Opinion

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Leaf blower operator between Westview and Island House clearing up nothing but the silence we'd otherwise enjoy.

OpEd: Noises Off Roosevelt Island. Please

08/07/2017 - 18:47

What do Roosevelt Island and the Hamptons have in common?

Well, that depends very much on what side of the 1% line you live on.

Overflow crowds of seniors attending Carter Burden Network's First Anniversary Celebration. RISA chose not to attend.

Is It Time for RISA To Dissolve?

08/04/2017 - 09:48 Updated 37 weeks ago

Just a year after having its longtime contract to manage the Senior Center abruptly terminated, the Roosevelt Island Seniors Association saw its former Program Director plead guilty to grand larceny while the group itself engaged in an assault on what they feel is a competitor, not an associate organization serving our elderly.

Visitors in FDR Four Freedoms Park listen to speeches honoring Tom Brokaw and Freedom of Speech, early this summer.

Why Is The World Watching Us?

07/31/2017 - 09:41

The Four Freedoms as articulated by former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt are; Freedom of speech, Freedom of worship; Freedom from want; and freedom from fear.

Comments No Longer Allowed on Articles at The Daily

07/31/2017 - 09:22

Shortly after launching The Daily, we made a decision to welcome comments from readers as a way to stimulate broader community awareness, but experience has convinced us that it was not the right decision. Commenting has been turned off site-wide.

Dept. for the Aging team that guided the CBN transition flanked by Bill Dionne and Lisa Fernandez

I Like Lisa Fernandez and I Like the Carter Burden Network

07/30/2017 - 09:53 Updated 38 weeks ago

A troubled resident wrote, "I just finished reading the letter from the RISA Board on the blog and the letter to the WIRE from Lorraine Altman. I am appalled at how the letters twisted all of the facts." RISA is the Roosevelt Island Seniors Associations, and as another wrote, "This newest complaint about Carter Burden Network (CBN) can't withstand fact-checking review." That didn't stop anyone from publishing what turns out to be a clear set of untruths - or The Daily from correcting them.

Has commuting got you in knots? "Subway Stripes" by Deborah Julian

Cuomo Ducks, de Blasio Smacks Lhota, but Who Fixes the Subway Mess?

07/24/2017 - 15:11 Updated 39 weeks ago

“They own it, they lease it, it’s their responsibility to fund it,” MTA head Joe Lhota said of New York City and its subway system, just hours after his boss, Governor Andrew Cuomo, pulled a rabbit out of his, uh... hat, declaring that the State was not responsible for the subways after all, a change in position so extreme it sails far beyond the conventional political "flip flop."

"You've heard a lot of fiction the last few days," Mayor Bill de Blasio countered, "so I'm going to give you some facts."

So, how 'bout you boys stop bickering and fix the damned system, okay?"

Cornell Tech donated some really comfortable chairs. CBN/RI Senior Center gave them a home. Shame on them.

Why Can't We Grow Up? Case of the Purloined Pool Table

07/20/2017 - 18:04

They said it couldn't be done, but Roosevelt Islanders set a new low when the donation of some chairs, from Cornell Tech to the Senior Center, ignited a campaign of hostilities fueled, once again, by a virulent and widespread allergy that flares up at the first hint of change, especially when it's those dreaded "outsiders."

Is a new day dawning for Roosevelt Island?

More Than a Nesting Place for Technology: A Roosevelt Island of Art

07/09/2017 - 09:40

It may jar old timers, but our future as a community, if we hope to thrive, depends on drawing outsiders to Roosevelt Island and doing it every day. That means getting them to see us differently, as an easy to get to place where creative arts will thrill visitors.

A Conspiracy to Shut Up Frank Farance...?

07/06/2017 - 18:32 Updated 41 weeks ago

Any sane person will tell you that Frank Farance is a pain in the ass. Even Farance would probably say so, although not in so few words. But it still was disturbing, while doing research on something else, to find an old message from the Main Street WIRE's editor about a secret campaign to shut him up.

When the WIRE's Managing Editor Drove It Straight Into a Swamp

07/04/2017 - 15:01 Updated 41 weeks ago

We've already called for shutting down the Main Street WIRE. Now, let's take a look at the specifics driving that decision, Managing Editor Kelly Turner's jumping in to bolster the troll attack on this site. Every word attributed to her here is exactly as she posted it, and nothing has been left out.