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,...
Four Freedoms: Spoken Words on a New York City Island
Where the rows of linden trees narrow, Four Freedoms escorts you effortlessly into 1941. The world is challenged as never before. Aggression darkens Europe with just one county, Great Britain, still battling the tyrant. And President Roosevelt’s stirring demand for…
The Highs and Lows of Living in New York City
Living in New York City means waking up every day in one of the most iconic cities in the world. It’s also one of the most densely populated, with over 8 million people living in just 302 square miles. That’s…
BIDEN’S STUDENT DEBT RELIEF IS A BIG DEAL
I borrowed modestly, worked on campus, and still had to skip meals to make loan payments — and I was one of the lucky ones. By Olivia Alperstein | August 31, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News We’re told…
Saving Fall for Arts 2022. RIVAA To The Rescue
Fall for Arts 2022 was in jeopardy last month. RIOC‘s troubled President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes told managers that he was canceling the event. The meeting was in his bunker on the second floor of Blackwell House. But members of the…
Report: New York restaurants still mired in struggle
(The Center Square) – New York’s restaurants endured a harsh business climate during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, results from a new survey put out Wednesday by a trade organization show many still struggle. By Steve Bittenbender |…
Hochul Asks for Transparency. RIOC’s Haynes Serves Word Salad
Transparency from New York State agencies was high on the agenda when Governor Kathy Hochul took office in the last week of August 2021. Reversing policies steeped in secrecy was an early promise. Every agency was ordered to produce a…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor