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,...
Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties
Two-year-old Zion Gastelum died just days after dentists performed root canals and put crowns on six baby teeth at a clinic affiliated with a private equity firm. His parents sued the Kool Smiles dental clinic in Yuma, Arizona, and its…
Charles Bridge – One of the Oldest and Most Beautiful in the World
Charles Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest standing bridges in the world and is considered to be a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. by David Stone Built in…
How Did Roosevelt Island Become Shelton Haynes’s Piggy Bank?
President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes’s piggy bank, otherwise known as the RIOC budget, gets its money almost exclusively from Roosevelt Island. The governor’s office controls or approves everything, but the state doesn’t contribute a dime for operating expenses. At first, it…
Does Big Pharma Have Any Recognizable Morals?
It’s no secret that Big Pharma – the pharmaceutical industry – is, shall we say, less than scrupulous. In recent years, several major drug companies have been caught bribing doctors, fudging research data, and price-gouging patients. So it’s not surprising…
The Mysterious Case of the New York City Smells
New Yorkers are a hardy bunch. We can deal with a lot of things that would send other people running for the hills. But even we have our limits, and one of those limits is smells. Bad ones. Lately, New…
Why Does New York City Smell So Bad These Days?
These days, the Big Apple smells more like a big pile of rotting garbage. What gives? And there’s something else. Have you noticed that walking down any avenue you seem to pass skunk farms, one after another? by David Stone…
Brace Yourselves for RIOC Tree Pruning, Out of Season Again
Tree pruning is best done, for the sake of the trees, in winter. That’s because the trees are dormant then, their leaves fallen. Before that, trees struggle with the damage and can be permanently injured. An October assault on cherry…
Subway Escalator Construction Reroutes Your Walk, Starting Monday
Yesterday afternoon, RIOC released a notice that the subway escalator construction, now underway, requires some foot traffic detours. They start on Monday and are limited to overnight hours. The Roosevelt Island Daily News An aerial map shows the work zone…
Now That She’s Re-Elected, Here’s What Hochul Can Do for Roosevelt Island
Now that she’s in office for a full term, Governor Kathy Hochul can do a number of things that help Roosevelt Island. We’re not talking pie in the sky here. These are common sense moves that overthrow the neglect and…
Staff Evaluations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
We’ve all been there. It’s the end of the year, and your boss pulls you into their office for a “chat.” You sit down, bracing yourself for the inevitable criticism of your work over the past twelve months. But then,…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor