Opinion

"A Failure To Communicate," Roosevelt Island Style

Last November, we wrote about the new, enhanced level of cluelessness infecting 591 Main Street with RIOC under the combined leadership of Governor Andrew Cuomo and President/CEO Susan Rosenthal. Since, shockers like the outright destruction of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program, a 40 year institution here, demonstrate disregard for community standards. Now, quality of life issues are taking a drubbing with RIOC giving off-islanders' needs preference over residents' as summer approaches.

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Weed Stinks Up Roosevelt Island. Increasingly.

Back in my day, a term I once swore I'd never use, weed - marijuana - had an easy to recognize odor, one that filled my friend Jon's Ford when we knocked off a high school lunch hour on a first date with Mary Jane. It'd tickle your nostrils at concerts and private parties where hastily rolled joints circulated. But if it stunk like it sometimes does today, I'd have stayed with Ripple, our cheaper and legal alternative.

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Pay a Visit, See What's New at the Roosevelt Island Visitor Center

Ten years in place, welcoming arrivals on Roosevelt Island, the Visitor Center Kiosk has tenure longer than many who live here. It's taken for granted by many who forgot what it was like at the Tram or never knew. Historical Society staffers began doing for free what the Island's managers failed to do, that is, welcome visitors and residents alike and answer the steady flow of requests for information.

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RIOC Aims To Make the Beauty Last

A thoughtful message from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation: It’s been more than 30 days since the first day of Spring and last weekend’s long-awaited return of clear, sunny skies signals that the weather has finally caught up with the calendar.

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The Right Thing for Roosevelt Island, What Governor Cuomo Can Do, Right Now

At RIOC, with Board Membership reduced to just 5, following the resignations of Margie Smith and Fay Christian, Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a golden opportunity for showing goodwill by acting on a duty for which he's been derelict. Cuomo can reestablish local control of the Board by appointing or reappointing all 9 members in time for the State Senate to confirm them before adjourning in June. The path's clear, if he choses to take it.

Cuomo's Congestion Pricing Plan: What it means for Roosevelt Island

Governor Andrew Cuomo's congestions pricing plan, aimed at reducing Manhattan Traffic while providing new funds for the MTA and now nearing approval, may or may not be good politics. Time will tell. But it's, in essence, a tax aimed like a slightly poisoned arrow at the middle class. That's bad for Roosevelt Island.

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We Support the "Unqualified Lesbian"

Has pressure turned Andrew Cuomo into a political klutz, or has the real man suddenly been exposed? Challenged by Cynthia Nixon in the race for New York Governor, the man who's already in the office fumbled his way through a week in which he snarked Jews and his surrogate, Christine Quinn, opted for gay bashing. Is this New York or what?

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