UPDATE 6/2 12:15 PM – The NYPD 114 precinct informed me a few minutes ago that the Roosevelt Island Build The Block meeting is being rescheduled for 5 PM Thursday June 8 at Cornell Tech.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

In recent weeks on Roosevelt Island there’s been an increase in criminal activity including:

and the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) reported on May 30:

On Saturday, May 27, 2023, at approximately 8:24 PM, the Roosevelt Island
Public Safety Department (PSD) responded to a report of a group of juveniles
harassing adults to the rear of 500 Main Street at the Blackwell House Park
basketball courts. PSD arrived on the scene at approximately 8:26 PM and spoke
to a male victim who stated he was involved in a physical altercation with one
of the juveniles following a verbal dispute. The victim sustained minor
injuries and was able to identify the perpetrator, who fled the scene of the
assault before PSD arrived. On Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at 9:38 AM the
perpetrator was arrested by PSD without incident at 550 Main Street. The
perpetrator will be processed as a juvenile.

Residents are asking “what’s going on” with recent crimes on Roosevelt Island which has previously always been thought of as one of the safest neighborhoods in NYC.

You can discuss these incidents as well as any other Roosevelt Island Public Safety issue with NYPD 114 Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers Friday June 2 at Cornell Tech Bloomberg Center.

As reported May 4:

Sparks Fly At May 2 Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department Community
Engagement Meeting – Residents Tell RIOC PSD And NYPD 114 Precinct About
Assaults, School Bullying, Harassment & Fire Setting By A Group Of Teens

Here’s video of the May 2 Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department meeting which had been a typical Roosevelt Island meeting until :

… interrupted by Roosevelt Island father who stood up, said he loves Roosevelt
Island and then reported his son had recently been “jumped, beat up, filmed
and put on Instagram”, and is “scared to death”. …