On July 17 , 2014 , Eric Garner died Death in the New York City borough of Staten Island after Daniel Pantaleo , a New York City Police Department ( NYPD ) officer , put him in a chokehold while arresting Arrest him .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Staten Island was a failed Earnings_and_losses raid Attack by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces Military_operation on Staten Island on August 22 , 1777 , during the American Revolutionary War Hostile_encounter .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Staten Island was a failed Earnings_and_losses raid Attack by Continental Army troops under Major General John Sullivan against British forces Military_operation on Staten Island on August 22 , 1777 , during the American Revolutionary War Hostile_encounter .

After British Lieutenant General William Howe sailed Self_motion with most of his army from New York City in July , Sullivan recognized Know that the British position on Staten Island was vulnerable , and planned Arranging an attack Attack .