HOMEPAGE: THE LATEST

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  Smart Planning Means a Happy, Peaceful 4th of JulyJuly 5, 2022
  The 4th of July, 2022, on Roosevelt Island was as peaceful — pre-fireworks — as it was sunny and warm. Advance planning paid off with previous years’ problems never developing. by David Stone The Roosevelt
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  Main Street, Roosevelt Island, What Most Visitors Never SeeJuly 5, 2022
  About the long-neglected tree beds on Main Street, a resident wrote, “They are first and foremost eyesores, and then safety hazards. It’s impossible to believe — No, wait – not impossible — the neglect going
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  After a Lost Election, A Better Idea for Roosevelt IslandJuly 3, 2022
  “Neither Marc nor I won,” Joyce Short answered our inquiry. She meant the contest for two seats on the Democratic State Committee. She and fellow Roosevelt Islander Marc Block ran in partnership. Entering late with
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  OMNY for the Tram: Frustrations Prompt a Petition DriveJuly 2, 2022
  An OMNY for the Roosevelt Island Tram petition states it simply: “We are asking the MTA and RIOC between them to remedy this.” The solution is simple. Install OMNY Card readers in two Tram locations, but
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  Interesting Fact #9 – The First Product Sold Online Was a Sting albumJuly 1, 2022
  The first product ever sold online was a Sting album. On August 11, 1994, the album was sold on Netscape’s website for $12.48. This was significant because it marked the beginning of eCommerce and showed
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  Poisonous, Invasive Weeds Where RIOC Hacked Inkberry TreesJuly 1, 2022
  As we reported two years ago, RIOC’s hacking of the inkberry tree row shading the East Promenade was a mistake. But the sheer brutality and neglectfulness turned out much worse than we feared. Easy to
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  Democracy Is Dead in New York and Probably ElsewhereJuly 1, 2022
  Democracy is dead, voting results prove. It was a slow death, a cancer of alienation that waved warning flags all the way down the tracks. The warnings made no difference, and no cure was attempted.
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  They Said It Couldn’t Be Done. Nobody Could Do It. RIOC Did.June 30, 2022
  RIOC did it, defying nature. Experience, we’re told, is the best teacher. That’s because we learn from it. We adjust and we change because we learn. You almost can’t do otherwise. But RIOC did, screwing
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  The Gap Show: RIVAA Has An Opening On SaturdayJune 30, 2022
  The Roosevelt Island Daily News
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  REFORM THE SUPREME COURT OR LOSE YOUR RIGHTSJune 30, 2022
  Unelected judges shouldn’t have the power to take away rights most Americans support. Regardless of anyone’s views on abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson took away a reproductive right that a half-century of hard-fought

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