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,...
Granny Annie’s Beat the Odds, One Year Ago, This Month
A bright and popular addition for Roosevelt Island opened one year ago. Granny Annie’s overcame never before seen obstacles, welcoming its first diners in September 2020. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News A One-Year Anniversary for Granny Annie’s…
Where is the Roosevelt Island 9/11 Memorial Tree?
Because plans for the 9/11 Tribute remain vague as well as late, we thought our readers might appreciate clearer directions for locating the Roosevelt Island 9/11 Memorial Tree. The Roosevelt Island Daily News Locate the Tree by walking the lane…
WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS: RIOC’S AWKWARD, DELAYED SCRAMBLE FOR A 9/11 TRIBUTE
It’s almost as if they forgot the value in a 9/11 tribute for Roosevelt Island, and someone prodded them for the 20th Anniversary. It’s scrambled, and it’s late. Little evidence of forethought blew life into their message. By David Stone…
NYC Murals Paint Enduring Pictures of Remembrance, 20 Years After 9/11
Katie Honan, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Sep 8 at 9:35 pm EDTby THE CITY/Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Special to The Roosevelt Island Daily News From handball courts to building…
RIOC REFUSES REQUEST TO REVEAL ITS EMPLOYEE VACCINATION RATES
Continuing its defiance of community values, RIOC yesterday ignored a request for information about vaccination rates among its employees. The Daily made the request following reader interest in the topic. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News About the…
Updated: Dumb and Dumber: RIOC’s Unending Assault on the Disabled
Sure, dumb and dumber is a cliche, but how else can you describe the domino-like parade of stupid, callous behavior? New governor? So what? Nothing changed. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Dumb and Dumber, the Sequence UPDATE,…
Experience, Not Evolution, Gets You Up In The Morning
Experience as a quest, not evolution, is the driving force in life. Not that evolution doesn’t happen. It does but it’s in service of expanding frontiers of experience. By David Stone Experience, Not Evolution Really. It doesn’t take a lot…
KATHRYN GARCIA NAMED STATE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS. LOOK OUT, RIOC
When Governor Kathy Hochul picked Kathryn Garcia as New York State director of operations, she sent a clear message. It wasn’t one that resonates happily with the current managers at RIOC. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Picking…
No NYC Subway Riders Got Fined for Defying Mask Mandate in August
Jose Martinez and Christopher Alvarez, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Sep 6 at 8:05pm EDTby THE CITY /Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. As COVID cases in the city hit their highest…
WHEN ROOSEVELT ISLAND GOT THE JUMP ON BROADWAY…
Roosevelt Island got the jump on Broadway, putting together a revival of Alice Childress’s timely Trouble in Mind in 2017. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Prompted by actor/director Michael Rogers in 2016, we reported on the neglect…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor