RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Stories that matter, from the heart of the East River.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Month: July 2023

Book Review: How Our Hands Reveal Our Thoughts

June 23, 2023 by Dan Falk It’s no secret that humans use their hands, as well as their voices, to communicate. But while countless volumes have been written about the world’s spoken and written languages, gestures appear to have been…

New AVAC Crash Stirs RIOC’s Gross Illiteracy. When Will This End, Governor Hochul?

Another serious AVAC crash happened sometime over the 4th of July weekend. We don’t know much about it because the standard mismanagement gave rise to an utterly illiterate community alert mainly underscoring the mess RIOC has become. Governor Hochul, is…

NYPD Car Chases Up Massively Under Mayor Adams — With Sometimes Fatal Results

Yoav Gonen, Suhail Bhat, and Harry Siegel, The City This article was originally published on Jul 5 4:45pm EDT by THE CITY NYPD car chases have skyrocketed under Mayor Eric Adams, part of a deliberate but unofficial shift in enforcement…

RIOC’s Ultra-Goofy SOS Campaign Sends Haynes Winging to the Oregon Cascades

In recent month’s, RIOC’s SOS campaign – Save Our Shelton – has winged as far afield as Europe. Now, over the July 4th holiday weekend, we find it tickling the business community in rural Oregon. There is, of course, a…

RIOC Board Threatens A Conway Ekpo Zombie Return. Can We Stop It?

At RIOC’s June board meeting, President/CEO Shelton Haynes mumbled about a “clerical error” causing the Conway Ekpo zombie’s exit from the board. Without explaining a word of it, he then threatened a January return, pending Senate approval. It was chilling,…

What Are Those Winged Bugs Blanketing New York?

Rachel Holliday Smith, The City This article was originally published on Jun 30 12:01pm EDT by THE CITY Sticky heat. Smoke in the skies. And now swarms of bugs? Summer is off to an icky start in New York as…