Statewide rule, short version: a 10% reduction for three years in the base rate of your current automobile liability, no-fault, and collision premiums, if you are the principal operator. Up to 4 points come off DMV’s suspension math, not off the record. The full limits are on the 6-hour course page.
Roads that matter here
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Staten Island Expressway. I-278 runs from the Verrazzano to the Goethals. It is a posted expressway, not a 25 mph street. NYC 311’s 25 mph default applies where no other limit is posted.
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Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The bridge puts Brooklyn and Staten Island on the same New York driving record. A ticket on either side is still a New York conviction.
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Bridges to New Jersey. Once you are in New Jersey you are under New Jersey traffic law. If you are shopping for a New Jersey point credit or a New Jersey premium reduction, use the New Jersey course page on this site and the MVC’s own description. Do not expect the New York checkout to file a New Jersey completion.
Enroll in the 6-hour New York course
DMV office
The internet course does not require a trip to a DMV office. If you need an office for a permit, a license, or a driving record, search the
NY DMV office finder
for Staten Island. Hours and which transactions an office handles change, so use that live list instead of a copied address.
What stays the same
Staten Island is more car-dependent than Manhattan, which makes the insurance base rate a practical question. The reduction is still 10% of the base rate of liability, no-fault, and collision premiums, for three years, for the principal operator. It is not 10% off every fee on the bill, and it does not freeze the premium if you later get a violation or a crash.
TLC licensees on Staten Island follow the same TLC defensive driving requirement as licensees in the other boroughs. Check TLC’s certificate rules separately from the insurer’s rules. DMV will not treat an email certificate as valid for the insurance reduction.
If you are 18 or older and still need a first New York license, that is the 5-hour pre-licensing course, not this one.
Enroll in the 6-hour New York course
