Now is the Time to Get it Right!
All Out for March 10 Hearing on Downtown Redevelopment! The New Rochelle City Council is currently reexamining and updating the Downtown Development Plan. On Tuesday, March 10 at 7:00pm, a hearing will be held...
Category: Downtown Development
NR City Council Votes to Reexamine Development
Will Jobs and Real Affordable Housing Be Reviewed? Ten years into New Rochelle’s downtown redevelopment, City Council voted December 9 to “reexamine and update” the Downtown Overlay Zone (DOZ) with an eye toward holding...
NR Community Benefit Funds: Where’s the Beef?
For the past 10 years, developers have been making payments into New Rochelle’s Community Benefit Fund in exchange for waivers allowing them to build taller buildings than normally allowed under building codes. The meaning...
Is New Rochelle Really a Housing Affordability Paradise?
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled “How an NYC Suburb is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down,” which got further exposure on Fox and MSNBC. New Rochelle is that NYC suburb...
As Pressure Mounts for Family Supporting Jobs, NR IDA Weighs In on Affordable Housing and Parking
The New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency (IDA) voted to give a 15-year extension of tax breaks for New Rochelle Gardens at their meeting on July 30. Their unanimous vote addressed two areas where the...
No Place To Swim Access to New Rochelle’s Only Public Pool Needs an Overhaul
New Rochelle has one public pool located in Lincoln Park. But the city’s bureaucracy has made it difficult for local kids to swim there.
City Continues to Fail to Deliver Community Economic Benefits from Downtown Redevelopment
Where are the Family Supporting Jobs and Local Business Opportunities? Ten years into the redevelopment of the downtown, New Rochelle continues to fail to make good on its promise of family supporting jobs for...
Lift As We Rise
We often hear that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” If, however, you’re not in a boat, a rising tide can kill you. New Rochelle is in the 10th year of the radical...
“Enough is Enough” Campaign Taps Into Well of Discontent Over NR Redevelopment
Pressure mounts for moratorium on new downtown construction As City officials tout New Rochelle’s decade-long downtown redevelopment as an example to follow, scores of residents spoke out at the March 25 Planning Board meeting...
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,...