End of an Era
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...
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Seismic Change in New Rochelle City Bureaucracy
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...
Black Westchester District Attorney Debate: An Insider, An Outsider, and a No-Show
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...
Library Postpones, then Reschedules Book Talk on Progressive Social Movements
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,...
Residents Demand Labor Representation on New Rochelle IDA
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...
Bowman Supporters Fend Off Push by New Rochelle Dems to Endorse Latimer
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...
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...
Celebrating The Legacy of Black Culture
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...
NYS IRC Congressional Map Sparks Outcry: Continues to Separate Communities of Interest in Southern Westchester and the Bronx
On February 15, 2024 the New York State Independent Redistricting Committee (“IRC”) voted 9 to 1 in favor of a single Congressional map and have forwarded it to the NYS Legislature for approval. The...
Richard Roundtree Remembrance
On Saturday February 17th, 2024, the family and friends of Richard Roundtree gathered at St. Catherine A.M.E. Zion Church, 19 Lincoln Avenue, to honor his life with a service of remembrance. At just 29...