opportunities for veterans and got part of I-278 in Brooklyn renamed Fort Hamilton Veterans Memorial Highway. Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed Scarcella-Spanton’s bill to reduce cellphone theft, part of the senator’s crime-fighting agenda. Scarcella-Spanton has worked in a bipartisan fashion on a number of issues, including opposing congestion pricing and defending Holtermann’s Bakery following complaints from Whoopi Goldberg.

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