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Long view, graffiti covered art installation on the West Promenade

It's Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Suraj Patel, Candidate for Congress in New York's 12th District.
Suraj Patel, Candidate for Congress in New York's 12th District.
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TRANSIT:  F Trains, NYC Ferry and the Tram (limited to a single cabin) operating as scheduled for Roosevelt Island. Red buses are on a weekday schedule. LATE NIGHT: Monday through Friday, there will be no Queens bound F Train Service to Roosevelt Island, from 9:45 p.m. until 5:00 a.m.

Until Summer: Traffic to and from Roosevelt Island is restricted while repairs are being made to the bridge helix that allows access in both directions. Expect  delays island-wide.

Just around the corner from the Tram, the café @ Cornell Tech
Just around the corner from the Tram, the café @ Cornell Tech
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Island News

Long view, graffiti covered art installation on the West Promenade

RIOC Acts On Racist Obscenities But It's Half-Fast

06/20/2018 - 19:09 Updated 14 hours ago

Update: Yesterday - Tuesday, June 19th - we noticed RIOC Parks and Recreation Director Mary Cuneen supervising a crew of three at The Prow along the West Promenade. You could smell the chemicals in use. A truck from RIOC's massive fleet was parked nearby. The results were, at best, mixed.

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Opinion

Blind, Dumb & Deaf: RIOC Compounds the Cat Sanctuary Crisis

R.I. Huckasanders RIOCsplains the Cat Sanctuary Water Crisis

06/20/2018 - 14:21

Faced with thousands of petition signatures and email complaints, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation shows all the depth and wisdom of a pack of squirrels in mating season. Perhaps that's unfair to the squirrels, which when overwhelmed with hormones still maintain their amazing dexterity. RIOC's got the flexibility of a tree sloth.

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Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney signs WFF petition asking RIOC to restore the cat sanctuary's water supply.

RIOC's Cat Sanctuary Misconduct Gets Off-Island Attention

06/19/2018 - 09:43 Updated 2 days ago

RIOC's battle with its much smaller rival, the Wildlife Freedom Foundation, caught the attention of mass media outlets with the New York Post publishing an article late last evening.  Others, including the Daily News and CBS, have been in touch.

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