Just two weeks after the 4th of July celebration, RIOC’s shuttle bus poster still hangs in the Tram station bus shelter. Anybody home?
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
Apparently, no one among RIOC’s bloated workforce noticed or took the trouble to simply follow through.
The Line That Didn’t Land
We’ll listen to you right after we’re done not listening to you.
I stood in the back of Good Shepherd Chapel on the evening of April 15, 2026, at the Steam Plant Demolition Town Hall, watching people adjust scarves and jackets before the meeting began. Benjamin Jones, President and CEO of RIOC, thanked us for attending and, without a pause, said he was “pleased to host tonight’s town hall on the city’s demolition of its steam plant.” The demolition, in other words, was not up for discussion.
