Last week, over a year after its abrupt closure last August, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) re-opened Octagon Field...

After a summer hiatus, both the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, and the Roosevelt Island Residents Association held their first...

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...

Re-Introducing RIOC is a new way for RIOC to inform residents and stakeholders about the many new people who have come to work on the...

Public Safety Chief Jack McManus, who has served as Chief of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s (RIOC) Public Safety Department...

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) has issued a formal Call for Artists to create a memorial for Nellie Bly, the...

From a long-awaited Blackwell House ribbon cutting to a new comfort station at the Octagon Field, a lot happened at yesterday’s board...

The New York State Senate has confirmed Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s appointments of David Kapell, Conway Ekpo and Jeffrey Escobar to fill...

Our community has just experienced the best outcome of representative government. After the highly successful programming of the Cherry...

Phase I of the Motorgate Improvement Project will be starting this week. The scope of work taking place includes: Repair concrete...

When the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) took away the bus stop near the Community Garden last month due to a road...

On Thursday, May 23rd, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) held a Town Hall with representatives from NYC Emergency...

A Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Town Meeting was held yesterday to discuss safety and preparations for Figment NYC, the...

The RI monument, installed on October 8, 2018, was erected on a three-month trial basis. According to the calendar, that period ended on...

After this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival brought tens of thousands of visitors to the Island – some estimates have the number at as much...

Island Kids has launched its new initiative, Moving Forward, a program developed for high schoolers (ages 14-18), and separately, one for...

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...

Rebecca Graham, legislative counsel for Assembly member Rebecca Seawright, announced at the May Roosevelt Island Residents Association...

This story was originally published on April 24, 2019 in THE CITY by Rachel Holliday Smith Residents of Battery Park City and city public...

The state has committed $5 million to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) as partial funding to create a dedicated ramp...