David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
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Naples, Wicked, Sensual, But Home for Faith & Families
Naples, Italy, owns a reputation for being wicked, ridden with crime, but it’s also home for faith and families.
How Durst Won NYC Ferry Astoria Battle But Lost War
Today, the NYC Ferry Astoria Line extends one stop west, from Queens to Manhattan. The move’s something of a yawner, but a big money battle simmers behind it. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News It took a full…
RIOC News Arrives: This Promo Is On You
August 2020: This week, RIOC News arrived, thuddingly dull and full of itself. In short, the state agency looks in a mirror, and it really likes what it sees. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News If you’ve ever…
When RIOC Destroys Habitat, Birds Get Lost
When RIOC destroys habitat, birds get lost, and that’s just the most visible impact from wrecking Southpoint Park. By David Stone Roosevelt Islanders may be more simpatico with the bosses at 591 Main than imagined, seeing geese forced out of…
Will RIOC News Successfully Reshuffle A Bad Hand?
Can RIOC News change the state’s narrative on Roosevelt Island, shining up a scuffed image? Will it inform, mislead or some of both? By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News In August 2020, we learned, RIOC launched a newsletter,…
Did RIOC Forget About the FDR Hope Memorial?
Did RIOC forget about the FDR Hope Memorial? Adopted with many thanks in 2018, the long-planned site is idle and overgrown. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News “The FDR Hope Memorial, a work the late Jim Bates, President…
Unanswered Questions: Really, Why Did RIOC Destroy Southpoint Park?
Why did RIOC destroy Southpoint? Behind that simple question hides a string of others. And they go back years tainted with hidden motives. By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News Why Did RIOC Destroy Southpoint? The question lingers unanswered because…
Tidal Energy Project Enters Groundbreaking Final Phase
Verdant Power’s East River tidal energy (RITE) project nears its finish. Three new turbines are ready, assembled on a TriFrame, and they spring into action this fall. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Fifteen years ago, Verdant Power…
Hurricane Isaias Struck Roosevelt Island: A Story in Pictures
Isaias Struck Roosevelt Island in the first week of August 2020. It was downgraded by then to a tropical storm, but the Island was carpeted with downed trees and branches, the worst centered on the north end. by David Stone…
Tropical Storm Isaias, Real Life Story Of RIOC Dysfunction
Tropical Storm Isaias exposes RIOC dysfunction as the state agency fumbled and bumbled its leadership role. So bad, it was almost funny. Except for the risks. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Rocked by the sudden ouster of…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor