“The large multi-page insert for today’s NY Daily News 2024 Queens Business Expo Guide has this big cover picture of our Tram headed to and coming from Manhattan… with a view of Manhattan,” a reader wrote.
by David Stone
The Roosevelt Island Daily News
That was on Tuesday. I was concerned enough that I went outside immediately. I was relieved to find the Tram operating normally – from one Manhattan island to another. It had not been re-routed into Queens, and no extension had been built overnight.
The Queens Business Expo
But if the Daily News said so, I should make sure. I boarded a cabin.
It was a little disorienting because nobody shoved me aside in the rush for seating or TikTok video positions. And I could breathe freely. Not a single backpack slammed against me.
But we landed safely – on Roosevelt Island – despite the strange circumstances.
What’s wrong with this picture?
Being a Roosevelt Islander and naturally suspicious of plots, I remain unconvinced that something nefarious isn’t happening.
Remember how the Redistricting Commission tried lifting our solid rock and putting it back down somewhere in Astoria? We caught them in time. Fortunately.
And despite the vocal protests, the MTA still says we’re a tiny artery, easily ignored, in the Queens bus redesign.
Stay vigilant, friends. You just never know.
The WIRE: Two Futures, One Empty Chair
It is December 6, 2015, and David Stone is writing to Dr. Jack Resnick about a chair that will soon be empty. Dick Lutz is preparing to leave the Main Street WIRE, and Stone has been encouraged to ask whether he might replace him. Seven years of covering art, Cornell Tech and questionable practices inside Public Safety have taught Stone how the paper tells an Island story.
1 COMMENTS