David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
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RIOC: OMNY Stalled, Insurer Quits Over Employee Lawsuits
Whatever else RIOC is, it’s really bad at showing itself in the best possible light. Good things get done – the recent tree plantings, for one – but secrecy hides most of it. And questions arise over what the state…
June 8th, 2022, RIOC’s Audit Committee Meeting
RIOC’s Audit Committee Meeting, set for this afternoon at 4:00, matters because the state hides so much. Discussions, undoubtedly staged, consider wrapping up the books for the last fiscal year. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News What’s on…
Old is new. Fay Christian returns to RIOC Board of Directors
After four years away, Fay Christian returns to RIOC’s Board of Directors where she served from 2008 until 2018. Board membership is uncompensated. It requires appointment by the governor and approval by the State Senate, which is expected as early…
Another RIOC Board Meeting and Yada Yada Yada, Ouch!
RIOC’s May Board Meeting crawled by on the 19th with a little business, plenty of evasions… and then, some residents finally got their say. It wasn’t entirely humorless, but the fun was unintentional. That’s just RIOC. by David Stone The…
RIOC Board Meeting, May 2022: A New Exercise in Bunker Mode
Bunker mode fits as well with New York’s Open Meetings Law as a whale on a shrimp boat. They’re antithetical. One reveals things; the other hides them. But controlled by an irresponsible governor and a board of virtual lacky arthropods,…
For RIOC, the Mystery of a Grim April 2022 Board Meeting
From the moment it powered up in Zoom, RIOC’s April 2022 board meeting felt grim and weighty. Chair RuthAnne Visnauskas’s stand-in was in such darkness, you had to take for granted he was speaking. And longest-standing member David Kraut was…
A Mystery Board Meeting Bulks Up RIOC’s Profound Secrecy
There are laws on the books encouraging transparency, but with a mystery board meeting, RIOC’s profound commitment to secrecy overthrows them all. Denial of information thickened after Governor Kathy Hochul took office, a feat few thought possible. How the state…
An Insipid March Board Meeting, RIOC Delivers Smug & Silly
RIOC’s insipid March board meeting rolled out as predicted, relieved only by a couple of unintentional laughs and multiple absences. As reported yesterday, it was only a matter of show-up-and-vote-yes. That made it all legal, but there were concerns and…
RIOC’s Board Agenda Is Sparse for March 24th Meeting
A board agenda with little meaningful business reflects the cloistered mindset of the state agency in recent years. A spine-free board will be asked to rubber stamp deals already done at a pace set to get it all over with…
Tell RIOC what you think. Make yourself heard now.
Your chance to tell RIOC what you think, what you like and what worries you is here. Put your thoughts together and share them, good, bad or indifferent, with the board. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Your…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor