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,...
CUNY Faculty Stage Illegal May Day Strike As Criticism Mounts Over Campus Protest Response
Work stoppages are illegal for New York public servants, but 250-plus professors signed a pledge to not work on Wednesday in support of students pressing demands to “divest from all companies complicit in the imperialist-zionist genocide.” By Claudia Irizarry Aponte…
Report: New York has nation’s highest insurance costs
(The Center Square) — New York State has the highest insurance costs in the country, according to a new report, which says the rates charged for auto, health and other premiums are putting the squeeze on consumer’s wallets. The report by the New York Civil Justice…
At Ops Committee, Encouraging Signs of a New RIOC Rising
When committee chair Fay Christian convened the May 1st RIOC Ops Committee meeting, good signs were on the agenda. The Operations Committee did not disappoint, except for a little more fatigue than necessary. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily…
Guess what? RIOC’s just as pissed at Leitner-POMA as we are.
“Put simply, we are paying for a service that we’re not receiving,” a RIOC executive told The Daily, concerning Leitner-POMA. The Colorado-based company operates the Roosevelt Island Tramway under contract with RIOC. Complaints piled up about safety, courtesy and reliability…
Modest Proposal: A Car-Free Zone for a Greener Roosevelt Island
A new car-free zone makes sense for a community that prides itself as a retreat from all that ails the city. Roosevelt Island is already a quiet space amid the noise, but it can always be greener. Here’s one idea….
NYPD Breaks Up Campus Encampments at City College and Columbia, Arresting Student Protesters
Mayor Eric Adams said the police were needed because pro-Paelstinian students had been “co-opted” by outside agitators, even as Columbia closed off the campus to everyone except to residents and essential personnel. By Gwynne Hogan, and Katie Honan Apr 30…
Community Bids RIOC’s Cy Opperman Farewell… But Not Entirely
Since 2011, Cy Opperman kept the buses running along Roosevelt Island’s Main Street, not stopping for COVID, Superstorms or an aging fleet. Yesterday, RIOC staff and residents threw a farewell party for this much-admired, retiring gentleman, although he’ll be around…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor