This week marks the two year anniversary of the day RIOC began the wholesale destruction Southpoint Park. Everyone agreed that the seawalls needed fixing, but
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All that we lost when they mangled Southpoint Park
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Updating Southpoint Park as a welcoming open space, Roosevelt Islanders worked with RIOC, putting together a plan. The
Habitat Devastation, Two Years Later, in Southpoint Park
Two summers ago, defying community resistance and overthrowing an approved plan, RIOC devastated the shoreline areas in Southpoint Park. These were the last natural shorelines
Spring is here, and the Southpoint Rock Farm is… Rocky
The Shelton J. Haynes/Langan Southpoint Rock Farm promised pathways with “lush vegetation.” Promise fulfilled? You decide. by David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News The
The bad idea of a new Queens-Manhattan bike bridge pops up
Last year, we reported on a Queens-Manhattan bike bridge – the Queens Ribbon – threatening Roosevelt Island. The pandemic brought the idea to a slow
Between promise and reality, how Southpoint Park got lost
Southpoint Park, the promised people’s place, set aside for Roosevelt Islanders, got lost. It got lost in a bureaucratic, possibly corrupt shuffle, leaving locals out.
A look back. It’s June, 2018, and RIOC Sparks the Cat Sanctuary Water Crisis and All That Follows
The cat sanctuary water crisis, caused for still unexplained reasons, flared in the late spring, of 2018. By the end of June, it ended, but
Something To Hide? RIOC Slow Walks Answers About Toxic Wastes
When it comes to toxic wastes, RIOC’s reluctant to admit that gorilla is in the room. But gorillas don’t go away so easy. Neither do
One Last Autumn Look, 2020 in a Changing Southpoint Park
Autumn 2020 in Southpoint Park was poignant because the badly flawed conversion underway changed it forever. We left the visible scars out for a nostalgia
A Big RIOC Scandal Resonates Now. Recall Fernando Martinez?
The biggest RIOC scandal — for now, at least — forced three resignations and a jail sentence. But more important today, it shines a glaring
