NYS Responds to Novel Coronavirus

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a series of actions to raise awareness and prepare New York State in response to an outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China after the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced two confirmed cases in th...

Re-Introducing RIOC: Transportation Event Update

RIVAA Annual Black History Month Exhibition

Chashama Filming in Motorgate Atrium

ChaShaMa, RIOC’s Artist-In-Residence program, will be filming a project in the Motorgate Atrium during the dates and times below. The Public Safety Department (PSD) is aware of the filming and has issued all of the appropriate permits. Filming s...

DOT Conducting RI Bridge Tests

NYC DOT Bridge Operations will be conducting test openings of the RI Bridge on Wednesday, 1/22/2020 and Wednesday, 1/29/2020 starting at approximately 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM. Please be advised that these test openings will take anywhere from 8-12 minutes ...

Tram Elevator Work Resumes

After an unexpected delay due to the contractor’s schedule, work has resumed on the elevator on the Manhattan side of the tram. Expect to see workers on site between now and the scheduled end of completion in Fall 2020. 

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RIOC Board Meeting - Thursday, January 30, 2020

Re-Introducing RIOC: Transportation

The first official Re-Introducing RIOC event on Thursday, January 9, 2020 focused on the island's transportation concerns. Shelton Haynes, RIOC's COO, along with Cy Opperman and Joe Marino of RIOC's Transportation Department kicked off the event to a stan...

Lighthouse Park Workshop a Success

On Wednesday, January 8th, dozens of Roosevelt Island residents and stakeholders attended RIOC's public workshop for Lighthouse Park. Our staff and consultants had the pleasure of receiving a lot of great feedback from a broad sampling of our community. W...