Reported on NYC Council Speaker/2013 Mayoral aspirant Christine Quinn and Council Member Jessica Lappin visiting Roosevelt Island yesterday to meet with community leaders. Roosevelt Island Residents Association ( RIRA ) President Matt Katz attended the meeting, (it was closed to the Press) and kindly provides this report:
… the meeting convened at 12:30 for a brown bag lunch. The Speaker passed out a newsletter on her latest initiatives, most not specifically relevant to RI, and then, we went around the table expressing our concerns, which ranged from Cornell and the CBA, to sub-metering in Roosevelt Landings, to the attrition of senior and disabled low-income residents, to my favorite issue, support for the Feb. 7 elections. She was supportive and I hope we get to see more of her here.
I asked Ms. Lappin’s office to comment on yesterday’s Roosevelt Island meeting and the issues discussed. Received this reply in response:
CM Lappin, Speaker Quinn and Island leaders had a wonderful discussion about all of these and other issues affecting the island and look forward to continuing these conversations in the future.