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,...
Discover Conservatory Garden, Central Park, New York City in 2021
The little known Conservatory Garden in Central Park is a New York City treasure, a quiet place too few enjoy. Let’s take a look.
Lawless RIOC Must Get Out And Take HOLE Too
Lawless RIOC must get out, and it needs to drag the HOLE with it out the door. Crucial failures accelerated since Boss Cuomo kicked Susan Rosenthal out. The only hope is a complete do-over and start again.
Big News: NYC Indoor Dining Hope Swells With Cuomo Plan
NYC indoor dining may finally have a pathway for opening as Governor Andrew Cuomo outlined a plan yesterday. He meets with city council president Corey Johnson today.
For Four Freedoms Park, A Summer Never Forgotten, 2020
This year, the Four Freedoms Park summer celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. But there’s even more to enjoy with women winning the right to vote.
Fix The East River? Is That Now Still Possible?
Can we fix the East River? Trouble is, the East River isn’t even a river. Rivers don’t change directions several times a day. Downstream flow lets true rivers rinse out, but the East River gets none of that. By David…
Is RIOC Hiding A 600 Pound Gorilla?Southpoint Toxic Waste
Is Southpoint Park toxic waste the invisible gorilla in the room in the redesign? It seems to have slipped everyone’s notice, and that’s the point. By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News UPDATE: JULY 20TH, 2020 A video surfaced of…
Queens-Manhattan Bike Bridge: Kill It Now
A Queens-Manhattan bike bridge gathered steam when former traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz pitched it. But media reports left something out. The Queens Ribbon, if built, makes a mess on Roosevelt Island. By David Stone Special to the Roosevelt Island Daily…
John Catsimatidis For Mayor Of New York In 2021?
John Catsimatidis for Mayor? Yes, reports say, he’s set up the tools for replacing de Blasio in the 2021 election. Will run #2 work out better?
Midtown Manhattan Coronavirus Views
Midtown Manhattan coronavirus views present a random selection from a once rambunctious area caught in a kind of shock, on a warm spring afternoon. This is May 2020 when COVID sapped New York City. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island…
Wear the damn mask, New York! Now More Than Ever
Wear the damn mask! Especially here in New York. What on earth are you thinking? We want this city and this state reopened. Don’t blow it now. Spring 2020. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Can we all…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor