Community welcomes the Mayor and other city leaders at the new Remington Boys and Girls Club To a full house that included city, county, and state elected officials, industry representatives, community stakeholders, and residents...
On Friday, April 26, New Rochelle Against Racism (New RoAR) celebrated its 10th Anniversary at a powerful, informative event at Bethesda Baptist Church. The celebration included some 70 “former, current, and future” members 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...
William Wagstaff and Adeel Mirza face off at Mount Vernon Public Library, Cacace fails to appear. On March 6, Black Westchester hosted a debate for the Democratic candidates for Westchester County District Attorney at...
Citing concerns for “balance and security,” NRPL caves to anti-Palestinian pressure campaign, then reschedules talk for April 18 A week before a long-scheduled talk by the editors of a book on 21st-century progressive activism,...
Union members and supporters urge City Council to appoint IDA members who will insist on family supporting jobs About a dozen speakers at the City Council’s March 12 Citizens To Be Heard session pressed the...
After much debate, Democratic Committee decides not to endorse either candidate Westchester County Executive George Latimer’s controversial challenge to incumbent Congressman Jamaal Bowman set off fireworks at two recent meetings of the usually tranquil...
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 29th, 2024, the City of New Rochelle and the African American Advisory Committee (AAAC) joined forces to host the inaugural “Celebrating The Legacy of Black Culture” event. The entrance to City Council...