Help End the Nightmare of Our Neighbors Losing Homes
By Councilman Shane Osinloye In October 2025, I will have the privilege of voting for one of the most tenant focused items of legislation in New Rochelle history. Our mission is to protect our...
Category: Housing
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...
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...
EXONERATED!
City Reverses Dismissal of NR Municipal Housing Authority Commissioners by Former City Manager Strome ‘Fantastic Four’ Now Eligible for Reinstatement The City of New Rochelle has reached a settlement agreement with the four New...
New RoAR Hosts a Community Discussion on the IDA
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...
Applications for CDBG grants due on July 21
On June 19th at 3 pm the City of New Rochelle held its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) information session at City Hall. CDBG is a program of the federal Department of Housing...
NR Municipal Housing Commissioners Sue City Over Dismissal
Four New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority (NRMHA) Commissioners have sued the City to challenge their December 29, 2022, dismissals by former City Manager Chuck Strome just two days before his retirement. In the suit,...
Campaigning for Affordable Housing: The Devil in the Details
June is Democratic Primary month, and mailboxes are stuffed with glossy campaign postcards listing accomplishments and making promises, especially concerning affordable housing. “Housing affordability is not just my top campaign issue, it’s one of...
A Tale of Two Letters
How notice of non-compliance from HUD is treated by the City of New Rochelle In December 2022, then City Manager Chuck Strome received two letters from the federal government’s Department of Housing and Urban...