The Roosevelt Island LightHouse

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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • 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 • Eleanor Rivers

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November 2025

Priced Out of the Air. Priced Out of Safety.

The death of a neighbor forces us to confront what privatization and neglect have built.

Nov 28, 2025 • Theo Gobblevelt

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Priced Out of the Air We Breathe

Submetering at Roosevelt Landings Converts Comfort into Profit While RIOC Watches from the Balcony

Nov 21, 2025 • Theo Gobblevelt

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What the Thermostat Forgot

On Submetering, Memory, and the Long War for Roosevelt Landings

Nov 14, 2025 • Eleanor Rivers

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High on the Dust That Landed

Inside Roosevelt Island’s newest contradiction: a doctor’s office becomes a dispensary while the state agency next door pays rent to its own…

Nov 7, 2025 • Theo Gobblevelt

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October 2025

RuthAnne Visnauskas: The Absent Landlord

A city’s quiet bureaucrat and the slow, polite disappearance of affordability.

Oct 31, 2025 • Eleanor Rivers

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