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,...
UPDATED: Will RIOC Ever Change? Can It? Find Out Wednesday.
For many Roosevelt Islanders, RIOC change was a dream lost when Andrew Cuomo became Governor. Control and patronage trumped local needs, a position hardened further under Governor Hochul. But thanks to activism supported by Senator Liz Krueger who helped appoint…
How do cherry trees know when it’s time to blossom?
Some cherry blossoms opened in January on Roosevelt Island, but those were juveniles, recent plantings near Cornell Tech… Youths still in search of themselves. But now, cherry blossom season is about to start with the first traditional trees budding this…
Good News – Stolen Goldwater Bronze Lamps Recovered
Wednesday afternoon, historian Judith Berdy got a call she never expected. The Bronze Lamps preserved from Goldwater Hospital, then stolen last week, had been recovered. They’re in tough shape, no longer intact, but not melted down as feared. by David…
Something Happened at the Special RIOC Board Meeting. We Don’t Know What.
We know that something happened, probably something big, at the mystery meeting held last evening in the Good Shepherd Community Center. But, cloaked in secrecy, the specific topic – or topics – remain a secret. by David Stone The Roosevelt…
Despite Three Derailments in 22 Days, Transit President Says Subway Riders Should Feel Safe
An F Train carrying 37 people skipped the tracks on Wednesday in Brooklyn with no injuries reported. Derailments with passengers are relatively rare — before last week the last one was in 2020. By Jose Martinez Jan 10 5:52pm EST…
Main Street Retail 2024: Mixed Bag with Some Promise
No question, 2023 was a down year for Main Street retail with multiple closings and more ugly, empty storefronts. It reflected the still unresolved difficulties surrounding doing business in the canyon. Rents are too high for this marketplace, and RIOC…
Another Mystery Meeting Amid Turmoil – What’s Up With RIOC Now?
About the mystery meeting: “PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a special meeting of the RIOC Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 5:30 p.m.” The advisory landed just after 7:00 p.m. on Monday, less than 48…
Illiterate and All Over the Map, RIOC’s Back in Form for 2024
Nothing says, “RIOC’s back” better than the return to illiteracy and junk mail commitments in the agency’s bumbling “advisories.” Today, it reached a nostalgic level of ineptitude straight out of the gate. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News…
Ben Fhala – Game Changer or Spinning His Wheels?
Whether RIOC Board Member Ben Fhala is a game changer for Roosevelt Island or not is still unknown, but the stage is set. After standing tall against winds of resistance, Fhala has opened a campaign, joined by at least two…
Music for A Sunday Afternoon with Yiheng Yang at Gallery RIVAA
Today, January 7th, Gallery RIVAA invites you inside for a brilliant afternoon of music that may make the clouds and cold disappear. The Roosevelt Island Daily News Yiheng Yang, internationally recognized fortepianist and faculty at The Juilliard School, is a…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor