Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Archived Websites

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation.

B2163-07: This accretion consists of a copy of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation site produced on December 26, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains contact information, notices and travel advisories, a section for people to ask questions regarding living on the island, development plans for the island, and schedules for trams and buses serving the island. Photographs of events on the island (2005-2006) and information about the history of the Roosevelt Island tram and the Renwick Ruins, the Blackwell House, the island's lighthouse, and other landmarks are also included.

B2163-08: This accretion consists of a copy of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Web site produced on May 9, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). It contains contact information about the corporation, permits for sports facilities on the island, a calendar of events (2008), notices and travel advisories (2008), and questions and answers concerning life on the island. Information about the history of the Roosevelt Island tram and the Renwick Ruins, the Blackwell House, the island's lighthouse, and other landmarks is also included.

B2163-10: This accretion consists of a copy of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation site produced on December 27, 2010, shortly before Governor David A. Paterson (2008-2010) left office. It contains contact information, development plans, information about upcoming events, a self-guided tour map (2010), newer notices and travel advisories (2010), and the 2010 ROIC Record Magazine. News videos of reopening of the tram are also present.

Researchers should note that, owing to the structure of the live page and the limitations of Web archiving technology, the corporation's Facebook page could not be captured successfully in late 2010.

B2163-19: This accretion consists of a copy of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation site produced on December 16, 2019. It contains board of directors meeting minutes (2019), press releases (2019), annual financial reports (2007-2019), budget reports (2007-2006), audited financial statements (2007-2016), internal controls summaries (2007-2017), operational policies, information about events on the island, and notices and travel advisories (2019). It also contains information about the history of the island, much of which is also included in previous copies.

The New York State Archives and the New York State Library used Web archiving software to copy these Web sites in order to preserve the information they contain.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.