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,...
What does clumsy handling by RIOC tell us about a drowning death in Sportspark?
A drowning death in Sportspark went unnoticed by local residents for 24 hours. And it wasn’t until the Roosevelt Islander started poking around that skimpy details began trickling out. David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily News Although the drowning death occurred…
Did RIOC’s board stumble, bumble and finally fumble a great opportunity?
April 22nd, 2021, did RIOC’s board stumble and eventually fumble a great opportunity for community engagement? Here’s how one bigmouth, weak reasoning and iffy claims messed up the chance.
UPDATE: RIOC Splits Community. This Time, Aided by Kallos and Maloney
RIOC splits community with such consistency, it’s hard to see it as other than deliberate. Echoing its own internal turmoil, the state agency divides to conquer. Sadly, some elected officials play along.
Is the internal RIOC attack team now turning on CEO Shelton Haynes?
A leading figure in the internal RIOC attack team accused of leading the charge against RIOC’s fired CEO Susan Rosenthal resurfaced. A March Twitter post shows her taking a whack at Governor Cuomo as well as RIOC’s “unethical leaders.”
How Two Incidents in One Day Show Why RIOC Must Change Now
RIOC must change now. We’ve said it before, and a fresh pair of incidents prove why. But will Governor do something or leave the inept patroon in place at 591 Main?
East Promenade Sinkhole: Small Now But What’s In The Future?
The East Promenade sinkhole is not huge, maybe 3 feet long and 1 foot across. But blended with other information, does it suggest greater dangers ahead?
Why Fire Susan Rosenthal? It’s Not What You Think, She Argues, In Recent Filing
Why fire Susan Rosenthal? Papers filed since her June dismissal expose a case against her that’s as weak as it is indefensible. If a Swiss cheese had as many holes, you’d demand your money back for the sandwich. And RIOC’s…
RIOC, sleazy, cheapskate or just incompetent? stole my work…
RIOC stole my work, a photograph I caught live of my friend, Roy Eaton, on Roosevelt Island Day in 2019. Although not totally surprised, I was, at first stunned, seeing my work in their monthly promotion.
The dirty water fountain scandal, still standing. Awaiting its coverup?
Pushed behind future RIOC screw ups, its water fountain scandal, one of the worst so far, needs keeping in focus… Because 2 1/2 years later, it’s still unexplained and unresolved. Here’s and updated version of our 2018 report from The…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor