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,...
Fall for Arts Festival 2025 Brings Roosevelt Island Together in Color, Creativity, and Community
By Ericka O’Connell Neighbors, What a weekend. Roosevelt Island’s Fall for Arts Festival came alive this past Saturday on the Meditation Lawn, and it was everything we hoped for music, art, laughter, connection, and hope. Families, Friends, and Full Hearts From morning…
Feeling the Inflation Pinch? New York Returns Some of It to Our Mailboxes
Hello friends and neighbors! In a thoughtful nod to all of us feeling the high cost of everyday life, New York State is sending out its first-ever inflation refund checks starting late September through mid-October 2025. For many Roosevelt Islanders, it means a…
Then & Now: September 11, 2001 — What We Carry, What We Build
By Ericka O’Connell, Roosevelt Island Daily Hello, friends! Every Friday, we travel back through time together, but this week’s journey is not an easy one. September 11, 2001, is a day most of us carry in our bones. It is…
In Memory, In Unity: A Letter to Roosevelt Island on September 11
Friends, Every September 11, time feels as if it folds in on itself. One moment I am here, on our Island, watching the sun rise over the East River, hearing the ferry horns and the soft hum of the tram…
In Context: The Peril of Silenced Voices
Welcome, neighbors! Every Wednesday, we take a step back to look deeper. Today, we confront an issue that is as urgent as it is unsettling: the systematic erosion of independent journalism under the Trump administration, exemplified by recent cuts to…
Camouflage or Catouflage? Ai Weiwei Artwork in Four Freedoms Inspired by Wildlife Freedom Foundation
Ai Weiwei’s installation “Camouflage” on Roosevelt Island features cat patterns, emphasizing how animals, unharmed by human crises, suffer the consequences of such events.
A Call to Action, Neighbors. Your Voice Can Make a Difference!
Friends and neighbors of Roosevelt Island, The Beat has an important follow-up for you about the fight to keep a casino out of Times Square. If you’ve been reading our coverage, you know how crucial the stakes are, and here’s…
Reminder: Join Us for Roosevelt Island’s 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
By Ericka O’Connell, Roosevelt Island Daily Hello, friends. As September 11 approaches, our community will once again pause to gather in memory and reflection. The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) invites us all to stand together for this year’s 9/11…
New York Times Wins My First Annual Dimwit Health Reporting Award
The New York Times’ anti-alcohol article misrepresents health risks, failing to provide essential context and maintaining bias, while neglecting more pressing public health issues.
COVID Vaccine Eligibility Changes
Hi friends. Ericka O’Connell here, checking in from our corner of Roosevelt Island with an important health update that could affect many in our community this fall. Major changes in COVID-19 vaccine eligibility tied to medical conditions. Here’s what that…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor