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,...
Roosevelt Island cherry blossoms pop. Ready for a big finale?
Roosevelt Island cherry blossoms, now in pinkish bloom on the most mature trees, set the stage for the season’s best. Expect an April full of color.
Albany’s Tax-the-Rich Deal Sends Wealthy to Washington Looking for Relief
Greg David, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Apr 5 at 9:58pm EDTby THE CITY Deals to raise taxes on New York’s millionaires and companies could send both fleeing the state, business leaders and fiscal experts warn — unless…
Westview finally springs free, Mitchell-Lama conversion now complete
Announcing the Mitchell-Lama conversion final approval, David Hirschhorn said, “Perched atop the East River on Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island, coop apartments in the 19-Story, 360 unit Westview Apartments will soon be offered for sale. Hirschhorn, managing member of the developer, WV…
The East River Park Is Rising, Passing Roosevelt Island
East River Park, known also as John V. Lindsay East River Park, builds past Roosevelt Island and the Queensboro Bridge. Riders on the Tram get a skyview.
The puzzle of play
The purpose of play — for children, monkeys, rats or meerkats — has proved surprisingly hard to pin down. Scientists continue to toss around ideas. By Chris Woolston 3.30.2021 Anyone who has ever chucked a tennis ball in the…
Chocolate’s secret ingredient is the fermenting microbes that make it taste so good
Whether baked as chips into a cookie, melted into a sweet warm drink or molded into the shape of a smiling bunny, chocolate is one of the world’s most universally consumed foods. Caitlin Clark, Colorado State University Republished with Permission:…
Dream of Connected NYC Greenway Re-Envisioned as Path to COVID Recovery
Jose Martinez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Apr 4 at 8:29pm EDTby THE CITY After long pushing for a 400-mile citywide network of protected multi-use trails, green groups are betting on President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan…
Where are they now? RIOC General Counsel and Acting CEO Don Lewis
When I last saw Don Lewis, he absorbed a stream of information from RIOC President/CEO Charlene Indelicato, circa 2013. They walked under a Westview overpass along Roosevelt Island’s East Promenade. Not much later, he sued her and the state agency’s…
Central Park, NYC, Easter 2021
Latest from the Roosevelt Island Daily News desk… Roosevelt Island Home Mug by RIDaily
Embattled Cuomo Pushes Skyline-Altering Penn Station Real Estate Plan as Critics Mobilize
Josefa Velasquez and Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This article was originally published on Apr 2 at 10:42am EDT by THE CITY Even amid multiple scandals, a weakened Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to railroad through a city-changing land deal…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor