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07/01/2016 - 03:58
Updated 46 weeks ago
Why Did RIRA Release Embarrassing Survey Results?
The Roosevelt Island Residents’ Association can be a curious organism to watch, full of inexplicable self-confidence and a bit deluded about its importance, but with the much hyped SURVEY, the situation verged on comical.
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06/23/2016 - 00:00
Updated 1 year ago
They were highly regarded by reputation before the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp. engaged them in a review process, but how really objective is Fitzgerald and Halliday in considering potentially radical changes in Southpoint Park?
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06/13/2016 - 00:00
I got up early Sunday morning, hours before the full horror of the murders at Pulse, Orlando’s lively gay nightclub, were known. For the rest of the morning, it was like an ugly storm that would not let up.
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06/04/2016 - 00:00
When he was still Cassius Clay, floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, I stayed awake as late as I could to listen on the radio as they called his match with Sonny Liston. I was sixteen when he first became Heavyweight Champion of the World and nineteen when he encouraged my generation to stand tall against our country's worst excesses.
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05/28/2016 - 15:31
Updated 1 year ago
When quickened with activism, Roosevelt Island's Residents' Association (RIRA) can do great things. Recent inspiring examples show how.
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05/24/2016 - 00:00
A recent post on the Roosevelt Islander blog contained undigested notes by a Residents' Association member claiming that the familiar name Trellis, upon reopening, might be replaced by one honoring Nisi, a Greek village. But as a community, we should be less concerned about the name, menu or opening date than about its strange contrast with its neighbors.
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05/19/2016 - 00:00
Have you ever worried that the person in whose care you've entrusted your cat while you're away may not give your best feline friend - or friends - the attention they deserve? Or even the amount you paid for - in advance?
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05/18/2016 - 00:00
Updated 1 year ago
With a crowd of 200 on hand, you had to figure more would have been attracted to this local event were it not held on a weekday afternoon. But then, we might have missed out on the best part of it: the PS/IS 217 School Band.
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05/16/2016 - 00:00
Updated 1 year ago
As the Roosevelt Island Tram completes it’s fortieth year of service — if you excuse hiatuses in 2006 and 2010 that combined took up almost a year — there’s more to celebrate than you might think. In an era marked by intense skepticism about government, the Tram stands tall as an example of outstanding public sector achievement, showing us that a community and its government really can succeed in partnership.
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05/10/2016 - 00:00
Weeks after welcoming its 500,000 visitor, FDR Four Freedoms Park is in a battle with the city over, of all things, accessibility. Read more
