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,...
Who is Liz Krueger? Our next State Senator. That’s good.
With New York State redistricting finally done for 2022, one of the biggest changes for Roosevelt Island will be in the State Senate. In 2012, Republicans gerrymandered a ridiculous district that sent José Serrano dipping south from his true district…
All that we lost when they mangled Southpoint Park
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Updating Southpoint Park as a welcoming open space, Roosevelt Islanders worked with RIOC, putting together a plan. The Smallpox Hospital ruins would be stabilized with a planned future. There would be better seating…
On the Clean Water Act’s 50th Birthday, What Should We Celebrate?
Some rivers and lakes wouldn’t be swimmable today without this critical law. But it could use a refresh to help meet our current challenges. June 2, 2022 – by Rona Kobell This story was originally published by The Revelator. The Roosevelt Island…
Hey, RIOC! Who’s minding the store? #1,078
It’s a Friday morning rush, and a resident reports, “3 separate maskless riders on the 9:15 (non-express) and one of them is actively coughing.” But he has seen, photographed and reported similar before. And after all these months of COVID…
UPDATE: RIOC’s Chaos and Turmoil Now: Tennis Courts, June 3rd, 2022
By Friday, June 3rd, Matthew Waldman had had enough. He wrote a thoughtful email to RIOC about the poorly managed permitting system for the Octagon Tennis Courts. His email went to Wanda Coleman, who manages permits, President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes…
A New Leader for the Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association
This week, The Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association (RIVAA) elected a new president. She is Sandra Gavelyte, an architect, born in Lithuania. She replaces RIVAA founder Tad Sudol. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News In Gavelyte, RIVAA has…
Coffee is healthy: The large scientific study that proves it
A shocking report – or at least one that should be shocking – appeared this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers studied data from 171, 616 people with a mean age of 55.6 years and found that, over…
Great News: 4th of July Back on the East River, But…
No official announcement yet, but the 4th of July barges filled with Macy’s fireworks will anchor just south of Roosevelt Island again in 2022. We have some details, but with RIOC shrouded in secrecy, not as many as most readers…
MTA Still Looking for Light at End of Staffing Shortage Tunnel
Ariel Buckle was settling into retirement last fall — “Basically, I was being a granddad,” he says — when he received an offer to return for 90 days to the job he held at the MTA for a quarter century….
The eternal question: cats or dogs? Which is better?
People have been debating the merits of dogs vs. cats for centuries, and the answer is still not clear. Dogs are known for their loyalty and intelligence, while cats are celebrated for their independence and cuteness. But which one is…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor