Citywide Administrative Services News

An out-of-service Staten Island Ferry vessel has reportedly been purchased by Saturday Night Live stars Pete Davidson and Colin Jost.The Staten Island natives bought the decommissioned 277-foot ferry John F. Kennedy at auction in partnership with Manhattan real estate broker and comedy club owner Paul Italia, the New York Post reported.“The idea is to turn the space into a live entertainment event space, with comedy, music, art, et cetera,” Italia told The Post.“We’re in the early stages…

American Composite Timbers (ACT), a firm engaged in the sale of plastic marine pilings and related products, located in Commack, N.Y., pleaded guilty to a one-count felony charge filed in U.S. District Court in Islip, N.Y. ACT is charged with facilitating payments from a co-conspirator corporation, a Virginia-based marine products firm, to a former employee of the city of New York, Charles N. Kriss. In exchange for the payments, Kriss ensured that the co-conspirator corporation received orders to supply plastic pilings for a project to repair Pier 86, which was overseen by the city of . Kriss further ensured the co-conspirator corporation kept ACT as the distributor of the pilings.