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    Motorgate Work to Commence Soon
    Shelton Haynes, RIOC Chief Operating Officer
    • Jun 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Motorgate Work to Commence Soon

    As RIOC enters the final stages of contract negotiation with the contractor who will be doing the necessary repair work on the Motorgate...
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    Lessons Learned from Cherry Blossom Festival Made FIGMENT a Success
    Lydia Tang
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Lessons Learned from Cherry Blossom Festival Made FIGMENT a Success

    Our community has just experienced the best outcome of representative government. After the highly successful programming of the Cherry...
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    Transportation and Affordable Housing Lead Town Hall
    Briana Warsing, photos by Irina Island Images
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Transportation and Affordable Housing Lead Town Hall

    “We all know about the Cherry Blossom Festival,” opened Marcus Book, an assistant director of government and community relations for the...
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    Figment Wins Hearts of a Skeptical Community
    Rachel Dowling
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 7 min

    Figment Wins Hearts of a Skeptical Community

    A shimmering, larger-than-life unicorn, propelled by a human-powered go-cart escorting a mounted human at a soaring height, with its...
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    Motorgate Improvements to Begin This Week
    briana644
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Motorgate Improvements to Begin This Week

    Phase I of the Motorgate Improvement Project will be starting this week. The scope of work taking place includes: Repair concrete...
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    Get Ready for Roosevelt Island Day!
    Briana Warsing
    • Jun 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Get Ready for Roosevelt Island Day!

    Roosevelt Island Day, the day to give back to the Island and celebrate our neighborhood is tomorrow. Breakfast, hosted by the Roosevelt...
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    Largest Pride Flag in NYC at FDR Park
    Briana Warsing
    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Largest Pride Flag in NYC at FDR Park

    New York's largest pride flag, 12 feet by 100 feet, will be unveiled at FDR Four Freedoms Park on June 14. It will adorn the Park's...
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    Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere: Island Kids Take the Stage with Beauty & the Beast Jr.
    Rachel Dowling with photos by Irina Island Images
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 4 min

    Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere: Island Kids Take the Stage with Beauty & the Beast Jr.

    This weekend 48 Roosevelt Island kids in three different casts will take the stage in the Main Street Theatre and Dance Alliance (MST&DA)...
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    Making RIOC Accountable to Mobility Challenged Gardeners
    Rachel Dowling
    • May 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Making RIOC Accountable to Mobility Challenged Gardeners

    When the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) took away the bus stop near the Community Garden last month due to a road...
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    Islanders to Showcase Participatory Art at Figment Festival
    Briana Warsing
    • May 31, 2019
    • 4 min

    Islanders to Showcase Participatory Art at Figment Festival

    Many Islanders and Island organizations heeded the call from Figment NYC, the two-day free participatory arts event being held here this...
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    RIOC Holds Town Hall to Share Figment NYC Event Logistics
    briana644
    • May 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    RIOC Holds Town Hall to Share Figment NYC Event Logistics

    On Thursday, May 23rd, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) held a Town Hall with representatives from NYC Emergency...
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    American History to Good Eats and Drinks: Expect the Unexpected at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
    Briana Warsing
    • May 30, 2019
    • 5 min

    American History to Good Eats and Drinks: Expect the Unexpected at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

    Itching to get off the Island, but not looking forward to taking a hot, sticky subway ride just to stand on line with tourists? We are...
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    RIOC Shares FIGMENT Strategy; Residents Aren't Impressed
    Briana Warsing
    • May 24, 2019
    • 6 min

    RIOC Shares FIGMENT Strategy; Residents Aren't Impressed

    A Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Town Meeting was held yesterday to discuss safety and preparations for Figment NYC, the...
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    More Or Less I Am, FDR Park Does Public Theatre
    Briana Warsing
    • May 23, 2019
    • 3 min

    More Or Less I Am, FDR Park Does Public Theatre

    Next Thursday, to celebrate New York born Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday, Compagnia De' Colombari, an international collective of...
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    Sign Up: Blood Drive to Take Place on RI Day
    Briana Warsing
    • May 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    Sign Up: Blood Drive to Take Place on RI Day

    Janine Schaefer, a volunteer on the Roosevelt Island Residents Association’s (RIRA) Social, Cultural & Events committee is the chair of...
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    The Return of the RI Monument and RIOC’s Lack of Integrity
    Janet Falk
    • May 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Return of the RI Monument and RIOC’s Lack of Integrity

    The RI monument, installed on October 8, 2018, was erected on a three-month trial basis. According to the calendar, that period ended on...
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    Amanda Sadlier Installed as Hope Church Pastor
    Briana Warsing
    • May 15, 2019
    • 6 min

    Amanda Sadlier Installed as Hope Church Pastor

    Amanda Sadlier was formally installed as lead pastor of Hope Covenant Church, replacing her husband, Dan Sadlier, at a service on May 5,...
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    FIGMENT Will Be "Test Case" for RIOC
    Briana Warsing
    • May 14, 2019
    • 3 min

    FIGMENT Will Be "Test Case" for RIOC

    After this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival brought tens of thousands of visitors to the Island – some estimates have the number at as much...
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    Tasty Start for Moving Forward Program
    Phoebe Flynn
    • May 14, 2019
    • 6 min

    Tasty Start for Moving Forward Program

    Island Kids has launched its new initiative, Moving Forward, a program developed for high schoolers (ages 14-18), and separately, one for...
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    What You Missed at RIOC's May Board Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • May 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    What You Missed at RIOC's May Board Meeting

    Attendees of the May 9 RIOC Board meeting were treated to a shorter meeting than usual, at just over an hour, and some remarks from board...
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