David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
On Roosevelt Island: A Happy, Sunny Side of Main?
A happy, sunny side of Main Street on Roosevelt Island rises into view soon after you leave the half-abandoned canyon and Shops On Main.
Why Can’t RIOC Now Shake Its Tradition of Lying?
At RIOC, a tradition of lying is baked in, undermining the state’s own credibility and public trust. But why? by David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News As RIOC rushed into demolishing big swaths of Southpoint Park, their brightly hued email…
For Four Freedoms Park, A Summer Never Forgotten, 2020
This year, the Four Freedoms Park summer celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. But there’s even more to enjoy with women winning the right to vote.
Can Shelton Haynes Handle Freelancing, Manipulating RIOC Staff Now?
Can Shelton Haynes handle RIOC? It’s a small deal in the greater State scheme of things, but Roosevelt Island needs better leadership. Can he supply it?
Southpoint, RIOC’s Strange and Reckless Assault on the Park
RIOC’s reckless assault on Southpoint Park trips on the heels of a broad evasion of responsibility. Ethical errors doom this project. And again, elected officials hide. Memorize their names for coming elections: Seawright, Serrano, Kallos, Brewer and Cuomo. A vote…
Women’s Suffrage: Joyful Celebration Now in Four Freedoms Park
Suffrage in Four Freedoms Park, celebrated in a field of sunflowers, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Once again, the monumental staircase shouts, “Liberation!”
RIOC Busted! Southpoint Park Hoax Now Exposed
A Southpoint Park hoax was exposed recently when a newly open RIOC released the three-year old redesign plan approved in 2017. That plan got trashed in 2020 for a whole new direction, but nobody seems to know why. By David…
RIOC Turnover and Quarantines
For RIOC, turnover and quarantines weave through a season spoiled by COVID-19, and yesterday brought a perfect storm.
Fix The East River? Is That Now Still Possible?
Can we fix the East River? Trouble is, the East River isn’t even a river. Rivers don’t change directions several times a day. Downstream flow lets true rivers rinse out, but the East River gets none of that. By David…
Is RIOC Hiding A 600 Pound Gorilla?Southpoint Toxic Waste
Is Southpoint Park toxic waste the invisible gorilla in the room in the redesign? It seems to have slipped everyone’s notice, and that’s the point. By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News UPDATE: JULY 20TH, 2020 A video surfaced of…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor