The night time lighting of the former smallpox hospital, on Roosevelt Island, started as a party favor from Arnold Scaasi, a Sutton Place resident, to his guests. It was then later picked up as a treat from an island based group to the larger city as a reminder that "we're part of the City".
Today the lights that shine upon the Renwick Ruin are a nightly fixture, with the cost borne by RIOC, and while the lights may be taken for granted by most of the City, they have become a fixture of the City's night time sky and still to this day a nice reminder that we are here.
Picture via Flickr by Mortbats.
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Since the floodlights are basically only for the benefit of the wealthy folks with water views on Sutton Place, they ought to foot the electric bill for the floodlights - NOT RIOC, or, by extension, RI residents.
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