Name: John Tidona
Neighborhood: Port Richmond
Age: 47
Schools attended: Our Lady Queen of Peace & Saint Peter's Boys High School
Born here? no
Work on Staten Island? No, Connecticut
Staten Island Connection from John: www.sicert.org
Can you sum up why you live on Staten Island?
JT: It has the best quality of life of all the boroughs.
What do you love about Staten Island?
JT: It's not as emotionless as the other boroughs. It's still about community and neighborhoods.
What is your favorite hangout on Staten Island?
JT: Where ever the Port Richmond CERT Team is training !!
Where is your favorite place on the North/South Shore?
JT: I like the Elm Park Inn on Morningstar Road.
What do you do for Staten Island?
JT: I am the Team Chief of the Port Richmond CERT team. We are some 60+ trained volunteers who are recognized as a resource to our brave first responders and other entities on Staten Island.
One of the missions of the team is to promote emergency awareness and preparedness. We try to get folks to understand that we can all be of assistance in an emergency. The team is there to assist with community events as well. www.sicert.org
Tell us something that you miss on Staten Island?
JT: I miss Pizza Town. I miss the history of Staten Island that's been bulldozed over.
What is your wish for Staten Island?
JT: I wish we would be recognized as the mini-city that we are. No more "forgotten borough".
Anything you would like to add John?
JT: I love my wife of 17+ years and our dogs.
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