Many saw the proposal to rename the land that had been the heart of over 100 years of Black homeownership before it was bulldozed as part of the racially motivated urban removal as a way to bring to light the remarkable history of Hannah Puglsey and her descendants. To many residents, it is shocking that the proposal put forth by the Commissioner of Development to rename Sheraton/Radisson Plaza is just “Hannahs Way.”
Building community-based policing, or performative public relations? National Night Out is a community policing awareness-raising event in the United States, held the first Tuesday of every August. New Rochelle’s 2024 National Night Out will...
Voters in NY Congressional District 16 have been inundated with ads and mailers from County Executive and congressional candidate George Latimer accusing incumbent Congressman Jamaal Bowman of voting against President Biden’s infrastructure bill and...
City Manager resigns Tuesday, April 9th, marked the end of the Chuck Strome-Kathleen Gill 26-year reign in New Rochelle. With Gill’s resignation and settlement with the City, a search for a new City Manager...
NR City Council authorizes a settlement in its quest to remove City Manager Gill In a victory for representative government, on April 4, New Rochelle’s Mayor, Yadira Ramos-Herbert, convened a Special Meeting of the...
A Town Hall on the proposed charter school will be held at on Sunday, March 10, at 4:30 pm at Heritage Homes Community Hall, 18-30 Brook Street, New Rochelle by Alisse Waterston As an...
A group has proposed to open a charter school for 400 students in New Rochelle, claiming it will address the “failures” of the New Rochelle public schools. What is a charter school, and how...
The full recording of New RoAR’s IDA learning session can be viewed here. While the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) has given tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks to developers, little...
On February 15, 2024 the New York State Independent Redistricting Committee (“IRC”) voted 9 to 1 in favor of a single Congressional map and have forwarded it to the NYS Legislature for approval. The...
Louis Cappelli takes advantage of huge public subsidies and incentives, while public needs like affordable housing, family-supporting jobs, parking, and open space go unmet. [Editor’s note: This series includes a Glossary to help readers...