Opinion: Is It Really a New Day at the IDA?
By Damon R. Maher There’s a sad and perplexing coda to the New RoAR News 1/28/25 article heralding a new day at the NR Industrial Development Agency (IDA). Instead of bringing in new, pro-labor,...
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State’s Highest Court Backs Public Access to All Police Disciplinary Records
In two unanimous decisions on February 20, New York State’s highest court ruled that in response to public records requests, police departments must release police officers’ full disciplinary records, including records of “unsubstantiated” complaints...
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City’s Contract for Job Referral Services Does Not Follow Best Practices
On Wednesday, February 26, at 7:30 pm, the New Rochelle Corporation for Local Development (CLD) will meet to discuss, and possibly vote on, a resolution to renew the annual $250,000 contract with Westhab’s First...
Community Protests Exoneration of Detective Conn Who Killed Jarrel Garris
Council hears continued calls for greater police accountability and transparency Once again, dissatisfaction with the New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) was a major topic of discussion at the City Council’s monthly Citizens To Be...
Applications Now Open for Civilian Complaint Review Board
Deadline to apply is March 7 New Rochelle has opened applications for membership on New Rochelle’s new Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). All applications must be received by Friday, March 7, at 4:30 pm....
Witness to Terror!
How should the community respond when public officials are threatened? What is the correct response when you witness someone being terrorized by violent hate speech? What is the role of a bystander when someone...
Stop ICE! Protect Our Neighbors, Protect Ourselves!
Some 25% of New Rochelle’s residents are immigrants, and 87% of the City’s population are US citizens. Many immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are scared by the president’s threats to deport them. What’s...
Editorial: Time for New Leadership at the NRPD
On June 5, 2020, New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) Officer Alex McKenna chased Kamal Flowers, a young Black man, on foot into a dark street. Flowers was riding in a car that, police said,...
Again, the NRPD Exonerates a Police Officer Who Killed a Black Man
Commissioner Gazzola says Detective Steven Conn, who killed Jarrel Garris in July 2023, followed all procedures. For the second time in less than four years, the New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) has exonerated an...
Labor Rep Hitting the Mark at NR IDA
‘The City Must do Better for Residents when Awarding Tax Breaks to Developers’ Several months into his term on the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA), Miguel Ayala, a member of the International Brotherhood...
Shared Legacies: Film Screening and Talkback
On Thursday, January 16, the Inter-Religious Coalition of New Rochelle and the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Mid-Westchester will commemorate MLK Day together with a screening of the 2020 documentary Shared Legacies. The film...
12th Annual NRPL Community Kwanzaa Celebration a Success!
New Rochelleans gathered on Thursday, December 27, to participate in the 12th Annual Community Kwanzaa Celebration at the Public Library. Co-sponsored by The Gathering of Men and local corporate partners, the celebration included traditional...
Air of Truth: New Rochelle Students Use Art to Unmask Environmental Injustice
How can art change the way we see the air we breathe? Students at New Rochelle High School are answering that question with Air of Truth, a groundbreaking multimedia exhibit that opens with a...