COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND–CSI is known as a commuter school, with only 4% of its students living in campus dorms; the other 96% of students reside throughout the rest of New York City’s five boroughs. Despite this significant percentile, many enrolled commuting students are feeling neglected by the Student Government’s decision to cut the ferry shuttle service.
With CSI’s continuously growing population, its student body extends beyond its 7,000 plus students who reside on Staten Island. There are over 2,317 students who live throughout the other four boroughs. 1,823 of these students live in Brooklyn, along with 235 from Queens, 158 from the Bronx, and a little over 101 students from Manhattan.
The suspension of the ferry shuttle service, a vital transportation link for many, has left hundreds of commuting students and members of faculty scrambling for alternative routes to and from the campus.
