Without notice, RIOC added Akeem Jamal to its executive roster in August. According to his LinkedIn Profile, Jamal is now Assistant Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs at the state agency.
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
Jamal has been the Director of Communications for the City of Yonkers since 2019.
RIOC did not advertise this opening locally, and a professional executive search company played a major role.
Three Newspapers and a Broken Water Fountain
One paper stopped arriving. Another outgrew the list that started it, then learned how to say goodbye.
In 2018, Roosevelt Island had three local newspapers and no working drinking fountains. Seven years later, one paper had disappeared, one founder was leaving the country and the word “your” was about to receive a much clearer ending.
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