BREAKING NEWS - 3 New Members Named To Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board Of Directors - Confirmed Yesterday By NY State Senate Finance Committee

Yesterday, June 17, the NY State Senate Finance Committee confirmed 3 new members of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC). According to the NY State Senate Finance Committee web page, they are:

Jeffrey R. Escobar, Member, Board of Directors Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
Conway S. Ekpo, Member, Board of Directors Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation
David E. Kapell, Member, Board of Directors Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

Here's video of the confimation. RIOC Board members confirmation is at beginning of video.



Jeffrey Escobar is an attorney, Roosevelt Island resident and former President of Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) ending his 5 years as RIRA President in November 2018..



Conway S Ekpo is in-house counsel for Morgan Stanley. Do not know if he is a resident or not.

David E Kappel is a Director of State of New York Mortgage Agency Board (SONYMA). According to his SONYMA bio:

... Mr. Kapell is also president of Kapell Real Estate, Inc., a boutique family-run brokerage in Greenport that he founded in 1981.

He has three grown children and lives in Greenport and on Roosevelt Island with his wife, Eileen Kapell....

This is a developing story. Stay tuned for more.

UPDATE 7:20 PM - A reader noticed that Mr. Ekpo is a Roosevelt Island resident.