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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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    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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