“Neither Marc nor I won,” Joyce Short answered our inquiry. She meant the contest for two seats on the Democratic State Committee. She and fellow
Year: 2022
OMNY for the Tram: Frustrations Prompt a Petition Drive
An OMNY for the Roosevelt Island Tram petition states it simply: “We are asking the MTA and RIOC between them to remedy this.” The solution is
Interesting Fact #9 – The First Product Sold Online Was a Sting album
The first product ever sold online was a Sting album. On August 11, 1994, the album was sold on Netscape’s website for $12.48. This was
Poisonous, Invasive Weeds Where RIOC Hacked Inkberry Trees
As we reported two years ago, RIOC’s hacking of the inkberry tree row shading the East Promenade was a mistake. But the sheer brutality and
Democracy Is Dead in New York and Probably Elsewhere
Democracy is dead, voting results prove. It was a slow death, a cancer of alienation that waved warning flags all the way down the tracks.
They Said It Couldn’t Be Done. Nobody Could Do It. RIOC Did.
RIOC did it, defying nature. Experience, we’re told, is the best teacher. That’s because we learn from it. We adjust and we change because we
The Gap Show: RIVAA Has An Opening On Saturday
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REFORM THE SUPREME COURT OR LOSE YOUR RIGHTS
Unelected judges shouldn’t have the power to take away rights most Americans support. Regardless of anyone’s views on abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v.
WE HAVE A SMOKING GUN — INDICT TRUMP NOW
If Trump gets a “get out of jail free” card after trying to join armed rioters at the Capitol, the dangers are incalculable. By Mitchell Zimmerman |
A Summer Tale of Two Roosevelt Island Landscapes
If anything emphasizes the schism between RIOC and how Roosevelt Islanders want to live, it’s the landscaping. The contrast is raw and inescapable in the
