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,...
Council Member Julie Menin Announces the Third Year of Participatory Budgeting
Roosevelt Island has benefited during both rounds of participatory budgeting, and here’s a chance to make it three. If you have a good idea for quality of life improvements, get on board like PS/IS 217 and NYPL did. The Roosevelt…
Julie Menin Says PS/IS 217 Will Get New Funds for Bathroom Repairs
Council Member Julie Menin Announces Participatory Budget Results, Ranking 1st in Manhattan and 2nd in all 5 Boroughs April 26, 2023 Upper East Side– Council Member Julie Menin is proud to announce the results of her second annual participatory budgeting…
Springing Into Action: Happening Now with Council Member Julie Menin
For activist City Council Member Julie Menin, springing into action this month means addressing issues and inviting the community into the process. Three creative moves headline the season. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Saving Lives Menin brings…
Some Good News Now From Julie Menin: It’s Participatory Budgeting Season
“Participatory Budgeting just started and people can submit ideas by October 17th.” That’s the good news from City Council Member Julie Menin’s office. Unique to New York City, everyone gets a shot at deciding how some of their tax dollars…
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….
It’s Participatory Budgeting Time Now. Communities Claim Their Share
“I’m very excited as we begin this Participatory Budgeting cycle,” City Council Member Julie Menin said in a press release. She represents Roosevelt Island, among other neighborhoods, and she wants the community get a slice of the $1 million at…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor