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,...
Investigating RIOC and the PTA: Where’s the Transparency Now?
The actions of RIOC and the PTA raise serious concerns about transparency, accountability, and potential conflicts of interest, particularly regarding unreported theft and obscure financial practices.
If it’s all clean and legal now, why won’t the PTA or RIOC tell us about the Farmers Market?
RIOC’s opaque management of the Farmers Market raises serious questions about accountability and transparency in public asset allocation, favoring the PTA without justifiable oversight.
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…
Bullying: “I will shoot your head.” 10-Year-Old’s Threat at PS/IS 217
By the time a worried parent contacted us about the bullying at PS/IS 217, it had gone on for over a year. It culminated finally in the death threat. School officials have been powerless to stop it and protect a…
Compassion is Today as the Disabled Association & PTA Hand Out Food Boxes
The Roosevelt Island Daily News The PS/IS 217 Parent Teacher Association, in coordination with the Roosevelt Island Disabled Association, will distribute 40 holiday boxes filled with shelf-stable food on Wednesday, December 22 from 6-7 pm in front of the schoolyard…
Seawright Aid Pays Off as Green Roof and STEM Learning Hub Open at PS/IS 217
After years of work and pandemic delays, the long awaited Green Roof got its ribbon-cutting on Monday. The project was spearheaded by City Council Member Ben Kallos who kicked in public money from Participatory Budgeting. State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright…
NYC Public School Enrollments Falling, But How About Roosevelt Island’s PS/IS 217?
“The number of public school students has fallen sharply across New York City this year, declining 4%, or roughly 43,000,” says a report in Chalkbeat. There are multiple reasons, the pandemic being the one of many. But the losses vary…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor