According to the latest statistics from the New York City Department of Health, Roosevelt Island’s positive rate for coronavirus infections is just 1.96%.
The numbers are well under the Manhattan borough rate of 3.35% and the city overall rate of 6.32%.
Only 9 out of 459 tested came up positive.
These are seven day rolling averages for the week ending March 24th, 2021.
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A new RIOC appeals officer denied records on how its general counsel was hired
A different RIOC appeals officer denied records on how RIOC hired general counsel Lance Polivy. RIOC’s internal deliberations on the hire stay withheld.
Monday’s PSD blotter: two hospital transports, two disputes
RIOC’s Nov. 9 PSD blotter lists 14 incidents, including four aided calls with two hospital transports and a verbal dispute at 750 Main Street that drew FDNY.
Flushing Spa Murder: Man Charged After Woman Found Stabbed to Death
Flushing spa murder investigation leads to a murder charge against a 54-year-old man after a woman was found fatally stabbed in a Queens storefront.
Sunday’s blotter: four medical calls, three non-criminal investigations
RIOC’s Nov. 8 PSD blotter lists 19 incidents, including four aided calls (two hospital transports) and three Investigation Non-Criminal entries at 465, 580 and 546 Main Street.
You Can’t Be All Three
April 9, 2026, during the full board meeting of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, Fay Christian said something that should have landed harder than it did. She wished RIOC were not responsible for the tram. Then she asked what it would look like if it were given to the MTA. That was not a passing comment.
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