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,...
Builder, Promoter, Businessman: A Q&A With Hudson’s David Kramer
David Kramer’s been active in building and selling Roosevelt Island since ground was first broke in Southtown. He’s been criticized and praised, but he’s never gotten his message out unedited. We thought it was time. By David Stone The Roosevelt…
Is RIOC’s main office move good or bad?
RIOC makes its move, this week. “RIOC main offices will be relocating from 591 Main St. to 524 Main St.,” it said. But like most things RIOC, important details went unsaid. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News RIOC’s…
Coming This Summer: A New Look for Main Street on Roosevelt Island
A new look for Main Street generates hope, some head-scratching but, overall, one improvement lifts optimism for the strip. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News The New Look for Main Street While some questionable maneuvers will change Main…
Announcing: Project Picnic Table!
News from Shops On Main Last spring, Shops On Main gifted RI’s Good Shepherd Plaza six picnic tables. It’s been such a pleasure to see so many islanders use them and we’re delighted to offer SoM’s restaurants and cafes more…
When RIOC Thumbs Its Nose At Fire Hazards…
When RIOC thumbs its nose at fire hazards, but residents keep pushing, this happens: New York City issues violation notices and fines. The notice from the Department of Buildings was slow in arriving, but it starts a chain focused on…
Will RIOC become homeless, this summer? Their freebie lease runs out…
Will RIOC become homeless when its freebie lease expires in July? Times change, and the state agency faces a whole new set of circumstances. Their free ride may be over.
After 10 Years of Hudson-Related’s Shops-On-Main, Is It Better, the Same, Worse?
In April 2011, the Wall Street Journal quoted RIOC board member Jonathan Kalkin. “This has really been the big thing on this island that’s never worked. We’re excited to finally take this albatross off our neck, and let this place…
MSTDA Tendril of Talents Now Growing On Main Street
Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance’s (MSTDA) tendril of talents, a mix of theatre, song and dance, now takes a bow on Main Street. It absorbs and grows Music & Play Station at 507 Main after four successful years.
Main Street 2019: Why It Never Gets Better On Roosevelt Island
Roosevelt Island Main Street Retail 2019 — same old song or something better? Has Hudson Related lived up to its promises, finally, this year? by David Stone Roosevelt Island News An encore of an encore of an encore… I’ve covered…
The Hudson Companies Paradox: Good Company Now Makes Wrong Turn
The Hudson Companies paradox is simple. This master builder turns into a corporate buffoon when straying from its core mission. We see it on Roosevelt Island. Lots of it. Hudson builds beautiful, even landmark residences, but underperforms when it goes…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor