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,...
This Weekend: A Free Opening Reception at RIVAA for Intermezzo
Intermezzo is, as the name implies, a short connecting piece between larger exhibits. This does not mean the artworks are less important because these are members’ works, new and old, that they are eager to show today. by David Stone…
Subway Window-Smash Blitz Puts Brakes on Wednesday Commute
Service on the W line was left in pieces as 45 trains were vandalized in a roughly 29-hour period, officials said. Jose Martinez, The City This article was originally published on Sep 13 1:50pm EDT by THE CITY A daylong…
RIOC’s new MTA/OMNY deal is so bad, it isn’t even wrong.
In advance of today’s board meeting, RIOC yesterday released details of its MTA/OMNY deal. It’s full of Roosevelt Island giveaways, agreed to under specious reasoning, simply another major fail under CEO Shelton J. Haynes. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island…
The Great Tyrone Curtis “Muggsy” Bogues: The Whole Story
This month, YRB magazine features the story of Muggsy Bogues, the NBA’s little guy who made it very big. What we find in this article is that Muggsy is remarkable on all fronts throughout his life. The Roosevelt Island Daily…
Why the CDC Has Recommended New Covid Boosters for All
Arthur AllenSeptember 13, 2023 Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest covid-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more hospitalizations each year than if…
How Will RIOC Fill All the Holes in Its September 2023 Agenda?
September 2023 finds the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) reflecting persistent failures in its board agenda. “Approval of the budget is not on it,” one insider commented, “not shocking but evidence they are behind the eight ball on this.” This…
The Persistent Mysteries of Electroconvulsive Therapy
August 28, 2023 by Astrid Landon In June 2015, Jeffrey Thelen’s parents noticed their son was experiencing problems with his memory. In the subsequent years, he would get lost driving to his childhood home, forget his cat had died, and…
Hochul slammed for ‘half-baked’ legal pot rollout
(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is being criticized for her administration’s “half baked” efforts to rollout the state’s new recreational cannabis market. The Coalition for Access to Regulated and Safe Cannabis, which is suing the state over…
In Search of Safer Refuge: The Challenges of Replicating Nature
September 11, 2023 by Marta Zaraska In 2016, Ox Lennon was trying to peek in the crevices inside a pile of rocks. They considered everything from injecting builders’ foam into the tiny spaces to create a mold to dumping a…
Bare it all: The Naked Truth about Riding Bicycles in New York City to Protest Biofuels
Ah, New York City, the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps, and now, the city that sometimes cycles in the buff. Bet you didn’t see that one coming, did you…? Butt riding bicycles naked? Well, buckle up (or should…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor