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    Octagon Field Renamed McManus, Tensions Remain
    Rachel Dowling
    • Oct 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Octagon Field Renamed McManus, Tensions Remain

    Last week, over a year after its abrupt closure last August, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) re-opened Octagon Field...
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    RIOC and RIRA Meet on Back to Back Evenings Last Week
    Alexandre Tolipan and Briana Warsing
    • Sep 9, 2019
    • 5 min

    RIOC and RIRA Meet on Back to Back Evenings Last Week

    After a summer hiatus, both the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, and the Roosevelt Island Residents Association held their first...
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    Takeaways From the June Board Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 3 min

    Takeaways From the June Board Meeting

    From a long-awaited Blackwell House ribbon cutting to a new comfort station at the Octagon Field, a lot happened at yesterday’s board...
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    HEY SUSAN! A Q&A with RIOC President Susan Rosenthal
    briana644
    • Apr 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    HEY SUSAN! A Q&A with RIOC President Susan Rosenthal

    HEY SUSAN! What is the latest update on the playground updates and repairs? Weren’t there plans to enlarge the playground and redo the...
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    Octagon Field Plan: RIOC Lowers Fence Height and Will Save Four Trees
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    Octagon Field Plan: RIOC Lowers Fence Height and Will Save Four Trees

    RIOC is lowering the proposed fence around the Octagon Field from ten feet to three and a half feet and they have decided to no longer...
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    Seawright's New RIOC Law Passes Legislature, Will Democracy Follow?
    Briana Warsing
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 7 min

    Seawright's New RIOC Law Passes Legislature, Will Democracy Follow?

    *This article has been updated to reflect the passage of this bill in both houses. A bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Rebecca...
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    RIRA Launches Petition in Opposition to Octagon Field Plan
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    RIRA Launches Petition in Opposition to Octagon Field Plan

    The Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) passed a resolution opposing removal of 11 of the Island’s big, old, shade trees that...
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    What You Missed at RIOC's March Board Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • Mar 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    What You Missed at RIOC's March Board Meeting

    Blackwell House The nine-person board might be four board members down but there was still plenty to get done at last night’s meeting of...
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    10-Year-Old Soccer-Loving Islander Wants RIOC to Reconsider Permitting
    briana644
    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    10-Year-Old Soccer-Loving Islander Wants RIOC to Reconsider Permitting

    I have written this letter to address you about the problem at the Octagon soccer field. It's going to be closed for a long time and...
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    Coach Scot "Permitting the Fields Does Not Help Local Island Businesses"
    Briana Warsing
    • Feb 8, 2019
    • 4 min

    Coach Scot "Permitting the Fields Does Not Help Local Island Businesses"

    On Wednesday night, Scot Bobo, known by Islanders as Coach Scot, stood up in the downstairs meeting room of the Good Shepherd Community...
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    RIOC Will Now Permit Capobianco, Islanders Want Policy Change
    Briana Warsing
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 7 min

    RIOC Will Now Permit Capobianco, Islanders Want Policy Change

    The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) announced on Friday that in addition to Pony Field and Firefighter’s Field, they are...
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    When do Islanders Get a Turn to Play?
    Briana Warsing
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    When do Islanders Get a Turn to Play?

    If the sold-out shows at this past weekend’s teen theatre performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream send one message regarding community,...
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    Soccer Field Completion Date Now "Early Fall"
    Briana Warsing
    • Jan 8, 2019
    • 7 min

    Soccer Field Completion Date Now "Early Fall"

    The Octagon Soccer Field construction has been postponed, yet again. Now to early fall. A request for proposals (RFP) for construction of...
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    Island Services Committee to Meet on November 30
    briana644
    • Nov 26, 2018
    • 1 min

    Island Services Committee to Meet on November 30

    The Roosevelt Island Resident Association's (RIRA) Island Services Committee, chaired by Wildlife Freedom Foundation founder Rossana...
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    Islanders Ask RIOC for Answers About Octagon Soccer Field
    briana644
    • Sep 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Islanders Ask RIOC for Answers About Octagon Soccer Field

    We are writing on behalf of many Roosevelt Island families and football/soccer players who would like to know the plan for the future of...
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    What You Missed at RIOC’s September Board Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • Sep 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    What You Missed at RIOC’s September Board Meeting

    Get your hard hats ready! Island construction was the unofficial theme of the September 6 Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Board of...
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    What You Missed at RIOC's May Board Meeting
    Briana Warsing
    • May 18, 2018
    • 2 min

    What You Missed at RIOC's May Board Meeting

    There was some good news and some bad news at last night’s RIOC Board meeting. First up was the Helix. After ten weeks of construction,...
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