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,...
RIOC’s Constituent Services, Reaching Out, Matures
Launched by RIOC President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes in 2023, Constituent Services goes far beyond anything the state agency tried before. Welcoming residents with concerns allows access and improvements across a wide spectrum of interests. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island…
Johns! But who wins? Tennis players, RIOC or Janet Falk?
With such a success story, however delayed, you ask yourself, “Who wins?” Tennis players who finally have portable toilets at the Octagon Courts? Janet Falk who waged a two year war for them? Or RIOC which finally scored a win…
Stirred, RIOC’s Constituent Services Now Shows a Faint Pulse
A faint pulse has been detected arising from Constituent Services, RIOC‘s new, badly named initiative. Most likely forced on the state agency by its Albany handlers, it arrived without a heartbeat or common sense. It was a pose, an appearance…
When RIOC’s New Constituent Services Are Anything But
Her query to Constituent Services was unexceptional. In fact, Janet Falk had been pursuing a remedy for a couple of years. “When will there be toilet facilities near the Octagon tennis courts?” she wanted to know. With the new system…
Why RIOC’s New Constituent Services Department Is Total Bull-oney
Next up in RIOC’s Hall of Cringe-Worthy Moments, another screaming headline: “PRESIDENT HAYNES ANNOUNCES NEW CONSTITUENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITHIN RIOC.” It scores a triple crown of hypocritical, condescending and stupid. How can this highly paid confederacy of dunces make gross…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor