How the New Rochelle IDA Works…or Doesn’t Work…And for Whom [Editor’s note: This series includes a Glossary to help readers understand the city agencies, incentives, and subsidies that are fueling development in downtown...
The data in CGR’s report leads to a different conclusion about the road to police accountability in New Rochelle In October 2023, CGR, a 108-year-old policy think tank, issued a long overdue report and...
A scientific analysis of police body camera footage shows that the first 45 words spoken by a police officer stopping a Black male motorist can make the encounter more likely to escalate to arrest,...
The Social Contract If you had to take European History, you may recall the theory of the Social Contract. Enlightenment Era philosophers wrote about what we as individuals give up to live in a stable...
In the United States, Black women are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women, no matter their education or income level. Similarly, Black babies die twice as often as white...
According to Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, ”Environmental Racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color.” It is tempting to view Environmental Racism as a product of the past. ...
The New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) has a long history of tension with the city’s communities of color, which has erupted at times into lethal violence. In May 2013, for example, the wife of...