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RIOC October 2026 Newsletter Is Worth A Read, Well Done, Interesting And Newsworthy
Op-ed – Roosevelt Island Refresh Campaign Seeks Improvements To Underused And Neglected Main Street Public Spaces From Southtown To Motorgate Plaza
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Presents $200,000 Check To RIOC For Roosevelt Island AVAC Underground Garbage Collection Upgrades
Op-ed – Roosevelt Island Day Nursery Is Thriving But Its Funding Is Broken
Enroll Your Child Now For The Fall Junior Tennis Program At The Roosevelt Island Racquet Club
Roosevelt Island NYC Early Voting Begins Saturday October 24 At RIVAA Gallery
Roosevelt Island 2027-28 $47 Million Proposed Budget With $17 Million In Capital Improvements Spending Among Items On October 22 RIOC Board Of Directors Meeting Agenda
North Roosevelt Island Tram Cabin Will Be Out Of Service 4th Consecutive Day For Monday’s Rush Hour Service
New Administrator Of Roosevelt Island Public Purpose Fund Grant Allocations On RIOC Board Of Directors October 22 Meeting Agenda
You’re Invited To A Roosevelt Island Blessing Of The Animals Sunday October 18 At Church Of The Good Shepherd
Come In Your Spookiest Costume For The Annual Roosevelt Island Halloween Extravaganza & Main Street Parade Saturday October 24
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I left this comment on one of the videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T76lI81QYD8 A memory refresh. I love hearing the original opening of…
Roosevelt Island is small enough to easily do pilots. The successful pilots should be spread around other parts of NYC.
It would be nice to have a bank in the space that Amalgamated once used on the Island. Astoria has…
Here’s hoping nobody throws the novelty sized check into the AVAC Chute and creates another blockage. Please recycle 🙂
The following nominations were received for the RIRA 2026 Elections, their candidate’s statements are attached (see below): Edward Powers (Octagon)…
In fact, these were Ukrainian drones seeking Russian targets but mis-directed thanks to the Musk/Trump Starlink screwup.
To RIOC Board: Comments on RIOC’s new PPF vendor. I believe I’m the only person who has been involved in…
Do you know what the cause was of death?
Oh My God. I did not know this. My name is Gary Landon Mills; I’m an actor from the movie…
You must be fun at parties
This parade completely closes down Main Street. This is a terrible idea. RIOC should figure out an alternative. Hopefully there…
The Smallpox Hospital should be restored and preserved. It is a national landmark built by one of our great architects,…
Totally disagree with David Stone. It is an architectural marvel of great historic importance and should be rehabilitated and preserved.
No question, the ruins should come down as I wrote almost ten years ago. Instead of this inconsequential monument -…
It should be preserved it’s part of the History of New York and Roosevelt Island. The thing that’s sad is…
can there be a designated area to smoke weed? it’s legal and roosevelt island is a lovely spot
Jake, Thanks for this thoughtful summary of your initial findings. It would be helpful to the readers if you reminded…
Between the difficulties of transport that have escalated over the years as this island continues to be overdeveloped to the…
It was really great to hear the artist talk about their work; their inspiration, their ideas, and whatever else they…
Appreciate the interview and frank response from RIOC President. Thank you for the article.
Not surprised at all to be honest, it’s an easy money making venture redeveloping on the island. I wouldn’t be…
This is terrible! The Island is already overbuilt. I remember when South Point was magical – the two bodies of…
If transportation is not developed as well, I think the increase in the number of apartments would significantly harm residents’…
Isn’t it nice that no one in the community, except condo owners (Think Southtown and Rivercross), gets so much as…
With no community input or discussion at all. This is, underneath the bureaucratic verbiage, a handout to real estate developers…
No building of any size should be considered until something is done about the transportation issues we are currently facing…
No building of any size should be considered until something is done about the transportation issues we are currently facing…
It should be no surprise that the state/city would want to develop the Coler site. 3500 units in a space…
RIOC should be focusing on infrastructure improvements on the island rather than further development. Part of that infrastructure improvement should…
We need a bank and Urgent Care. We need Graduate Hotel to reopened because it provides two restaurants. Priority Tram…
The only thing that makes sense is assisted living & long term care, No way that the island can sustain…
Absurd fantasies of space-and-profit maximization are, as always, dancing in the heads of real estate developers. Imagine how long the…
Assisted Living and Long Term Care facililties on RI would be essential.
It’s nice you want to build and accommodate 4,000 more people, but you should take into consideration the infrastructure for…
Stop the development now or your beautiful peaceful island will turn into what the Hamptons and the north fork have…
By comparison to a 3 million sq ft mixed used development on the Coler Hospital site, the mixed use Deutsch…
RIOC staff response was perhaps a little broader than your stories indicate. Remember, RIOC people are essentially New York State…
Tanya–I LOVED hearing from the POV of the Adirondack chairs!!! ;^) Thanks for sharing Tanya & Rick!
Roosevelt Island residents who moved here after 9/11 might benefit from reading about the first anniversary of this most tragic…
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There has been more than one bank in that space. I don’t think that they get enough deposits to maintain…