The Community Affairs Department is a highly visible, proactive unit representing the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) and is tasked with establishing, building, and sustaining relationships within the R.I. community. Its mission is to inform the public and promote RIOC’s initiatives and goals while maintaining working and cooperative relationships with the community as well as the board of directors, elected officials and all city, state and federal entities who do business with the corporation.
Functions
The department's main functions include:
- Advertising
- Branding
- Communications
- Graphic Arts
- Handling media relations
- Marketing
- Promotions
- Publications
- Publicity
The department also manages the Roosevelt Island Youth Center and coordinates, plan and executes the island’s special events.