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...
Category: News Updates
Development for the Sake of Development
City Increases Incentives for Developers, Backslides in Affordable Housing Lately, the City of New Rochelle administration is showing off its accomplishments in promoting high-rise development of rental housing in Downtown New Rochelle. According...
New Rochelle Development–With a Positive Spin!
City Manager and Development Commissioner take their show on the road On March 30, 2023, the new City Manager, Kathleen Gill, teamed up with the new Deputy City Manager and Commissioner of Development, Adam...
Planning Board approves modified plan for summer camp at Carpenter Cemetery site
At a hearing on Tuesday, March 28th, the New Rochelle Planning Board partially approved a request from The Westchester Torah Academy (WTA) for permission to lease land on or near the site of Carpenter...
Starbucks: A “Strong Corporate Partner”?
Storm Clouds Over Starbucks, Corporate Image Takes Big Hit! With its corporate image tanking, Starbucks longtime CEO Howard Schultz appeared before the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee March 29 to answer...
Residents call for strong CCRB and open consultation
In a letter sent on April 3 to the Mayor, the City Council, the City Manager, and the Community-Police Partnership Board (CPPB), a group of New Rochelle residents expressed concerns about the current planning...
Differences emerge in candidates forum
Democrats meet community on Lincoln Avenue Democratic candidates for Mayor of New Rochelle and District 3 City Councilmember met on Thursday evening, March 16, at 33 Lincoln Avenue to introduce themselves and answer questions...
Congressman Bowman Visits NRHS, Explains the Inflation Reduction Act
Congressman Jamaal Bowman headlined a Town Hall on the Benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at New Rochelle High School on Wednesday, March 15. The New York League of Conservation Voters sponsored the...
LoHud and USA Today highlight environmental racism in New Rochelle
New York State has added areas of New Rochelle to a program monitoring air quality in communities considered most vulnerable to the effects of pollution and climate change, according to an article published in...
State of the City: Development for Whom?
Mayor’s address calls for “honest conversations” but buries issues affecting the financially distressed and marginalized. In his final State of the City Address on Thursday, March 9, Mayor Noam Bramson declared victory after a...