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,...
The 30th Anniversary of Restaurant Week Is Coming in July
Why not get some of it coming to Roosevelt Island? Restaurants wishing to be part of it must register by July 5th. Wouldn’t it be a good and healthy thing to have our local restaurants listed and bringing in traffic?…
RIOC Demands Signing Up for SPAM If You Want to See the Fireworks in Four Freedoms Park
With only 1,500 tickets available, a scramble to see the Macy’s Fireworks in FDR Four Freedoms State Park is inevitable. RIOC’s exploiting this by demanding you sign up for SPAM to qualify. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News…
Ballad of Shelton and Altheria – A Roosevelt Island Story
For more than a year, we resisted telling the story of Shelton Haynes and Altheria Jackson. The pair, longtime friends, occupy top rungs on the executive ladder at RIOC, overseeing Roosevelt Island. But new details kept rolling in. Finally, we…
It’s Time to Vote For Governor of New York. Here’s What the Candidates Are Planning for NYC.
Candidates for New York governor are competing to run the whole state, from Montauk to Buffalo, starting with the June 28 primary. But with all due respect to Rochester and Troy and Riverhead, let’s take a close-up look at what…
Updated: Your July 4th, 2022, Guide for Roosevelt Island
Here at The Daily, we’re posting a 4th of July, 2022, Guide for Roosevelt Island because what’s tumbling out of RIOC is either garbled or baffling, depending on your point of view. We’ve sifted through the stream of confusing “advisories”…
New York City Pride March, June 26th, 2022
Celebrating LGBTQIA+, the New York City Pride March steps out at noon from the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 25th Street at the north end of Madison Square Park. This week, emotions surrounding Pride turned up when the Supreme Court,…
What Rights Will The Supreme Court Roll Back After Roe?
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion, in a 6-3 decision. The court also overturned Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 case that in some ways…
The Wonderful World of Shelton J. Haynes’s Roosevelt Island
Before Shelton J. Haynes ambled in, often the most interesting part of any Board meeting was The President’s Report. Previous President Susan Rosenthal, aware she was talking to the community as well as the Board, laid out successes and challenges….
‘We’re at a Crisis Point’: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures
By slashing inpatient psychiatric care, New York has left people with too few places to turn for treatment of serious mental health conditions, state Attorney General Letitia James said at a hearing held by her office Wednesday. Abigail Kramer and…
New York to Abortion Seekers: We Will Be Here for You
New York City officials responded emphatically Friday to the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark case Roe v. Wade, announcing plans to launch a hotline to share information and expand provider access to make the city a “safe haven”…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor