Here's a regularly updated group of stories of interest from the New York Metro area, frequently with links to other news sources.
02/01/2019 - 19:26
Updated 28 weeks ago
Today's the first of ten days in which we'll have full day normal operations for the Tram and F Train, a rarity through January. It won't last.
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01/31/2019 - 10:10
Updated 28 weeks ago
Forget for a moment, if you can, that the temperature this morning is 5 degrees and the windchill around -10. Dress warm, stay in as much as you can, and look ahead for relief.
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01/29/2019 - 09:41
Updated 28 weeks ago
Word first leaked yesterday that RIOC's Director of Asset Management Tamara Andreatta was gone. Probing, we found that Public Information Officer Alonza Robertson also rolled down the exit ramp. More to come as VP Jacqueline Flug says, "Goodbye," next week.
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01/18/2019 - 17:54
Updated 29 weeks ago
Two unavoidable Tram maintenance projects will leave Roosevelt Island with only a single cabin for at least ten weeks, beginning in the second week of February. RIOC has mitigation plans, but they won't seriously blunt increased subway crowding on platforms or inside the trains.
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01/17/2019 - 17:46
Updated 30 weeks ago
NYC Ferry Service for Roosevelt Island carries on its second year, part of what's arguably the most popular move of Mayor Bill de Blasio's term in office. A major expansion's been announced. What's in it for Roosevelt Island?
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01/16/2019 - 20:58
Updated 29 weeks ago
Chances for a winter storm increase as we head into Saturday night, no snow, slush or ice in the forecast. A low around freezing will be joined by a mix of rain and snow, maybe 1 to 3 inches of it. That's the balmier part of the story.
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01/16/2019 - 16:59
Updated 30 weeks ago
The dream of a universal, single-payer health care plan that will provide comprehensive health care coverage for all New Yorkers edges close to reality today according to a talk at the CBN/RI Senior Center.
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01/10/2019 - 10:01
Updated 31 weeks ago
When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that his administration "...will launch the largest, most comprehensive plan in the nation to guarantee health care for every New Yorker," it was music to the ears of Ben Kallos whose City Council District includes Roosevelt Island.
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01/08/2019 - 19:40
The Roosevelt Island Library and Youth Center Chess Tournament is soliciting players for the Island’s first-ever rated competition February 22.
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01/07/2019 - 10:23
Updated 31 weeks ago
Although in the great tradition of Hollywood's inability to leave facts alone, the story of Nellie Bly's exposing the horrors of incarceration in Roosevelt Island's madhouse for women is radically fictionalized, the horror and location are not.
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