According to the MTA, there will be Roosevelt Island F Train
F Trains run local in both directions between Roosevelt Av and 71 AvAlso,
E Trains run via the F in both directions between W 4 St and 21 St-Queensbridgeand:
E Trains run local in both directions between Roosevelt Av and 71 Av
On the morning of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States
protesters hung a banner saying:Donald Trump has arrived at the White House. Watch live: https://t.co/CSRNTlSpdJ— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2017
BRIDGES NOT WALLSon the Queensboro Bridge over the East River next to Roosevelt Island.
Spotted this morning on the Queensboro Bridge.. pic.twitter.com/18bNFjBaSU— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) January 20, 2017
UPDATE 11:30:My sister sends this image of the Queensboro bridge in NYC, where protestors today have unfurled a banner that says Bridges Not Walls. pic.twitter.com/fVFHxQCJSI— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) January 20, 2017
UPDATE 1:25 PM - The Roosevelt Island Tram passes by the Bridges Not Walls banner on Queensboro Bridge.Seen from the Roosevelt Island Tram today pic.twitter.com/gH8wGXEbQL— ((Seth Finkelstein)) (@SuperSeth64) January 20, 2017
A banner that you can only see from the Roosevelt Island tram (kind of a niche protest) https://t.co/sqBG0NL9bD (photo @danielle_ivory) pic.twitter.com/kXBMNmGhf1
— Nick Turner (@SFNick) January 20, 2017
proud of my inclusive neighborhood pic.twitter.com/Dzv9iRBTQw
— jake (@jakebeckman) January 20, 2017
Resident Frank Farance shares these photos and reports on the free basketball program offered on Saturday's by the Roosevelt Islands Youth Program (RIYP) at PS/IS 217. According to Mr. Farance:
Parents,
At the recent Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Children, Youth, and Education committee meeting, some parents said they were unaware of some of the offerings for their children. I am compiling a list and, as I see things come by, I will pass them along (we're trying to get something more formalized ready, but you'll have missed the opportunities by then).
If you don't know coach Tommy, you should: he is fantastic, he really has a knack with kids and teaching the fundamentals,
and he gives a lot of individual attention.
My daughter learned how to properly throw a baseball, and shoot a hoop (she'd bet a cheeseburger she could do it, and then double down with two in a row). My son learned much coordination/movement and feels comfortable playing a pick-up game with friends.
The photos, from the 5 and 6 year-old classes, show Coach Tommy teaching the kids several kinds of passes (with thumbs down follow through),
how to dribble,
a fake or two, and how to run backwards (an important coordination skill).
Parents can help with coaching, such as parent Ben shows how to fake and shoot. The instruction ends with the coach explaining some of the finer points, and then a Hands In!
Older kids (3rd grade and above) have teams and games.
Here is the schedule:
Basketball Ages 5-16 Every Saturday at PS/IS 217:
- 9AM 5 year olds/Kindergartners (Instructional)
- 10:15AM 6 year olds/1st Graders (Instructional)
- 11:30AM 7 year olds/2nd Graders (Instructional)
- 12:45PM 8-9 year olds/ 3rd&4th Graders Teams and games (Coaches needed)
- 1:50PM 10-12 year olds/5th thru 8th Graders Teams and games/Round Robin(Coaches needed)
- 3:30PM 13-16 year olds/9th thru 12th Graders Teams and games/Round Robin (Coaches needed)
Afternoon times are tentative
Contact Andrey at riypsports@gmail.com for more information.
Also, if you'd like to be on the RIYP E-mail list for program/activities announcements, let him know in your E-mail. The program is FREE.
By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 4:41:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Basketball , Roosevelt Island Youth Program , Youth , Youth Center
Donald Trump will be inaugurated Friday, January 20, as the 45th President of the United States. But,
According to The Atlantic:A growing number of Democrats in Congress refuse to attend Trump's inauguration. @ckmarie reports: https://t.co/PHPEjZfvOw pic.twitter.com/c8lILkiNEQ— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 19, 2017
A steadily growing number of congressional Democrats are refusing to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, sending a message of resistance at the outset of Trump’s presidency. It’s less clear, however, what exactly that message is, and whether it will do the Democratic Party much good as it attempts to find its way in the Trump era.Among the New York Congressional delegation, these members will not be attending tomorrow's Presidential inauguration:
The high-profile protest was galvanized by the president-elect’s rebuke of civil rights icon John Lewis as “all talk” and no action” over the weekend after the Georgia congressman said he does not view Trump “as a legitimate president” and did not plan to attend Trump’s inauguration. At the latest count, more than 60 Democrats in Congress have now announced they will not show up. Painting a bleak picture of what the country now faces, some Democrats warn that the incoming Trump administration could fundamentally erode American democracy....
Carolyn Maloney attending DJT's inauguration. Her reason for attending sounds more like opportunism than of "respect for the office and America's tradition of peaceful transfers of power,"... DJT himself has no respect for American traditions. I will no longer support Ms. Maloney.I asked Ms. Maloney why she is attending the inauguration? Ms. Maloney replied:
Along with President Obama, Secretary Clinton, the entire United States Senate and the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives, I am attending the inauguration out of respect for our country's peaceful transition of power. However, more than ever, I am resolved to stand up to any attack from Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans on women's rights, the Affordable Care Act, our social safety net, our civil liberties, and more. That is why the day after the inauguration, I will be attending the women's protest march in New York City and I will be there every step of the way going forward to vigorously defend our progressive values.Yesterday, Ms. Maloney sent the following letter to President-Elect Donald Trump:
President-Elect Donald J. TrumpThe business of governing continues.
Trump Tower
725 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Dear President-Elect Trump,
We the undersigned Representatives from the State of New York, write to you today to convey the disastrous consequences repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would have on your home state. We implore you to consider both the economic and social impacts of repeal on the businesses and families of New York.
There is no doubt that repeal of the ACA would significantly impact the working families in the state, while providing a tax cut to wealthy New Yorkers. Repeal would cause over 2.7 million New Yorkers to lose health insurance coverage, including more than 218,000 in your home borough of Manhattan alone. Beyond people directly covered through the New York state insurance exchange, repeal would have devastating consequences to our entire health care system. Repeal means that all families could once again be subject to annual and lifetime limits and could be denied care for a pre-existing condition. Because repeal would reopen the prescription drug donut hole, seniors across the state would face higher prescription drug costs of $1,195 annually.
Additionally, repeal will cause a $24 billion budget shortfall for hospitals across New York state. Rural hospitals, in particular, would be under enormous financial pressure and could have to close their doors, leaving many in these areas without access to care. From Manhattan to Massena, New Yorkers reject this starkly ideological plan to repeal the ACA that would throw our entire health care system into disarray and not solve the real problems that families face.
While we acknowledge that the Affordable Care Act is not perfect, we will not stand idly by as you inflict a great wound on the people of New York we are sworn to represent and protect. We implore you to stop playing politics with the lives of our constituents and stop efforts to repeal this life-saving law.
Carolyn B. Maloney
Tom Suozzi
Kathleen Rice
Gregory Meeks
Grace Meng
Nydia Velázquez
Hakeem Jeffries
Yvette Clarke
Jerrold Nadler
Adriano Espaillat
Joseph Crowley
José Enrique Serrano
Eliot Engel
Nita Lowey
Sean Patrick Maloney
Paul Tonko
Louise Slaughter
Brian Higgins
By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 12:37:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Donald Trump , elected officials , Health Care , Maloney , politics , Presidential Inaugural
The NBC television show Blacklist
is filming on Roosevelt Island today and tomorrow. According to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):
Please be advised that on Wednesday and Thursday, January 18th and 19th, 2017 from7AM - 11 PM, the following area has been permitted for a film shoot: Main St from 500 Main St (Blackwell turn around) to 510 Main St (Roosevelt Landings bldg) and East seawall from 504 - 560 Main St. Also, various locations inside of 516 and 556 Main St (Roosevelt Landings bldgs).
There will be “No Parking, No Stopping and No Standing” in front of 501 - 513 Main St on Wed., January 18th, 2017 from 5AM to 5PM.
The film shoot will include various foreign prop cars / emergency vehicles utilizing emergency lights and foreign street signage. There will also be the use of prop weapons with minimal air soft noises.
During this time, expect intermittent traffic delays and increased pedestrian traffic in the area.
The Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department (RIPSD) and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Movie Unit will be present during this film shoot to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
We appreciate your cooperation during this project.
Simulated gunfire: 1/18 - 1/19, 7 AM - 11 PM, Roosevelt Island. NYPD & Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department on site.
— NYCEM - Notify NYC (@NotifyNYC) January 18, 2017
The Carter Burden Center for the Aging tweets:
Roosevelt Island Carter Burden Senior Center Outreach Director Hallie Shapiro adds:Our Roosevelt Island senior center is hosting on January, 19th its first senior law day sponsored by @icsny. Info & RSVP: 212-980-1888— Carter Burden Center (@BurdenCenter) January 17, 2017
Please join us for SENIOR LAW DAY on Thursday, January 19th! We will have 19 resource organizations here to discuss their resources from 10am-1pm and a workshop on Legal/Financial Planning with Robert Freedman from 1-2pm. RSVP for the workshop by emailing me. Refreshments will be served – we look forward to seeing you!Among the legal topics Mr. Freedman will address are:
By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 10:56:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Carter Burden Center , elder law , Senior Center , Senior Citizens
Roosevelt Island resident and new art gallery owner Paul Calendrillo invites you to the opening reception for artist Phillip Smallwood's The Art Of White Space exhibition
According to Mr. Calendrillo:
Philip Smallwood
The Art of White Space
January 17th 2017 to February 11th 2017
Opening Reception January 18th
6pm to 8pm
Paul Calendrillo New York Gallery
507 Main St. New York, NY 10044
Paul Calendrillo New York proudly presents the first gallery showing of Philip Smallwood's abstracts in the Sumi-e style of Zen painting. The art and technique of this Japanese Ink Painting is summarized the parable below:
A Chinese painter was once commissioned to paint the Emperor's favorite goat. The artist asked for the goat, that he might study it. After two years, the emperor, growing impatient, asked for the return of the goat; the artists obliged.
Then the Emperor asked about the painting. The artist confessed he had not yet made one, and taking an ink brush he drew eight nonchalant strokes, creating the most perfect goat in the annals of Chinese painting.
The ZEN artists believe that great economy of means is necessary to express the purity and simplicity of the eternal nature of the subject. Zen Art does not try to create the illusion of reality. It abandons true-life perspective, and works with artificial space relations that make one think beyond reality into the essence of reality. This concept of essence as opposed to illusion is basic ZEN Art in all phases.
Smallwood integrates this philosophy and technique with his incomparable skill as a watercolorist. Breaking with tradition, he abandons the horsehair brush and ink traditionally used in this work and crafts his own brushes and works in vivid watercolor. Smallwood uses great sensitivity when working in this medium without any preconceived visual content and has only one attempt to get things right. He begins with one stroke, and like Kandinsky, tunes in on every other stroke without contemplation. The length and intensity of every line are what matters. Images come from the freedom. They are born in the moment through the kinetic energy applied by the brush. Smallwood knows if it is right only after he views it.
The title of this exhibition, The Art of White Space, derives its name from the positive nature of the white space that gives birth and purpose to each line. White space is an equal player, much like in Taoist philosophy where perfection is at our first breath. The lotus petal and the art of Sumi-e serve as the backdrops for his unique approach to the genre.
Influenced by his older brother, Fredrick Smallwood, the artist developed a keen interest in visual art that developed into a second career. This artistic journey has taken him and his works across the country and abroad. Mr. Smallwood is the consummate observer, who uses his talents to give a resonance and reason to subjects and places that would normally be ignored. These images are rendered with a dignity and grace that is usually reserved for the upper echelons of society. Smallwood is the recipient of numerous accolades and awards from the most distinguished art societies and organizations nationally and internationally.
Gallery Hours:
Sunday Closed
Monday Closed
Tuesday 11:30am to 6:30pm
Wednesday 11:30am to 6:30pm
Thursday 11:30am to 6:30pm
Friday 11:30am to 5:00pm
Saturday 11:30am to 5:00pm
When will Roosevelt Island's new Nisi Diner,
Any updates on Trellis status? As we enter 2017, it's at least two years - maybe more - since the restaurant closed for renovations. The build-out is now complete - even the tables and chairs are in place. If there is a problem with obtaining needed City permits, red tape can't be untangled - maybe Council Member Kallos could help Kai negotiate the permit process/City bureaucracy? Just a thought..On January 12, I asked Main Street Master Leaseholder Hudson Related's David Kramer:
... Is Trellis/Nisi ever going to open?A Hudson Companies spokesperson replied:
The number 1 question I get is what's going on with Trellis and will it ever open again.
Constant rumors that the lease was sold to a new operator.
We anticipate that Nisi will open later this winter. There is no truth to the lease sale rumor.I've also asked Nisi owners when they will open but have not heard back. Residents have told me that they were told Nisi plans to open at the end of January but that has not been confirmed.
By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 4:43:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Hudson Related , Nisi , Restaurants , Retail , Trellis
...An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. This is difference made legal. By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow and that it is willing to follow itself. This is sameness made legal.The full text of Letter From A Birmingham Jail is here and a short excerpt of audio below.
Let me give another explanation. A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. Who can say that the legislature of Alabama which set up that state's segregation laws was democratically elected? Throughout Alabama all sorts of devious methods are used to prevent Negroes from becoming registered voters, and there are some counties in which, even though Negroes constitute a majority of the population, not a single Negro is registered. Can any law enacted under such circumstances be considered democratically structured?
Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in it's application. For instance, I have been arrested on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade. But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest....
... the man who helped spearhead a movement that had pressed successfully for laws integrating schools, public accommodations and voting booths was ready to take the struggle north, where, as he put it, “the moral force of SCLC’s nonviolent movement philosophy was needed to help eradicate a vicious system which seeks to further colonize thousands of Negroes within a slum environment.”...
— POLITICO (@politico) January 16, 2017Take a moment today to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the good work he accomplished to make our country a better place.
Early morning, April fourA You Tube video of U2's Pride interlaced with a slide show of Dr. King's speeches and news clips.
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky.
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
In the name of love
What more in the name of love.
