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,...
Help on the Way. Menin pushes RIOC on Tram-related shuttles
While Roosevelt Islanders’ appeals to RIOC for adequate alternatives during periods when no or severely restricted Tram services are available fell on deaf ears, they prompted quick action from City Council Member Julie Menin. President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes, who commands…
Roosevelt Island Library Wins Participatory Budgeting Vote
The Roosevelt Island Branch of the New York Public Library system tied for first in competitive voting for Participatory Budgeting dollars. The contest was sponsored by City Council Member Julie Menin who shared her budget authority with constituents. by David…
The Roosevelt Island Branch of the NYPL Gets a Boost
As we reported earlier, the Roosevelt Island Branch of the New York Public Library is in the hunt for substantial funds from participatory budgeting. City Council Member Julie Menin is set to hand out $1 million for nonprofit projects. Yesterday,…
Vote: The Roosevelt Island Public Library Needs You
The Roosevelt Island Public Library stands to win big, sharing a quarter of million dollars in technology upgrades. Participatory Budgeting opens the door for your deciding how tax dollars are spent, and City Council Member Julie Menin is all in….
Julie Menin wants accountability for COVID test sites
After being “flooded with complaints” about faulty and delayed results at COVID testing sites, City Council Member Julie Menin introduced legislation requiring the city to track problems called in on the 311 help line. Menin includes Roosevelt Island in her…
City Council Member Julie Menin helps residents. No sign of RIOC being aware – or even awake
RIOC went missing again, now for the third straight time when City Council Member Julie Menin came over to help residents. Menin handed out face masks and at home COVID test kit, but RIOC showed no signs of being aware…
Get the latest news on the Roosevelt Island Tram/OMNY debacle
An OMNY clown show spilled out of RIOC and the MTA on Friday afternoon. Each agency first blamed the other for OMNY Tram delays, but both predicted installs in mid-2023. Then, hit hard by City Council Member Julie Menin and…
Why the RIOC OMNY Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
Behind the RIOC/MTA OMNY crisis is a larger, mostly unknown truth that, according to RIOC’s own numbers, deprives them of $1 to 1.5 million every year. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News The OMNY Crisis Follows Twelve Years…
Council Member Julie Menin Demands OMNY Installation on Roosevelt Island Tram
As we reported, last year, the Roosevelt Island Tram is the single point within the MTA system that is not equipped with OMNY readers. This means subway and bus riders cannot get free transfers and that RIOC misses out on…
More KN95 Face Masks and COVID Test Kits for Roosevelt Island, Says City Council Member Julie Menin
In partnership with Senator José Serrano and the Roosevelt Island Residents Association,” Menin’s office announced, “we’ll be distributing at-home Covid-19 test kits and KN95 masks at the Good Shepherd Plaza on Roosevelt Island on Thursday, January 27 at 2 pm.”…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor