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Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Good News: Nisi’s Heated Outdoor Dining Comes Back

“The heated tent is back. Come on down,” say owners Kaie and Alexander Razaghi. Photo: Esther Piaskowski Featured Before I Find the Eggs When a Proposed Shelter Moves Closer to Home, So Do the Questions About Safety, Dignity, and Process...

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“The heated tent is back. Come on down,” say owners Kaie and Alexander Razaghi.

Photo: Esther Piaskowski

The Line That Didn’t Land
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The Line That Didn’t Land

We’ll listen to you right after we’re done not listening to you.

I stood in the back of Good Shepherd Chapel on the evening of April 15, 2026, at the Steam Plant Demolition Town Hall, watching people adjust scarves and jackets before the meeting began. Benjamin Jones, President and CEO of RIOC, thanked us for attending and, without a pause, said he was “pleased to host tonight’s town hall on the city’s demolition of its steam plant.” The demolition, in other words, was not up for discussion.

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