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,...
Did RIOC’s board stumble, bumble and finally fumble a great opportunity?
April 22nd, 2021, did RIOC’s board stumble and eventually fumble a great opportunity for community engagement? Here’s how one bigmouth, weak reasoning and iffy claims messed up the chance.
COVID and Cabin Fever Inspire New Uses of NYC Outdoor Space This Summer
Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Apr 22 at 9:14pm EDTby THE CITY Sure, air conditioning is nice. But after the year we’ve had, who wants to stay indoors this coming summer? Much more of city…
Vernissage 20 Opens Saturday, April 24th at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main Street
Opening Reception, free to the public, from 6:00 to 9:00…
UPDATE: RIOC Splits Community. This Time, Aided by Kallos and Maloney
RIOC splits community with such consistency, it’s hard to see it as other than deliberate. Echoing its own internal turmoil, the state agency divides to conquer. Sadly, some elected officials play along.
Rossana Ceruzzi and Wildlife Freedom Foundation Volunteers on Today Show for Earth Day
Roosevelt Island-based Wildlife Freedom Foundation, its founder and volunteers earn local Earth Day attention on NBC’s Today Show tomorrow.
NYPD behaving badly. Have New York’s finest changed much since the BLM protests?
As a first hand witness to NYPD behaving badly, I wondered if the police department changed much since last summer.
Why RIOC’s Thursday, April, 2021,Board Meeting Is Significant…
On Thursday, RIOC’s April board meeting for this year includes agenda items of considerable public interest. The board looks at Public Purpose Fund grants for 2021, plus an amendment for their cloaked coronavirus testing site. The meeting streams on Zoom,…
Only in New York City, Whimsey, COVID and a Taxi in Kips Bay
A peak of New York City whimsey stands tall in Kips Bay, just a block away from the busy 34th Street NYC Ferry terminal.
Is the internal RIOC attack team now turning on CEO Shelton Haynes?
A leading figure in the internal RIOC attack team accused of leading the charge against RIOC’s fired CEO Susan Rosenthal resurfaced. A March Twitter post shows her taking a whack at Governor Cuomo as well as RIOC’s “unethical leaders.”
Marijuana — Weed — Is Legal Now, But There Are Limits
Yes, weed is legal now in New York City, but it’s still not always welcome. There’s the smell, for starters, and the never ending threat of whimsy.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor