12/01/2016 - 18:25
Updated 33 weeks ago
Minutes shared with RIOC as part of a protest over how Public Purpose Funds are being handled show the ugly side of competition for resources. Common Council members came to the meeting with personal axes to grind and were not restrained.
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11/22/2016 - 16:48
Updated 34 weeks ago
Alex Razaghi let me take a picture of the new sign: NISI. Accented in blue. But we weren't allowed inside yet. With opening day seemingly in sight, that would come soon enough. Or so we thought.
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11/19/2016 - 23:25
Here’s the latest graffiti on Roosevelt Island. Right next to the subway station.
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11/16/2016 - 00:00
Roosevelt Islanders expect protective secrecy to shroud RIOC, but as fresh questions come up about Public Purpose Funds, the disease may have infected the Residents Association, of which we all are part but know less and less about. What the heck's going on?
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11/06/2016 - 00:00
Updated 37 weeks ago
Three recent incidents tell a story about why RIOC fails to earn Roosevelt Islanders' trust in spite of recent gains. The roots go back decades, leaving progress easy to erode.
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11/02/2016 - 00:00
Updated 37 weeks ago
With Dr. Katherine Teets Grimm's exit from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. Board in October, two seats are now unfilled within its supposed executive oversight. The dilemma offers a profound challenge that can be met with smart changes or defeated with more hidden maneuvers.
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10/25/2016 - 15:10
Updated 38 weeks ago
Nominations for the Roosevelt Island Residents Association Common Council have closed. Our sources indicate that responses are even fewer in number than usual. That's good news for RIRA and our community, too.
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10/24/2016 - 00:00
Updated 39 weeks ago
Throwing transparency and deliberation aside, Governor Andrew Cuomo did what was expected, bypassing local opinion as well as qualified candidates to name Susan Rosenthal RIOC's new President/CEO. With a single exception, the Board nodded acquiescence.
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10/08/2016 - 00:00
Updated 40 weeks ago
A tiny group of Roosevelt Islanders has used an ill-defined push for self-governance as a community battering ram for twenty years. Politicians who should know better, like Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, are falling in line.
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10/06/2016 - 00:00
Updated 41 weeks ago
Next week, the future to Southpoint Park will harden with a specific direction embedded that is unlikely to change. If your future includes Roosevelt Island, you might want to weigh in with your thoughts while you still have time.
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