RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Daily beats from a quieter Manhattan.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Habitat Destruction

Habitat Devastation, Two Years Later, in Southpoint Park

Two summers ago, defying community resistance and overthrowing an approved plan, RIOC devastated the shoreline areas in Southpoint Park. These were the last natural shorelines on Roosevelt Island. Their contractor, Langan Engineering, promised that the displaced species would return to…

The Last Roosevelt Island Goslings…? Is this nature’s future here?

Did the last Roosevelt Island goslings perish inside their eggshells on the rocky shore in FDR Four Freedoms Park? By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News RIOC’s strange and reckless assault on Southpoint Park includes habitat destruction that will vibrate…

When RIOC Destroys Habitat, Birds Get Lost

When RIOC destroys habitat, birds get lost, and that’s just the most visible impact from wrecking Southpoint Park. By David Stone Roosevelt Islanders may be more simpatico with the bosses at 591 Main than imagined, seeing geese forced out of…