Roosevelt Island officials launched a smear campaign to blame tourists — and not mismanagement — for repeated problems with the island’s famed Tramway, a scathing state report reveals.

Officials who used to run the Roosevelt Island Tram are under fire after using public funds to scrub the internet of bad reviews. The state Inspector General found executive staff members of the ...

No man is an island, but a buyer of this ... so you see the tram,” he said. “So that’s a very unique setup in terms of the price. And that’s why we kind of priced it aggressively.” ...

For $2.75 - the same price as New York subway or bus fare ... Opened in 1976, the Roosevelt Island tram is one of just two aerial commuter trams in the United States. It transports 2 million ...

While today's Roosevelt Island provides some tranquility amid the bustling city, it has a dark history. Blackwell's Island, as it was known in the 1800s and early 1900s, was used to incarcerate ...