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Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Quick hit: New York City passes a million vaccinated milestone while Roosevelt Island infection rate stays low

Gathering information from the Department of Health, The City, yesterday, reported that 1,038,220 city residents have been vaccinated. It’s a milestone, but we have a long way to go. Locally, Roosevelt Island continues having an infection rate fare below the...

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Gathering information from the Department of Health, The City, yesterday, reported that 1,038,220 city residents have been vaccinated. It’s a milestone, but we have a long way to go.

Locally, Roosevelt Island continues having an infection rate fare below the city average. By Zip Code, the city median infection rate is 5.29%, and 10044 rings in at 2.31%.

The Women Who Held the Ground

The Women Who Held the Ground

Three women tested the limits of what a meeting designed only to discuss “how” would allow itself to hear.

The recording arrived before RIOC posted it. On this island, that usually means they’ll release it when they’re confident nobody still cares. ArchRI simply made a copy available, the way people here tend to do once they’ve stopped waiting for institutions to keep their word. It was the first meeting of what is now meant to be a monthly community advisory group (CAG).

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