Roosevelt Island Daily for 9/26/2016

Becoming partly cloudy, high around 70, then rain overnight.

What's happening?

NEW: Employment Opportunity: Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island is looking for an Assistant Director of Facilities Management. Job Description and Application Here.

The Roosevelt Island Daily Endorses:

Coming up:

  • Wednesday, September 28th, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Art Workshop Installation & Reception, Carter Burden Center for the Aging, 546 Main Street.

  • Wednesday, September 28th, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Emergency Preparedness w/ Senator Serrano’s Office & The American Red Cross, Carter Burden Center for the Aging, 546 Main Street.

Island News

Gristedes Business As Usual

How RIRA Suffocated the Gristedes WIC Boycott

09/25/2016 - 00:00 Updated 1 day ago

After an emotional, determined start in protesting Gristedes's decision to stop accepting WIC checks, a proposed boycott fizzled as Roosevelt Island Residents Association in-fighting dragged it down.

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Features

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Time for Change: Let's Say "Goodbye" to RIRA

09/26/2016 - 00:00 Updated 9 hours ago

A long, thoughtful message in my email got me thinking about how much better Roosevelt Island would be served if the Residents Association got out the way, which gave me an idea.

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Opinion

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Bad Week for the Main Street WIRE - Plagiarism, Carelessness or Both?

09/26/2016 - 00:00 Updated 8 hours ago

It should have been a good week for the Main Street WIRE, with Dick Lutz forced out of retirement to restore quality journalism at the newspaper, but a morass of questionable judgment, poor reporting and possible plagiarism wrecked the moment.

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Around New York City

LinkNYC Free Wi-Fi Kiosk Coming Soon - With Company

Bill de Blasio's Worst Idea: Free Wi-Fi Kiosks for New York City

09/15/2016 - 00:00

In his short term of office, Bill de Blasio, the mayor with a big heart and an ego to go with it, has had some bad ideas, but I challenge anyone to come up with one worse than free Wi-Fi Kiosks.

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From Roosevelt Island to the Battery, the Cats Take On New York

After the Stories Were Told, Picking Up the Crazy Pieces