The Roosevelt Island Residents Association announced that ICARE Medical agreed to test up to 6,000 people for free. They’ll be testing on a “first come first served” basis, and is continuing this week at 2 River Road in Manhattan Park
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The Well-Funded Vision and the Silent Landlord
A capable nonprofit has done the work. The public corporation that controls the land has offered no position.
RIOC’s Real Estate Development Advisory Committee met last night. The Renwick Ruin was not on the agenda. A nonprofit that has spent eight years developing detailed plans for the site, raised more than a million dollars, and assembled a board with serious finance and legal credentials continues its work.
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