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,...
Good News – Stolen Goldwater Bronze Lamps Recovered
Wednesday afternoon, historian Judith Berdy got a call she never expected. The Bronze Lamps preserved from Goldwater Hospital, then stolen last week, had been recovered. They’re in tough shape, no longer intact, but not melted down as feared. by David…
And Now, Another Broad Daylight Crime on Roosevelt Island
The latest broad daylight crime on Roosevelt Island was a bit different, the theft of historical treasures stored at Coler Hospital. It required two quick raids with an unlicensed, graffiti-smeared truck driving on and off the Island unmolested. A report…
New York City Health & Hospital’s Community Mural Project Graces Coler
“Healing in Community,” a part of NYC Health & Hospitals’s mural project, went live on December 1st at Roosevelt Islands’s Coler Rehabilitation Center. It’s one of nine additions to the wide-ranging effort this year. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island…
Coler’s Art Show Returns to Gallery RIVAA This Weekend
It is with great pleasure that RIVAA Gallery presents new works by artists from Coler Hospital. The exhibition will open on April 28, 2023, with a reception on April 29, 2023, from 4:00-6:00 PM. Join us at the opening reception…
Budget Money Headed to Roosevelt Island, Julie Menin Says
The New York City budget for 2022-23 was both earlier and more contentious than usual, but Roosevelt Island came out ahead. According to City Council Member Julie Menin, a couple of capital projects will directly benefit the community. by David…
Mother’s Day Is Coming. Coler Auxiliary Adds Sweet Warmth
The Coler Auxiliary will not allow a lonely Mother’s Day confined in a rehab center. They will add warmth and love, one more sweet show of Roosevelt Islanders caring for each other. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News…
Robert K. Hughes, After 35 Years, Ends His Service on Roosevelt Island
Rob Hughes started work on Roosevelt Island in 1982 as a hospital care investigator at Goldwater Hospital, now the site of Cornell Tech. He leaves as Coler-Goldwater’s executive director after nearly 13 years in the post. by David Stone The…
The Coler Auxiliary, Gifts and Cheer to Our Disabled Neighbors
When the holidays come, our neighbors to the north have no better friends than the Coler Auxiliary, Roosevelt Islanders stepping up again, this year. The Roosevelt Island Daily “The Coler Auxiliary funds annual gifts for all the residents,” says long…
As The Reality Poets Roll Through Open Doors, Renewal Rides Along
The first time I met the Reality Poets, we talked along the West Promenade outside their home, Coler Rehabilitation Hospital. Their bodies would never return to normal, but something bigger was being rehabbed: their spirits. By David Stone The Roosevelt…
Judge orders Cuomo administration to release data on New York’s COVID-19-linked nursing home deaths
By Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square/February 3rd, 2021 (The Center Square) – A New York Supreme Court justice has given state officials five days to turn over complete data on nursing home deaths from COVID-19.
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor