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,...
RIOC Makes Drunk Driver AVP, Then Fires CFO Without Explanation…
In August 2022, RIOC hired a lightly experienced Akeem Jamal as an Assistant Vice President. In 2019, he was charged as a drunk driver. Then, before that dust settled, they fired Vice President/Chief Financial Officer John O’Reilly without a word…
After Lawsuit Dismissal, Rosenthal Vows To Fight On
Last week a New York Supreme Court judge dismissed Susan Rosenthal’s lawsuit against RIOC and the state on technical grounds. The lawsuit dismissal cited filing in the wrong court, the judge ruled, more than a year after the litigation began….
TUCKER CARLSON’S ‘GREAT REPLACEMENT’ THEORY COMES FROM AN ANTI-AMERICAN NAZI
Why has the American far right adopted an anti-American conspiracy theory as its rallying cry? By Juan Cole | May 18, 2022 The Roosevelt Island Daily News Before a hate-filled 18-year-old murdered 10 and wounded 3 African Americans in Buffalo on May…
The New York Times Is Racist. Why Is Everyone So Silent?
Openly racist, the New York Times gets away with it for unknown reasons, but the poison of racism in their local reporting stands out. The puzzling thing, though, is why otherwise responsible columnists remain silent. by David Stone The Roosevelt…
RIOC Slammed Again with Formal Charges of Racism
Formal charges of racism, involving an incident last month, have been lodged against RIOC. This time, the complaint comes from Mexican Americans but joins a pending lawsuit of racism toward a white woman. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily…
More tricks and evasions as Rosenthal fights back in two lawsuits
We haven’t updated in a while, but tricks and evasions rolling out of Albany suddenly lit up Susan Rosenthal’s RIOC lawsuits, last week. RIOC execs and board seem frantic over keeping their secrets and invest in extraordinary tactics for the…
Racism? In Pool Incident And Aftermath, Local Mom Accuses RIOC
A pool incident in Sportspark ricocheted into conflict with RIOC management that a local mom says confirms embedded racism. By day’s end, a troubling video gathered attention and anger on Facebook. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News A…
I love the city, but this is an unforgivable, public school New York outrage…
This New York outrage snuck up on me. After reading about segregation in city schools, I asked city council member Ben Kallos about it. “Worse than before Brown vs the Board of Education,” he said, disgusted. I believe Ben’s still…
Barriers for Black women set U.S. economy back by $500 billion, report finds
The persisting wage gap has set Black women — and the American economy as a whole — back for the past six decades, according to a report by financial services firm S&P Global. Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th…
Did racism kill Jackie Robinson?
Tamra Burns Loeb, University of California, Los Angeles; Alicia Morehead-Gee, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, and Derek Novacek, UCLA School of Medicine Baseball great Jackie Robinson was a living, breathing example of athleticism and apparent good health,…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor