Don’t mess with Staten Island.
A petition has been started on Change.org by outraged residents of the borough over MTV’s upcoming reality show “Made in Staten Island,” which is being produced by “Mob Wives” star Karen Gravano, daughter of the former Gambino crime family’s Sammy “The Bull” Gravano.
“The portrayal of Staten Island as a cesspool of gangsters, meatheads and low lives appears to be the main focus of MTV show development in recent years,” writes the petitioner, who has garnered almost 6,000 signatures.
“A show like this demeans what it is to be from Staten Island . . . [It] has one of the highest per capita incomes out of the five boroughs, and we also have several higher education institutions with very good graduation rates and excellent public schools serviced by caring teachers.” But Gravano, whose daughter Karina stars on the show, tells us, “The outrage is for no reason. They haven’t even watched the show. It’s not glorifying criminal activity.”
Gravano insists, “It’s about kids making it through the struggle . . . This is a good opportunity to highlight kids at a young age striving to do better.”