Roosevelt Island Farmers Market Returns To Good Shepherd Plaza Saturday April 4 Featuring A Wide Variety Of Healthy And Tasty Fresh Fruits, Vegetables & Much More

The Roosevelt Island Farmers Market returns to it’s Spring/Summer Fall Home at Good Shepherd Plaza this Saturday April 4 from it’s Motorgate Plaza Winter home. The Roosevelt Island Saturday Farmers Market is a beloved member of our community – a place to purchase healthy and deliciously tasting local homegrown fresh fruits, vegetables and much more.…

Roosevelt Island Steam Plant Demolition Community Town Hall Planned For April 15 With NYC HPD, NYC Dep’t Of Buildings & RIOC

As reported November 24, 2025: On March 13, I asked Roosevelt Island’s NY State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright: NYC HPD is in the process of demolishing the decommissioned Roosevelt Island Steam Plant located next to the Roosevelt Island Tram Station, residential buildings, child care facility and ball fields.  Some residents are greatly concerned that the…

Enroll Your Child Now For 2026 Spring Roosevelt Island Advantage Junior Tennis Program And Summer Day Camp Too

Enroll your child today in the Juniors Program at the Roosevelt Island Advantage Tennis Club. Meet Roosevelt Island Racquet Club Junior Program Director Magnus Gunnarsson. Junior ProgramsOverview At Advantage Tennis Clubs, we pride ourselves on having guided children along a proven pathway to success for nearly five decades. Beginning with red balls for our youngest players (age 4), we gradually progress…

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Congressional Candidate Jack Schlossberg, President JFK’s Grandson, Meets And Greets Roosevelt Island Seniors Today At Carter Burden RI Older Adult Center

Jack Schlossberg is among the Democratic Party primary candidates seeking to replace the retiring Jerry Nadler in representing the 12th congressional district which includes Roosevelt Island. Mr Schlossberg, the grandson of President John F. Kennedy and son of Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, visited the Carter Burden Roosevelt Island Older Adult Center today to meet with and listen to the concerns of Roosevelt Island seniors. Mr Schlossberg was introduced by Carter Burden Network Roosevelt Island Older Adult Center Director Lisa Fernandez and…

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani Appears To Say He Does Not Support Boycott Of Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Graduate Computer Engineering School During Press Conference Today

As reported November 5, following NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s press conference the day after his election victory announcing the Transition Team, I sent this message to his press office: I was at the Unisphere Press conference this morning. I tried but was not called on to ask my question. I have been asking about Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s position on the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech graduate engineering school since he won the Democratic Primary. To date, I have not received any answer.…

NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani On Roosevelt Island Today Saying Our Freedoms Are Under Attack By Trump Administration

NYC Democratic Party Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visited Roosevelt Island today for the second time in the last week. This morning at the entrance to Southpoint Park near the FDR Four Freedoms State Park, Mr Mandami announced he was cancelling a planned WABC News town hall to protest Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air by their Disney corporate parent. I asked Mr Mamdani: Would you replace the Town Hall with one here on Roosevelt Island, the home of Four…

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NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Visits Roosevelt Island To Record Video For Social Media At The Girl Puzzle Monument

NYC Democratic Party Mayoral candidate and current frontrunner in all the polls Zohran Mamdani recently visited Roosevelt Island’s The Girl Puzzle Monument at Lighthouse Park that honors pioneering investigative journalist Nelly Bly. Mr Mamdani, the NY State Assembly Member from across the East River in Astoria, recorded a video message in front of The Girl Puzzle for his social media platforms describing his plan to invest $362 million in a new Department of Community Safety that he says will prioritize…

Julie Menin Wins NYC Council District 5 Democratic Party Primary Election To Represent Roosevelt Island And Upper East Side

Roosevelt Island’s incumbent NYC Council Member Julie Menin defeated challenger Collin Thompson in the 2025 Democratic Party primary election yesterday. Roosevelt Island voters are in the 76 Assembly District Election Districts 59 -62. According to the NYC Board of Elections, Julie Menin received 819 votes from Roosevelt Island and Collin Thompson received 336. I spoke with NYC District 5 Council Member Julie Menin several weeks ago about Roosevelt Island and other district wide issues including congestion pricing, NYC Sanctuary City policies and public…

Zohran Mamdani Defeats Andrew Cuomo In 2025 Mayoral Democratic Party Primary On Roosevelt Island By 13 Points

Zohran Mamdani, the 33 year old NY State Assembly Member from Astoria, defeated former NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo in the first round of the Democratic Party 2025 Mayoral primary and will be the official nominee after completion of the ranked voting tallies next Tuesday. According to the NYC Board of Elections, Mr Mamdani had 43.51 % of the vote to Mr Cuomo’s 36.42%. The NY Times neighborhood election results map shows Roosevelt Island voters favored Mamdani over Cuomo by…

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