We've heard about drivers illegally getting creative to avoid speed or toll cameras, but this is a new one. Fake flowers have been used to block the lenses of several speed cameras across Staten Island.

The New York Police Department’s involvement in the case has remained measured, with no immediate arrests made following the incident. This development has raised questions about the nature and validity of the allegations. Smith’s representatives have maintained his innocence, emphasizing the absence of any law enforcement action as significant.

Method Man, one-part of Staten Island's most famous rap group, denied allegations of a gym brawl in the borough.

A woman on Staten Island was stabbed to death in the chest on Tuesday, police said. Police identified the woman as 43-year-old Jennira Roundtree of Staten Island. The motive behind the stabbing is unclear.