Roosevelt Island Residents Protest Before RIOC Meeting To Demand Priority Board On RI Tram

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RIOC is a mess. It’s dysfunctional, incompetent, and out of touch with locals. It’s board is appointed by the governor and has seen two leaders recently ousted for abuse and mismanagement. We’ve faced rent hikes, unreliable bus service, F train cuts, and tram overcrowding and instability due to overtourism. There’s zero transparency or accountability. A better solution would be to have board members directly elected by residents and require RIOC to hold public forums. This would make it easier to prioritize locals/workers for the tram rather than having to protest or sign petitions to no avail. There needs to be a deep restructuring of the undemocratic corporation that runs our community..