RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Stories that matter, from the heart of the East River.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Abbie Hoffman

Roosevelt Island Story: Abbie Hoffman & Me vs The Wild Paranoia

I never thought I shared a talent for spurring wild paranoia with Abbie Hoffman. But the similarities, even nearly six decades later, are inescapable – if on a ridiculously smaller scale. Hoffman shook up Nixon’s White House. All I rattled…