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04/28/2017 - 16:18
Updated 17 weeks ago
On top of the game as usual, Roosevelt Islander editor and publish Rick O'Conor overheard an interesting conversation between RIOC President/CEO Susan Rosenthal and Acting Board Chair Alex Valella at the close of last week's meeting. The news: Board membership is being reviewed by the Governor's team in Albany.
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04/19/2017 - 19:43
Updated 18 weeks ago
If you needed more evidence showing that the Common Council of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association has fallen out touch with our neighborhoods, lurching instead from one personal agenda to another as if drunk on them, the ill-advised, mismanaged and corrupt voting campaign this week offered it in abundance.
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04/10/2017 - 17:19
Yes, buffoonery lives on Roosevelt Island, and the elections will be held next week even though, as with every Common Council Election in memory, there are not enough candidates to fill up the seats available, let alone compete for them.
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04/06/2017 - 19:14
Updated 23 weeks ago
I'll be honest, I tried to shame groups who should be more responsible on Roosevelt Island into doing the right thing to protect and honor Alice Childress. All failed the test, but RIOC's commitment to the community and its traditions finally stood tall.
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04/05/2017 - 10:38
In our home, a bookshelf is packed with Playbills saved from shows we've seen on Broadway - and off, too. Honestly, few were more deliciously enjoyable than what we saw last weekend at Main Street Theatre & Dance Alliance.
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04/01/2017 - 15:48
Updated 24 weeks ago
Frank Farance has a well-earned reputation for raising hell over wrongs he feels harm himself and his neighbors on Roosevelt Island. Always cranky and forceful, his detailed critiques can run smack into a bullseye. Other times, with all good intentions, they miss their mark. His recent "URGENT: RIOC botches Westview plan, 1000 people may lose affordable housing" letter, emailed to everyone whose cage needed rattling or who might spread the word is an extreme example of a complete miss.
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03/29/2017 - 17:01
As volunteers, we get chances to pitch in, to help others, animals, the environment and much more. We're asked to contribute time and energy, but we're also given a priceless opportunity to do something that benefits ourselves. That's right. Volunteering serves some of our own best interests.
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03/14/2017 - 16:25
Updated 26 weeks ago
The Residents Association Common Council, unable to scare up enough members to seat a full roll call in years, embarks on a self-destructive effort to get rid of one of its most experienced and active members as if running a popularity contest, coupling the miscue with a dazzlingly misguided and shallow effort to split the community by attacking RIOC.
The usual suspects are lining up for the metaphorical killing.
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03/13/2017 - 17:44
It isn’t easy, not by any means, developing content for a daily newspaper. It’s even harder to lessen the load with humor; so, I it tickles me no end when folks like Joyce Short toss up political credos like this one: “The days of Dutch India are over.”
Look, it may be complete bullshit, but at least, it’s funny.
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03/05/2017 - 11:06
Midweek, I checked out Trellis/Nisi again, as I have many times since summer when the Nisi sign began pulsing, flowers first graced empty tables and wine bottles waited on bright glass shelves. Disappointed, I found mail two week old reflecting sunlight just inside the door.
I challenged Hudson about their plans, now that Nisi seemed to be sinking. But then, something interesting happened.
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