After several years of worsening Holiday Extravaganzas, RIOC drags Roosevelt Island to the apex of awful – clunky, junky holiday displays that degrade the community.
Tag: RIOC Negligence
Hats Off! New York DOL To Investigate the Tram, Thanks to AM Seawright
“The Department has launched an investigation into the matter and is committed to a thorough examination of the facts,” Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon wrote. The
Abandoned: The Once World-Renowned Girl Puzzle on Roosevelt Island
The abandoned Girl Puzzle – add it to the long list of RIOC negligence plaguing the unfixable state agency running Roosevelt Island. Despite a steady
The Roosevelt Island Tram Is Not Safe. Everyone Knows It Except RIOC
Just hours after we learned of the latest incident on the unsafe Tram, apparently in response to a New York Post article, RIOC President/CEO Shelton
Shoplifting More Violent Now as Roosevelt Island Crime Rises
Despite unbelievable assurance from RIOC’s Passive Safety Department (PSD), crime is growing and more violent on Roosevelt Island. Today, another example of the escalation shut
Menin Pierced the Wall of Tram Silence and Now RIOC Flips Crazy
Official Tram silence sought protection from exposure for RIOC as frightening incidents of cabins swinging widely on cables escalated. But City Council Member Julie Menin,
The De-Greening of Roosevelt Island 2023, and Now the Hunt for Cornel West
No matter how RIOC phrases the annual de-greening of Roosevelt Island – this year, it’s remediation – it always raises questions, ones never answered. And
Another Sickening Tram Incident, But RIOC and Officials Look Away
The latest scary Tram incident sickened at least one Roosevelt Islander on Friday, but more shocking was the official response: From Governor Kathy Hochul’s assigned
UPDATED: For Turning Community Engagement Into Deception, PSD Chief Brown Should Resign
Even after pressure from elected officials, PSD Community Engagement meetings are all the community has in formal contact with RIOC. That makes them all that
Are Roosevelt Island’s New Buildings Sitting on a Time Bomb?
A time bomb? The US Army Corps of Engineers found that the steam tunnel making up the East Seawall behind Southtown needed repairs. That was