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11/12/2017 - 18:44
Updated 1 year ago
When I read this statement from our State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright, "I am pleased to report that I just received notification from the MTA that additional Q trains are coming to the Second Avenue Subway as a result of continued advocacy by our local groups... and local elected officials," I jumped off my chair. On further review, the news wasn't so great, but still, maybe you and Ben can put your heads together to enact a rescue.
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11/09/2017 - 10:12
On an otherwise quiet Friday afternoon, I read a forwarded email in which RIOC Assistant General Counsel Lada Stasko rejected a Freedom of Information request. Her explanation: “Please note that the Budget Bulletin H-1032-Revised, dated July 16, 2014, applies to State agencies, and RIOC is not a State agency.” (emphasis added)
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11/02/2017 - 16:21
Updated 1 year ago
At RIOC's last Board Meeting, a kerfuffle over the big red RI Icon, the first of two, erupted when President/CEO Susan Rosenthal lobbed, "It's a done deal," back at historian Judy Berdy in answer to her protest. Who was right?
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10/29/2017 - 08:48
Updated 1 year ago
Just when you thought you'd seen the worst of Roosevelt Island's community disintegration, with large volumes of rentals converted to foreign student warehousing and quick turnaround (and completely illegal) Airbnb-style mini-hotels, more bad news arrives about heartless, downstream effects.
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10/27/2017 - 08:46
Updated 1 year ago
After listening to readers who value the chance to participate in stories by commenting on them in the Disqus format, we've decided to open up the system again. But there are no guarantees.
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10/23/2017 - 18:40
Updated 1 year ago
You may not have heard the term, but pivoting is an art politicians work to perfect. Watch any news show or, for a great example, a Sarah Huckabee Sanders press conference. A question is put forward, and a strategic answer pops out that responds authoritatively on something not asked.
Pivoting is a dodge. With politicians, it's typical dishonesty. With a State agency trusted to serve residents' interests, it's also immoral.
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10/19/2017 - 18:02
Updated 1 year ago
A couple of weeks ago, I published Main Street WIRE Didn't Want Me, So Why Do They Keep Following Me Around? My fervent hope was that they'd go get their own ideas or, failing that, give me credit for the things that now make up most of what the "independent" newspaper does. While waiting to see if they copy me again (Of course, they did.), I recalled an earlier incident and decided to follow up on what I'm calling the Briana Warsing Bypass.
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10/18/2017 - 18:41
Updated 1 year ago
The worst kept secret on Roosevelt Island is that we have lots of location signage, good stuff too, easy to follow and right where visitors need it to be. The best kept is why it never benefits the struggling Main Street retail corridor.
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10/15/2017 - 16:15
Updated 1 year ago
If you advertise in the Main Street WIRE, your money's invested in a campaign of misinformation intended to drive a Roosevelt Island institution out of business. Is that what you intended to buy?
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10/14/2017 - 09:18
Late last week, in the grand, local tradition of "Kick 'em When They're Down," Main Street WIRE Editor/Publisher Briana Warsing clubbed the Roosevelt Island Youth Program in a brutal attack, inspired by friends of PS/IS 217 Principal Mandana Beckman, hoping to bury RIYP, a group that's helped kids here for more than 40 years. On Friday, Warsing was forced to back down. But it was reluctant, partial and in another WIRE tradition woefully inaccurate.
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