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,...
September 2021 on Roosevelt Island in Pictures
Seasons changing and more marked September 2021 on Roosevelt Island as a community worth documenting in pictures. The contrasts, as always, were immense. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News All photos © David Stone/Roosevelt Island Daily Views: September…
Great News Now, Trader Joe’s Bridgemarket Welcomes Shoppers This Month
According to several sources, Trader Joe’s Bridgemarket at 59th and First will open in October. One source pegs the date as the 15th, although the owners are officially mum, except for “Opening Soon.” By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily…
Anger Now On the Rise: RIOC Bungles Public Gift Giving
Public gift giving through Public Purpose Grants marks a rare opportunity for aiding community groups in their mission. But RIOC repeatedly bungles the process, and now the gifts have turned into sources of anger and frustration. By David Stone The…
COVID Infection Rates Fall in New York, But Roosevelt Island Goes the Other Way
COVID infection rates fall in New York City, now back to where we were in early July. But Roosevelt Island fails to come along as rates rise past 2%. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News COVID Infection Rates,…
COVID-19 Pfizer Booster Shots Available to Eligible New Yorkers Who Received Two Pfizer Vaccine Doses
Press Release From HHC NYC Health + Hospitals is now offering booster shots of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to the following eligible people who previously received the second Pfizer vaccine dose at least six months ago: People 65 or older…
Is Homelessness Out of Control in New York? Asleep in the Roosevelt Island Subway
A sign that homelessness in New York is out of control, the increase of people using the Roosevelt Island subway station as a place to sleep. Three different residents offer photos of the growing phenomenon. By David Stone The Roosevelt…
Between Four Freedoms, Breakthrough Art, Opens in the Park
Between Four Freedoms, a breakthrough work by Shaun Leonardo, opened in FDR Four Freedoms Park, this week. A work so unlike anything before it, it defies categorization. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News What is Between Four Freedoms…?…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor