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    Stories We Should Have Told, and More Change
    Briana Warsing
    • Sep 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    Stories We Should Have Told, and More Change

    Happy Labor Day, Roosevelt Island! It’s been another summer of change on Roosevelt Island, and at The WIRE. You didn’t hear much from us...
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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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    RIRA Affirms PPF Committee's Recommendations; Next Up RIOC Board
    Briana Warsing
    • Nov 9, 2018
    • 3 min

    RIRA Affirms PPF Committee's Recommendations; Next Up RIOC Board

    Dave Evans, longtime public purpose-fund committee chair, presented a summary of the committee’s findings at Wednesday evening’s...
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    Local Non-Profits Vie for Public Purpose Funds
    Briana Warsing
    • Oct 27, 2018
    • 10 min

    Local Non-Profits Vie for Public Purpose Funds

    Ten Island non-profits went to the podium at Good Shepherd Community Center over the course of two evenings this past week to make their...
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    Public Purpose Fund Public Session Kicks Off Tonight
    Briana Warsing
    • Oct 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Public Purpose Fund Public Session Kicks Off Tonight

    Ten Island non-profits will take to the podium at Good Shepherd Community Center over the course of two evenings – tonight starting at...
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    8 Takeaways from RIOC's December Board Meeting
    Kelly Turner
    • Dec 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    8 Takeaways from RIOC's December Board Meeting

    For those of you who couldn’t make the 5:30 p.m. Board meeting of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (because, um, jobs), here’s...
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    briana644
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 2 min

    It’s Time to Show Up

    To describe the 2017-2018 Public Purpose Fund Committee’s public session as sparsely attended would be excessively kind. But why was more...
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    Local Groups Vie for Public Purpose Funds
    Briana Warsing
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 8 min

    Local Groups Vie for Public Purpose Funds

    Over the course of two nights in November, nine Island organizations took to the podium at Good Shepherd Community Center to make their...
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    Finding the Right Home for RIOC’s Public Purpose Funds
    Dave Evans
    • Oct 30, 2017
    • 2 min

    Finding the Right Home for RIOC’s Public Purpose Funds

    The Roosevelt Island Residents’ Association Common Council is honored to once again participate in the Roosevelt Island Operating...
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    Dana Agmon
    • Jun 11, 2017
    • 4 min

    Senior Association Awarded $12,000 in Delayed Public Purpose Funds

    At the May Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation public board meeting, the Roosevelt Island Seniors Association (RISA) was approved to...
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