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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Nov 4 23:52:56 2007, in response to Re: Staten Island Railway to get New Trains, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 4 12:28:49 2007. Staten Island flirted with secession for several reasons:a) Receiving all of the city’s garbage at a landfill called Fresh Kills, an act of Robert Moses; and b) very high bridge tolls on the three bridges to New Jersey, and the one bridge to Brooklyn; and c) Loss of political power thru the Board of Estimate’s demise Mike |