Experts cite confusing COVID-19 advice as a contributing factor in making the disease harder to fight. Which is right? Which isn’t? Well, here on Roosevelt Island, RIOC’s not about shirking its responsibility and pitching in.
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
On a poster dated March, 2020, and still offering guidance then believed the best, the Roosevelt Island Tram, in not one but two places, preserves a past we learned to leave behind.
Confusing COVID-19 advice holds an honored place with RIOC.
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Emergency Without Urgency
An emergency is not just a condition. It is a classification.
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