Around NYC

Here's a regularly updated group of stories of interest from the New York Metro area, frequently with links to other news sources.

Easy Money for Seniors: Help Fordham With Health Care Research

06/05/2018 - 08:57

The Carter Burden Network plays host at the Roosevelt Island Senior Center for a Fordham University research project about how folks over 60 communicate with their health care providers. They'd like to talk to you and pay you for your time.

Suraj Patel Challenges Carolyn Maloney From the Left

06/02/2018 - 09:24 Updated 18 weeks ago

The 12th Congressional District contains, within its borders, concentrated diversity, stretching from Manhattan's ritzy Upper East Side south through fast transitioning Williamsburg and the funky LES. Included is the home turf of Donald Trump. Suraj Patel, a millennial attorney, activist and businessman, brings energy, enthusiasm and a promise of change in an energetic challenge to the established, if ineffective Democratic order.

An NYC Ferry like the one shown here earlier in May rescued a bridge jumper on Thursday off Roosevelt Island.

18 Year Old Jumps From Queensboro Bridge and Lives

06/01/2018 - 08:57 Updated 19 weeks ago

Thursday was a busy day for water rescues around Manhattan. The third - and second in the East River - happened when a teenager, unnamed so far, dropped 130 feet from Queensboro Bridge near Roosevelt Island at 1:30 in the afternoon. He survived.

RIOC Challenged by Graffiti, Some Racist and Obscene, on Roosevelt Island

05/26/2018 - 09:27 Updated 20 weeks ago

Scrub from your mind colorful, imaginative creations on deteriorating buildings or Keith Haring's subway work or Banksy's mysterious productions. What we have at The Prow, along the West Promenade south of The Octagon, is a sloppy collage of spray-painted vandalism spiked with overt racism and obscenities.

Maker Lab Collaboration with CBN/Roosevelt Island Seniors on display earlier this month.

CBN/RI Seniors Featured in Weill Cornell Hackathon Event

05/25/2018 - 09:32 Updated 20 weeks ago

"The Weill Cornell Medicine Clinical & Translational Science Center will hold its 2nd Annual Health Innovation Final Showcase on Friday, June 1st at the Weill Greenberg Center (1305 York Avenue), the culmination of a 3-day Hackathon May 18 – 20, 2018," the group said in a press release. "The goal of the Hackathon is to leverage new and emerging technology to solve biomedical research questions and create a product or solution with potential to benefit human health."

Free Concerts This Summer in New York City

05/23/2018 - 09:29 Updated 21 weeks ago

Fortunately, our research has been made easy by Thrillist, a website that's already dug up and listed every free concert offered in New York City, this summer. With our sincerest gratitude, we give you Thrillist's complete list of free concerts, here, yours for a simple click.

Coming Soon To A Building Near You, Maybe Your Own, Legal Marijuana

05/21/2018 - 15:47 Updated 10 weeks ago

The "Cynthia Effect," which has Governor Andrew Cuomo in a scramble to appear progressive and Mayor Bill de Blasio backing off long held opposition, appears to have tilted state and local government in the direction a majority of New Yorkers want, that is, toward legalized marijuana. For some, according to Cynthia Nixon, it already is.

NYC Ferry passes Roosevelt Island Bridge on the way to the Landing.

NYC Ferry: New Summer Schedules, Effective Monday, May 21st

05/18/2018 - 21:58 Updated 21 weeks ago

NYC Ferry welcomes the summer season with its refreshed schedule, featuring increased arrivals and departures, beginning Monday, May 21st.

Before the rush, filth and flooding await riders on Roosevelt Island

F Train Front & Center in Cynthia Nixon Led Day of Twitter Subway Protests

05/18/2018 - 08:46 Updated 21 weeks ago

"New Yorkers: Tomorrow (Thursday) we’re going to some of New York City’s busiest subway stations from 7am to 9am in order to call out #CuomosMTA and address the urgent need to #FixOurSubway! We need you to show up and join us: http://bit.ly/FixOurSubway," challenger Cynthia Nixon tweeted yesterday at 5:28 a.m., kicking off an uncomfortable day for Governor Cuomo and the MTA.

Daytime view, new Roosevelt Island Tram elevators

RIOC Says Much Awaited Tram Elevator Project Begins

05/16/2018 - 20:58 Updated 22 weeks ago

On Wednesday, May 16th, RIOC announced, the "$6.1 million construction project to upgrade the Manhattan Tram Station elevator started this week and the two building phases will be finished by next Spring."