According to a NYPD spokesperson, early this morning at about 2 AM a white van
with 2 passengers, a 40 year old driver and 60 year old passenger crashed
through the Roosevelt Island seawall at East Loop Road near Cornell Tech and
plunged into the East River. The driver was arrested for driving while
intoxicated and there were no injuries.
A Roosevelt Island Tipster shares these photos from the crash scene.
According to a Cornell Grad student who heard the crash and witnessed the aftermath, both passengers managed to swim back to Roosevelt Island.
Freedom News TV was on the scene and interviewed the Cornell Grad student named Phil and has more video from the crash site.
Roosevelt Island Dog Owners Waiting To Find Out Location Of New Southtown Temporary Dog Run - RIOC Says Today It Will Be In Firefighters Field And Ready Before Start Of Hudson Related Building 9 Construction
Today, according to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC):
Roosevelt Island Operating
Corporation President & CEO Shelton J. Haynes today announced the
construction of a temporary dog run while the development of Building 9
is set to begin Fall of 2022.
The
current site of the South Town Dog Run will remain open for use until
the creation of the temporary dog run is completed in late October. The
site of the temporary dog run will be in place until the completion of
the permanent dog run at the new Building 9 development aimed to be
unveiled in Fall 2024.
Temporary Dog Run Specifications:
Overall size 85’x30’. Large dog run 60’x30’. Small dog run 25’x30’
4’ high chain link fence with a self-closing double gate system with a vestibule
Ground to be covered with filter fabric and natural Cedar shred
"With
economic development booming, this construction is proof that people
want to come to Roosevelt Island, to live, work and invest in our
community, said RIOC President & CEO Shelton J. Haynes.
“Once the construction at Building 9 is complete, the historic
investment will breathe new life in and around the Island. The
relocation of the dog run will be temporary until the construction of
Building 9 is complete – the home of the new dog run. The temporary
relocation will be accessible to pet lovers while the field will still
be available for community use. It is an exciting time to be a Roosevelt
Islander – I cannot wait to share what more is in store to come.”
As
part of the Building 9 construction, a Control Access Zone (CAZ) will
be established per the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) not
accessible for public use. The area beyond the CAZ will be available for
use by the public.
Discussions were
held in early spring for the temporary dog run to be placed at an unused
space south of the Island’s ferry terminal. Before moving forward with
construction, RIOC contracted an outside vendor to conduct a soil
investigation to ensure the area’s integrity was safe for recreational
use. Results from a New York State Department of Health Environmental
Laboratory Approval Program certified laboratory found the soil to be
contaminated and further requires remediation. The timeline for
remediating the area to code would delay the project; however, this area
has been cordoned off from the public for years. An announcement for
updated plans for the unused area will be made available at a later date
to be announced.
... An online petition to
"Save Firefghters Field"
was started yesterday by Roosevelt Island residents seeking to stop a proposed
plan by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) to place a temporary Southtown dog run in a portion of Firefighters
Field....
Will protests continue against a dog run in Firefighters Field? Similar protests have stopped earlier plans for dog runs that would replace existing community open green space.
...the 28 story Riverwalk Building 9 will be similar to Riverwalk 7, a
market rate rental. Mr Kramer noted that Hudson Related intends to sell
the base of the building to an East Side medical institution for staff
housing and retain the balance of floors for rental units with 7
thousand sq ft for a new RIOC office space HQ (4000 on ground floor,
3000 in lower level)...
Here's Hudson Related's David Kramer talking about the future market rate rental Riverwalk
Building 9 during May 29, 2019 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Real Estate Development Advisory Committee meeting.
I don't know if there have been any changes to the 2019 plan for Riverwalk Building 9 but will update when more info becomes available.
But, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) announced this afternoon:
Due to the expected inclement weather this weekend, the Fall for Arts Festival has been rescheduled to Saturday, October 8th starting at 10 am through 5 pm. There will be no shortage of fun! We hope to see you there. See the event flyer attached for complete details.
Earlier this week I asked RIOC and Gallery RIVAA:
An artist participating in the 2022 Fall For Arts Festival reported
the following objection regarding RIOC's ownership of works the Artist
creates for the event. According to the Artist:
I
applied for fall for the arts festival, and while I was excited for
this opportunity upon seeing the paper work I had to sign, I was
disappointed.
I think people should see/know this
before they apply, that In participating in FFTA & signing this RIOC
has rights over work that they did not create, and can do what they
want with your work, like selling it& the artist won’t be able to
get any residuals let alone any credit. The money and credit would all
go to RIOC. I don’t think this is fair to people who put a lot of time
in their art, & I also think a lot more people should be aware.
Does
RIOC have any comment on requiring Artists to give up all ownership
rights to the works they create for the Fall For Arts Festival?
Here's the RIOC Fall For Arts Festival artist agreement.
RIOC Vice President of Communications Akeem Jamal replied today:
There is no comment at this time from RIOC.
A Gallery RIVAA representative replied yesterday:
RIVAA met with RIOC yesterday and we discussed the issue of waivers.
Our two organizations are co-sponsoring this event, but the waiver part
falls under RIOC's area of responsibility. We relayed to RIOC the
artist's position on waivers and it's now in their hands to decide if
anything will change.
There are six hurricane evacuation zones, ranked by the risk of storm
surge impact, with zone 1 being the most likely to flood. In the event of
a hurricane or tropical storm, residents in these zones may be ordered to
evacuate.
I noticed that my zone has changed. Why is that?
Zones are updated to incorporate new, higher resolution storm surge model
output from the National Weather Service. These data, combined with
improved topographic data, and information from actual events, allow the
City to more accurately define areas most at risk of flooding due to storm
surge from a hurricane....
Roosevelt Island residents live in both Zones 2 and 3 depending upon the
location of your building. As shown in the
NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zone Finder
below, the Roosevelt Island buildings colored in brown are in Zone 2 and those
colored in Yellow are in Zone 3. The nearby Evacuation Centers are shown too.
The Octagon, Manhattan Park, Westview, Island House, Roosevelt Landings,
Cornell Tech, Coler Hospital and Riverwalk 480, 475 and 460 Main Street
buildings are in Zone 2.
Riverwalk 405, 425, 455, 465 and Rivercross (531) buildings are in Zone
3.
The
NYC Emergency Management Department
hosted a 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season workshop for community media last
June. I asked why some Roosevelt Island buildings are in Zone 2 and those next
door are Zone 3.
Watch the full workshop from the beginning.
Here's a video report this afternoon showing Hurricane Ian's impact on
Florida today.
Here's some scenes
of what Roosevelt Island looked like during Hurricane Sandy in October
2012
NYC Ferry (“NYCF”) administers the Ferry Discount Program (“Ferry
Discount Program”). The Ferry Discount Program permits eligible
individuals to purchase a reduced fare One-Way Ticket for the NYCF.
Ferry Discount Program eligible riders include:
Senior citizens, aged 65 and older;
Persons with disabilities;
Current participants in the Fair Fares NYC program.
Now kids can learn tennis more easily, rally faster, and develop a love of
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Join us at the Roosevelt Island Library to celebrate and discuss our community
loom project with the people who conceived
the design and making of it in the MakerLAB on Cornell Tech campus. Hear about
how the craft of weaving was used as a communal data visualization tool to bring
5 different organizations on this island together.
Rooseevelt Island branch library manager Carlos Chavez adds that
PS/IS 217, Carter Burden Network
Roosevelt Island Senior Center
and
Coler Hospital
joined in the project with the RI Library and Cornell Tech MakerLab.
The MakerLAB provides easy access to fabrication tools that enable students, faculty, and the campus community to test-build their ideas from initial sketch to refined prototype. The full range of equipment and inclusive atmosphere accommodates everyone from master’s students creating hardware for embedded systems, to Cornell-Weill residents conducting clinical studies in health tech, to K-12 students experimenting with 3D printing for the first time.
Patrons, look at our amazing community loom! Look at how big it is! Join us for a discussion on this incredible project on Wednesday September 28th at 6pm. Seriously I’m in awe of how awesome this thing is. pic.twitter.com/DBwCQ0mSdX
“Are NFTs 'Art'?”: Talk at 3 Oct. IC3 NFT gallery opening by my colleague
Mukti Khaire, an authority on entrepreneurship in creative industries. Check
out her book, Culture and Commerce, or our NFT primer for non-technologists
at https://t.co/C2OxpxZYwo.https://t.co/V03rG4g2iS
NFT Art Gallery Opening @Cornell Tech Monday October 3, 2022 Tata Innovation
Center, 11 East Loop Road, New York, NY 10044
The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3) invites you to an
evening of art, cutting-edge research, and NFTs. Join us for the inaugural
NFT art gallery opening at Cornell Tech in New York City. Light refreshments
will be served.
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have created an exciting new area of research at
the intersection of computer science, art, law, and economics. The event
will feature the unveiling of an artist-made glass projection screen
showcasing a gallery of NFTs that represent the latest NFT research from
IC3. It will also feature talks highlighting advances in NFT technology from
faculty and students across a range of disciplines.
Our thanks to Eirik Ulversøy, a.k.a. Kitten Mittens, and to Dapper
Labs for their generous loan of historically important and rare
CryptoKitties for our experiment at the event in the psychology of NFT
viewing.
Event program:
Ari Juels (Cornell) - "Intro: What This Event Is All About"
Mukti Khaire (Cornell) - "Are NFTs 'Art'"
Phil Daian (Cornell) - "A Journey Through Glass and Blockchains"
James Grimmelmann (Cornell) - "Why NFT Licensing Is Hard"
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are digital objects that reside on blockchains
and are typically associated with unique digital media, such as images or
mu- sic. A recent frenzy of popular interest has given rise seemingly
overnight to a multi-billion NFT market. Individual NFTs can sell for
millions or tens of millions of dollars, while creators ranging from
traditional artists such as Damien Hirst and Grimes to mainstream
consumer-goods companies such as Coca-Cola and Nike are producing their own
NFT collections.
This primer’s focus is on NFTs for art and collectables. Our aim is to give
non-technical readers a basic familiarity with the technology behind NFTs,
the history of their development, the current state of the NFT community and
marketplace, and a notion of how NFTs might evolve in the future. We also
offer a brief overview of the dynamics of traditional art markets and
discuss the similarities, differences, and points of intersection in NFT
markets.
We hope that readers will come away from this primer with a basic under-
standing of how blockchains, smart contracts, and cryptographic keys work,
an appreciation of some of the novel ways in which NFTs are empowering
artists, a picture of the variety of dynamism of NFTs projects and
communities, and possibly a hankering to own at least a fractional Bored
Ape....
Learn more about NFT art from these video reports.
What’s an Atomic NFT? A new type that resists fractionalization—even by
means of keys shared off-chain. Sounds impossible? (It should at first.)
Kushal Babel
@KushalBabel
will introduce in a short talk. (At IC3 NFT gallery opening on 3 Oct.) Paper
to come. pic.twitter.com/2l4gWDIe0x
The lights of NYC are about to grow a bit brighter. Phil Daian
@phildaian
to give a talk on co-designing a ten-foot-high NFT display panel
commissioned from glassblower Jason Mack. (At IC3 NFT gallery opening on 3
Oct.
@initc3org)
pic.twitter.com/a5DHBVV7kv
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