On July 15, the City held its second Community Advisory Group meeting on the Steam Plant demolition. We asked one question: who is qualified to bring down these smokestacks in the middle of a residential neighborhood? Here's what officials said, on the record. They've...

On June 29, the Department of Buildings issued an Immediately Hazardous — Class 1 violation at the Steam Plant, and a stop-work order. Class 1 is the most severe classification DOB issues. What the inspector found: a portion of the masonry at the East smokestack base...

Dear Roosevelt Island Neighbors, After our elected officials called for it back in April, the City and HPD have finally agreed to a Community Advisory Group for the Steam Plant — and its first meeting is this Wednesday, June 17. ArchRIca has a seat at the table,...

Dear Roosevelt Island Neighbors, We've crossed 2,123 signatures, and we're closing in on 2,500. Thank you. Here's the quick ask for this week: Come say hello tomorrow. ArchRI will be at Roosevelt Island Day — Saturday, June 6, 11 AM to 3 PM, Firefighters Field. We'd...

On Tuesday night, Roosevelt Island residents turned what RIOC had scheduled as a "brief Community Advisory Group update" into the first real community-driven CAG meeting on the Steam Plant demolition. Residents directly questioned RIOC leadership, and committee...

Two thousand. When we started this petition on January 22, we had five demands and a community that had never been told the truth about what was happening to the Steam Plant. Four months later, 2,000 of you have signed.  Gothamist, NPR, the New York Post, and...

Dear neighbors and supporters, Five months ago, we asked three simple questions: Where is the structural report? What are the environmental hazards? Can this building be saved? We asked on December 2. We asked on February 12. We asked on February 18, when Community...

Dear supporters, TONIGHT — CB8 FULL BOARD MEETING — ROOSEVELT ISLAND Community Board 8 voted 37–0 in February to oppose this demolition. Their resolution was ignored. Tonight is their Full Board meeting — held right here on Roosevelt Island — and we need every seat...

Dear neighbors and supporters, Last night, Good Shepherd Chapel was packed to capacity. You showed up. You asked hard questions. You demanded answers. And the representatives of HPD, DOB, and RIOC failed to provide them. No structural report. No environmental test...

After 135 days of unanswered questions, tonight is when the Roosevelt Island community gets answers. At 6:00 PM, representatives of HPD, DOB, RIOC, and DEC will face the public for the first time since demolition of the Steam Plant began—without publicly released...