The once world-celebrated, unique system for handling trash on Roosevelt Island is still broken. Two years after the jams started and through
MoreCobbled together in a rush, a RIOC Advisory said yesterday that the state had ” shut down for emergency work” the entire “east
MoreWelcome AVAC repair work is underway along the West Promenade near Rivercross. Recurring problems leading to shutdowns have hampered the garbage collection
MoreEnvac Iberia promised RIOC a newly renovated AVAC system in the spring of 2019, and RIOC awarded them $1.7 million for the
MoreReverse nostalgia greeted some Roosevelt Islanders for Thanksgiving. Smelly hallways and heaps of black trash bags herald a new AVAC failure, after
MoreWhen RIOC updates on the AVAC, it’s always a little confusing and incomplete. But this time, it’s also mostly good news. By
MoreThe AVAC crisis, we learned yesterday, has grown much worse. Now six months long, RIOC predicts as much as another half-year before
MoreThe broken AVAC residents have dealt with since May got another spray of cryptic messaging from RIOC. Cryptic because each message contradicts
MoreThe crisis caused by a nearly six month AVAC breakdown grew, this week,as the trash collection mess extended into Roosevelt Landings. Roosevelt
MoreIs the AVAC down for good? The question can’t be avoided now that almost half a year has passed since the system
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