The termination of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program (RIYP) on March 2 has left many Islanders with questions. Here are some of the...

It was a dramatic turn of events for a program that has served generations of Island youth. On March 1, sitting before a crowd of...

When Steve Kaufman, treasurer of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program, notified RIOC on the afternoon of Friday, March 2, that they would...

[This story was last updated Tuesday, March 6] In a late Friday press release, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation announced that...

With all the complaints about the Roosevelt Island Youth Program, where is the focus on our new Beacon provider and the problem it's hav

I grew up on a different Roosevelt Island. There was no market-rate housing and no subway. There were only four buildings: Westview,...

On Friday, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) announced plans to hire an outside counsel, Bond, Shoeneck & King, to...

It’s been a rollercoaster of a month for Roy Magsisi, director of the Roosevelt Island Youth Program (RIYP) and one of the program’s...

A contentious meeting of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation’s Board of Directors ended abruptly last week when the Board voted to...

A group of 45 parents asks RIOC to reconsider its approval of the Youth Center contract until oversight can be assured and community concern

The Youth Center space usually looks empty, programming is a mystery, and they don’t have a website to provide any information to residents.

The question of who will operate the 7,000-square-foot Youth Center at 506 Main Street for the next three to five years appears to be...

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation President Susan Rosenthal has put forth a motion for a Board vote to award the Roosevelt Island...

The Roosevelt Island Youth Program soccer program held its championship games Saturday, November 18, at the Octagon soccer field. Both...

Will there be any consequences for RIYP operating an afterschool program without the proper license? Or do they not have to play by the same

At the beginning of September, the Roosevelt Island Youth Program began a new afterschool program that it said would provide music lessons,

On October 5, responding to a tip The WIRE received, I walked to the Youth Center and asked to see their license. I was hoping to put a...

According to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), the Roosevelt Island Youth Program has been operating an...

At a packed board meeting Thursday, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) voted to give the Roosevelt Island Youth Program...

With the Youth Operator Request for Proposals (RF) process starting over, we now have an opportunity – and a duty – to honestly discuss...