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.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A house fire reported in Graniteville prompted a massive FDNY response Friday afternoon. The blaze was reported on Ada Drive near Farragut Avenue at approximately 3:45 p.m., according to emergency radio transmissions.

A 2-year-old was rescued from a burning home on Staten Island after being found in a bed inside a smoke-filled room and being handed out a window to another firefighter, according to the FDNY.

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.

Rapper Method Man, a member of the Wu-Tang Clan, was accused of attacking a man on Staten Island on Tuesday, sources told PIX11 News. Police officers were called to 300 West Service Rd. around 3:10 p.

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