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,...
Dreams of a Clean Ravenswood Power Plant May Finally Come True
Twenty years ago, while serving on the Residents Association Common Council, I first heard about Roosevelt Islanders’ concerns over Ravenswood. A group led by Karen Stewart had a map that, she said, showed our community in the beam of Asthma…
Roosevelt Island Tram Gets 2-Day Partial Shutdown This Week
RIOC announced a 2-day partial shutdown for the Tram, but it’s not for the hazardous cabin-swinging incidents. Those remain neglected. This, Tram operator Leitner-POMA claims, is the time needed for work on the cabin floors. by David Stone The Roosevelt…
Updated: The Secrets of Sleep and Dreams: What Lions Teach Us
Awake, we believe we’re in the prime spaces of life. Sleep and dreams happen only when we’re forced to rest up. That’s what we’ve been told all out lifes, but what if the opposite is true? What if the hours…
What makes you say, “Would the real Shelton Haynes now please stand up?”
Especially in the last year, we’ve seen a lot of supposedly real Shelton Haynes portrayals appear online. That’s inexplicable, given that the man’s not a chameleon. He’s real, but most recently, his Hampton alumni newsletter, nudges out a whole new,…
Baffled Migrants Sent from Shelter to Shelter With No Rest as City Pushes Them To Leave
Officials quietly started diverting migrants from the Roosevelt Hotel over the weekend, telling them they could find shelter at a new location where instead they’re only offered a ticket out of town. By Gwynne Hogan Oct 24 3:38pm EDT THE…
Starting out normal, a new RIOC day tumbled through flubs into chaos
There hadn’t been a RIOC day like this since August. That was the last day of work for President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes before going on sick leave. A board meeting was on tap for tomorrow, and presumably, he was in…
Menin Pierced the Wall of Tram Silence and Now RIOC Flips Crazy
Official Tram silence sought protection from exposure for RIOC as frightening incidents of cabins swinging widely on cables escalated. But City Council Member Julie Menin, not frozen by a state gag order, broke out with an appeal, asking the agency…
Adams Campaign Contributors Plead Guilty to Straw Donor Conspiracy Charge
Two brothers admit to roles in an illegal fundraising scheme in which a former deputy police inspector, whom the mayor knows socially, was also indicted. By George Joseph Oct 24 2:36pm EDT THE CITY is a nonprofit newsroom that serves…
How to File a Freedom of Information Law Request and Avoid Process Pitfalls
In theory, you can get all kinds of public records and information through the law. But in practice, it takes know-how, patience and persistence. By Reuven Blau Oct 24 5:00am EDT THE CITY is a nonprofit newsroom that serves the…
About RIOC’s Proposed Miracle Budget, Balanced, Jams More People on Tram Cabins
State agencies’ proposed and actual budgets must balance each year. RIOC is no exception. For the coming fiscal year, they balanced a miracle budget with money from a vast increase in Tram ridership. That’s right, the overloaded, rocking and wobbling…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor