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,...
Recycling meets reality
Modern industry has made great strides in turning trash into tomorrow’s new products, but the process is still a long way from perfect. New technologies can help. Plus, updates on chemical recycling, design for recycling and dirty recycling. By M….
GET THE FEDS OUT OF THE WAY OF CANNABIS REFORM
The House just took a huge step toward repealing the marijuana prohibition. What’s next? By Paul Armentano | December 9, 2020 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News When it comes to marijuana policy, it’s time for the federal government to…
As More Red States Legalize Marijuana, Some Officials Try to Nip It in the Bud
Justin Franz December 9, 2020 With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard wants to be dealing with during the upcoming legislative session…
Artist Interrupted, Answering The COVID Challenge By Going Home To Theatre Roots: Madison Abdul
Answering the COVID challenge, Madison Abdul — now Madi Jo — fills the void with a return to her roots. She takes the stage in The Ghosts All Around Us, a new work by Jonathan Fadner, back home with Main…
The Complaint Files NYPD Unions Don’t Want You to See
THE CITY has obtained more than 250 civilian reports alleging police abuses, from bullying to brutality. Read details from some of the records law enforcement groups are waging a court battle to keep confidential. Josefa Velasquez, Greg B. Smith, and…
Amid Covid, the Air Hazards of Gas Appliances Draw New Scrutiny
December 2, 2020 by Jonathan Mingle Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News As a physician and epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, T. Stephen Jones spent his career fighting major threats to public health…
NYPD Cops Cash In on Sex Trade Arrests With Little Evidence, While Black and Brown New Yorkers Pay the Price
One summer night in 2015, a community college student was driving home through East New York in Brooklyn when two women on a street corner waved for him to stop. He thought they might need help, so he pulled over…
American individualism and our collective crisis
Q&A — Political scientist Deborah Schildkraut Our national and social identity is deeply rooted in values like freedom, equality and order. A political scientist explores how these ideas have affected the US response to the worsening pandemic. By Anil Ananthaswamy…
NYC school reopening redux: What to know about heading back to class
Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat New York Dec 4, 8:09pm EST An estimated 200,000 New York City students are set to return to school buildings starting Monday, following a brief citywide campus shutdown amid rising coronavirus cases. Over the course of the…
Roosevelt Island Bank Hopes Need Help. Now, They Get Some
Roosevelt Island bank hopes need help. Amalgamated shut down in September, but November brought a boost. Will it be enough? By David Stone Roosevelt Island News Roosevelt Island’s small size and relative isolation create unique challenges. Nowhere is that more…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor