On New York City’s Roosevelt Island, a sliver of land across the East River from Manhattan, real estate broker Ben Garama is trying to set a record -- and make a statement.
The Corcoran Group agent has listed a three-bedroom condo there for $2 million, the highest price ever sought -- or paid -- for a residence on the island, once home to a smallpox hospital and now bustling with construction of a new Cornell University campus.
