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Before I Find the Eggs
When a Proposed Shelter Moves Closer to Home, So Do the Questions About Safety, Dignity, and Process
Feb 20
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Eleanor Rivers
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When Representation Was the Promise
How Roosevelt Island mistook access for power and lost both
Feb 13
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Eleanor Rivers
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The Committee Man
How outcomes stopped being shaped and started being approved
Feb 6
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Theo Gobblevelt
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January 2026
Howard Polivy, the Man Who Never Left
A long tenure, a consistent vote, and the comfort of continuity
Jan 30
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Eleanor Rivers
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AVAC Is Working. The Model Is What’s Aging.
What fifty years of use reveal about infrastructure, upkeep, and the decisions that keep systems alive. The system is not failing.
Jan 23
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Theo Gobblevelt
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AVAC: Where the Pipe Curves
Observations from the part of the meeting most people stop listening to. Notes about maintenance, responsibility, and who was in the room.
Jan 16
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Eleanor Rivers
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Rivercross and the Quiet Green Light
The Votes, the Conflicts, and the Sudden Exit of Margie Smith and Fay Christian
Jan 9
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Theo Gobblevelt
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On naming, neglect, and the quiet work that keeps things standing
On naming, neglect, and the quiet work that keeps things standing
Jan 2
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Eleanor Rivers
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December 2025
The Emergency Was Always Underground
How decades of documented risk were ignored while a convenient emergency took center stage.
Dec 26, 2025
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Theo Gobblevelt
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An Emergency, Apparently
A demolition rushed, an explanation missing, and a community left outside the room.
Dec 19, 2025
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Eleanor Rivers
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A Vote in the Shadows: When the Public Record Disagrees with Fay Christian
When the facts contradict the narrative, the silence becomes the story.
Dec 12, 2025
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Theo Gobblevelt
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The Meeting That Moved On Without Her
What I Saw Between a Burned Doorway and a Governance Committee Table Governance Committee Meeting, 5:30 p.m., November 17, 2025, RIOC Operations Office…
Dec 5, 2025
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Eleanor Rivers
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