RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

RI DAILY

Manhattan's little, quieter island and beyond

Reporting Roosevelt Island since sunrise.

Susan Rosenthal

WHEN ROOSEVELT ISLAND GOT THE JUMP ON BROADWAY…

Roosevelt Island got the jump on Broadway, putting together a revival of Alice Childress’s timely Trouble in Mind in 2017. By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Prompted by actor/director Michael Rogers in 2016, we reported on the neglect…

More tricks and evasions as Rosenthal fights back in two lawsuits

We haven’t updated in a while, but tricks and evasions rolling out of Albany suddenly lit up Susan Rosenthal’s RIOC lawsuits, last week. RIOC execs and board seem frantic over keeping their secrets and invest in extraordinary tactics for the…

Risky superstorms, overdue earthquakes and neglect: Is the East Promenade doomed?

The first hint that Roosevelt Island’s East Promenade might be doomed reached us from Susan Rosenthal’s lawsuit against RIOC. Neglect risked a catastrophic collapse, but what’s the trigger? By David Stone The Roosevelt Island Daily News Long before the new…

A Spineless RIOC Board Now Ducking and Dodging Subpoenas

Against all odds, a spineless RIOC board actually enhanced their status as an invertebrate clan, slumping and slouching, like mollusks fleeing hungry salamanders. But the show’s not over. The net’s closing in around their antics. By David Stone The Roosevelt…

New Lawsuit Targets State Racism, Derelict RIOC Board In Attack on Susan Rosenthal

An attack on Susan Rosenthal, last June, enabled by New York State racism, and fostered by a derelict board… Those are the raw accusations in new lawsuit filed by the former RIOC president/CEO. Coupled with a suit filed last year…

Rosenthal’s big win sets troubled RIOC back on its heels

Former president/CEO Susan Rosenthal’s big win in the discovery part of her lawsuit against RIOC sent the board scrambling into emergency session. That came just five days after a lazy decision to skip another monthly board meeting. By David Stone…

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?

New York’s case against Susan Rosenthal begins falling apart like a muffin in the monkey house…

If you’re into dairy, the case against Susan Rosenthal, launched defensively by the state, is more holes than cheese. Swiss cheese, that is. A sandcastle that doesn’t need a wave to knock it over.

Rosenthal’s new motion forces the curtain open in lawsuit against RIOC

Former president/CEO Susan Rosenthal’s new motion accuses RIOC of “improper termination, but that’s not all. In a motion filed this week, she pokes holes in the state’s case and opens up on why she thinks they ambushed her.

Down and Dirty, State’s New Charges Against RIOC’s Fired CEO

RIOC’s fired CEO Susan Rosenthal was foul mouthed, racist and sexually explicit with employees. Shocking charges steamed out of New York State’s response to her lawsuit, but she denies all of them.