A wonderful, but very cold, Roosevelt Island Christmas Holiday Tree Lighting
Ceremony this evening at the Meditation Lawn with performances from the Main
Street Theatre & Dance Alliance kids, local Girl Scouts and Roosevelt Island
Youth Center.
The enthusiastic crowd, with the help of Roosevelt Island Public Safety
Department Deputy Chief Anthony Amoroso chanted for Santa
Claus.
Then came the arrival of Santa Claus with Mrs Claus and the countdown to the
Lighting of the Roosevelt Island Christmas Holiday Tree began. 5,4, 3, 2, 1 - Lights On,
followed by Santa and the kids singing Jingle Bells.
This fills a longstanding need, and thanks to all the leaders who pulled it together. For balance now, we need resident leadership to come up with something similar. RIRA is a wreck waiting for...
Jesus Christ. Give it up. The priority boarding is not going to happen. If the line is too long, take the subway. It's not that far from the tram station on either end of the trip.
The protections from Public Safety for tram safety diminish the man hours of protection that Roosevelt Islanders pay for to protect us right here in our community. While It's necessary,...
It good idea but need to think about a limit number of passes per person or some other control to stop people trying to grab multiples for sale. Also have to think where/when do you get the daily...
There is no extra fee for the annual Fast Line Pass. The idea is the same thing as what your are calling Priority Boarding. The idea that is different is that anyone (residents/workers/visitors)...
Re. the 8:30 update: The Roosevelt Landings Residents Association determined that at least 22 heater sparkings and fires had taken place in our building in recent months. I personally experienced 3...
Roosevelt Island is a mixed income, racially diverse waterfront community situated in the East River of New York City between Manhattan and Queens and is jurisdictionally part of Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Tramway, which connects Roosevelt Island to the rest of Manhattan, has become the iconic symbol of Roosevelt Island to its residents.
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