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Another Evening View on Roosevelt Island, the RIOC Side

Come on, RIOC. Can’t we do better than this? Featured A Job With a Predictable Ending The CEO’s Seat on Roosevelt Island Theo Gobblevelt Mar 27, 2026 The role looks stable from the outside. A President and CEO is appointed....

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Come on, RIOC. Can’t we do better than this?

Early evening outside the highly trafficked area between Starbucks, the subway and Riverwalk Commons. Columbus Day, 2021. ©David Stone/Roosevelt Island Daily
The Meeting That Moved On Without Her
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The Meeting That Moved On Without Her

What I Saw Between a Burned Doorway and a Governance Committee Table Governance Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., November 17, 2025, RIOC Operations Office, 680 Main Street

The smoke had thinned by November seventeenth, but it still clung to my coat and the back of my throat. Two nights earlier, fire trucks had crowded the rear of the Landings, their lights bouncing off brick and glass. The flames were gone. The smell remained.

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