David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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December 2, 2025
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Is Covid ‘Under Control’ in the US? Experts Say Yes
Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact and Jeff Cercone, PolitiFactSeptember 26, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News Promise: “I’m never going to raise the white flag and surrender. We’re going to beat this virus. We’re going to get it under…
Report: New York restaurants still mired in struggle
(The Center Square) – New York’s restaurants endured a harsh business climate during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, results from a new survey put out Wednesday by a trade organization show many still struggle. By Steve Bittenbender |…
The Time Has Come for DIY Mandates on Covid
Bernard J. WolfsonAugust 2, 2022 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News Here we are in the grip of yet another covid-19 surge, yet most people I see out and about are behaving as if the pandemic is over….
Walking and Biking to the Office May Be Good for New Yorkers. It’s Not So Great for the MTA.
Prior to the pandemic, Avi Ashman would travel daily by train from his home on the Upper West Side to his job in Midtown, among the riders who combined to take close to 5.5 million trips in the subway each…
Losing Sleep Over the Pandemic? Work Flexibility May Be a Boon for Night Owls’ Health
Many so-called night people feel that, when it comes to society’s expectations about when the workday should start, they drew the short straw. Krishna SharmaApril 5, 2022 Special for The Roosevelt Island Daily News Research shows that “night owls” are…
Farmers hit hard by price increases as food price spike looms
By Casey Harper | The Center Square for Assorted Ideas, Large & Small (The Center Square) – Goods and services around the country are becoming increasingly more expensive, but farmers may be among the hardest hit as inflation, supply chain issues,…
“Nothing Crushes Us…” True. One Year Ago in Greenwich Village
“Nothing Crushes Us,” a poster on University Place in Greenwich Village, a sign of New York City unity. Outdoor dining was just beginning to get a foothold, and a year later, it proved right. We aren’t out of it yet,…
Cut the Crap. Get Tested. Get Vaccinated. Now
So, sit down and listen. Here’s why you need to cut the crap, right now. Get tested for COVID, and then, get vaccinated. Every argument against it is wrong. Period. By David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large & Small Cut the…
To mask or not to mask? That is the Roosevelt Island question…
Should we mask or not? That’s the question now that the Centers for Disease Control relaxed guidelines. And neither New York State nor RIOC stepped up with any advice, increasing local uncertainty. By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News It’s…
Report: Significantly more women than men left workforce during pandemic school closures
Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor/May 15th, 2021 (The Center Square) – A “tidal wave of women” left the workforce in 2020, according to a new academic study published in the journal, Gender & Society. Researchers found that women primarily…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor