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’s Proposed Budget for 2021-22 Hinges on the Unthinkable
RIOC’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year, starting April 1st, hinges on the unthinkable… the end of Tram service for Roosevelt Island. Partly, that’s the result of the state’s original sin, failing to embrace democracy.
Roosevelt Island Transit: How To Get Where You Want
Roosevelt Island transit choices jumped into focus again, last winter, when the MTA threatened to gut bus service. And followed up with mangling a subway shutdown. Then, the pandemic threw it all out of sync, but as we ramp back…
Sad Death Of The First Roosevelt Island Tram, 2010
The first Roosevelt Island Tram made it’s last run across the East River, ten years ago this March. Its replacement is safer and more reliable, but discovered by tourists, it’s not as special. By David Stone Roosevelt Island Daily New…
Big Red RI Sign: Get Over It, Roosevelt Island
The big red RI Sign stays, RIOC’s board decided, just one year ago, and that brought closure after more than a year of protest. It did not bring satisfaction. Or respect. And the state says, “Get Over it, Roosevelt Island.”…
The Tram To Roosevelt Island Now Updated
FDR Four Freedoms Park opened in 2011. Cornell Tech followed five years later. As a result, interest in Roosevelt Island soared. Soon, the Tram, New York City’s cheapest big thrill, caught the attention too. Courtesy of The Roosevelt Island Daily…
On the Roosevelt Island Tram’s Quiet 43rd Birthday
The Roosevelt Island Tram’s 43rd Birthday caught historian Judith Berdy’s attention. “Happy 43rd Birthday,” she wrote in a May email. The Tram evolved from an essential resource. It’s now also an adventure drawing more tourists than locals who count on…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor