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,...
Charges of Racism Against Shelton Haynes Bolstered with New Evidence
In filings against New York State officials and representatives, charges of racism by RIOC President/CEO Shelton Haynes are plentiful. Chief Counsel Gretchen Robinson echoes his accusations. But other than flimsy, unsupportable data, neither has come up with any firm evidence…
Haynes and Robinson Expand Their Lawsuit with One Big Surprise
While continuing a familiar theme, RIOC President/CEO Shelton J. Haynes and Chief Counsel Gretchen Robinson, amended their pending lawsuit with a startling surprise. They’ve added the Governor’s office as well as RIOC itself, as expected, but have also added board…
Who Just Made the Big Fat Silence You Didn’t Hear?
It was RIOC, and that big fat silence billowed out in every direction as it had for months. Starting with brutal accusations in a lawsuit condemning a wide swath of Roosevelt Islanders as racists, the vacuum spread through escalating lawsuits…
Underdiagnosed and Undertreated, Young Black Males With ADHD Get Left Behind
Claire SibonneyNovember 9, 2023 Republished with Permission: The Roosevelt Island Daily News As a kid, Wesley Jackson Wade should have been set up to succeed. His father was a novelist and corporate sales director and his mother was a special…
Palestinian New Yorkers Feel Both Targeted and Ignored
At a rally on Friday and over the week, they shared fears about family members across the world and about life here. Gwynne Hogan and Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on Oct 16 5:00am EDT by…
Haynes’s Conspiracy Theories Now Force Rosenthal’s Response
Former RIOC CEO Susan Rosenthal’s response came after over three years of virtual silence during which she spoke up only in lawsuits. “I was saddened to see that the Island made the news once again recently,” she said, “with a…
Anger Mounts Over Lack of Charges in the Killing of Jordan Neely
Jose Martinez and Katie Honan, The City This article was originally published on May 3, 6:05 pm EDT by THE CITY Two days after one subway rider killed another using a deadly chokehold, dozens of people gathered on a crowded…
Racism on the Red Bus: Lost and Found or Left Behind?
Racism on the Red Bus stunk its way onto an Octagon Red Bus yesterday, the first day of Black History Month. Found on a seat, it was either lost or – more likely – deliberately left there. by David Stone…
Why Is Anti-Asian Bias So Prevalent in America?
In the past few months, there has been an alarming rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the United States. What started as isolated incidents of verbal and physical harassment soon gave way to more organized forms of discrimination. There were…
Is American Medicine Inherently Racist?
In recent years, there has been an increasing amount of debate regarding the extent to which American healthcare is racist. While some may argue that access to healthcare and quality of care is not dependent upon one’s skin color or…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor