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,...
Hey, cat lovers, Millie and Mouse need a home, and they are perfect
Maybe you already know the pleasures of cats in your life, or maybe you’ve heard. Let Millie and Mouse, cared for by Roosevelt Island’s own Wildlife Freedom Foundation, bring you joy.
SO, WHO LIED ABOUT THE NEW YORK STATE SHELTON J. HAYNES PARKING AREA? WAS IT RIOC OR… WELL, RIOC?
Confusion surrounding the official New York State Shelton J. Haynes Parking Area multiplied when RIOC tried evading accountability… er, clearing up some details. We decided we’d better take a look.
How Meditation with Abraham Hicks May Unlock Doors to Source
Meditation with Abraham Hicks puts you on the track that Esther Hicks now says opened her up to Abraham and revelations from “Source.” But that’s just one of the stories. It is consistent, though, with other popular practices. By David…
Are you vaccinated? Mask rules eased now as local COVID infections plummet
Mask rules eased for vaccinated Americans, this week. The federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued new guidance, just as local COVID infection rates fell to near 1%.
Op-Ed: Critical race theory is about to face its day(s) in court
John Murawski | RealClearInvestigations/April 27th, 2021 As recently as last summer, few people outside academia had heard of critical race theory, whose central claim is that racism, not liberty, is the founding value and guiding vision of American society. Then,…
The People, The Art, RIVAA Vernissage 20, Roosevelt Island, New York
RIVAA Vernissage 20 opened last weekend, and it was a milestone for Roosevelt Island. The artist collective postponed 2020’s “unveiling” because of COVID, but this year, it happened on time, signalling a comeback.
The Soup Lady and Me
About The Soup Lady… By Esther Yang Margot — The Soup Lady — is her name. She is an Island residence, and a usual fixture in the Roosevelt Island Green Market. She’s saved me these past few months when I’m…
‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace
Anna Maria Barry-Jester April 25, 2021 [Editor’s note: This article contains strong language that readers might find offensive or disturbing.] SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. — Dr. Gail Newel looks back on the past year and struggles to articulate exactly…
What’s worse than RIOC seizing space in historic Blackwell House? Answer: Demanding free parking to go with it.
RIOC seizing space in Blackwell House, giving president/CEO Shelton Haynes a new office, was classic bad optics. But it took just a single week to top it as the state gobbled up sparse street parking, reserving them for his “guests…”
4-24-21 Roosevelt Island: More Cherry Blossoms, More Broken Promises
On 4-24-21, Roosevelt Island, awash in the last round of cherry blossoms, welcomed a fresh flood of visitors. Hundreds of visitors enjoyed our Island, but something was missing. And it wasn’t anything new.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor