School and Library Budgets Approved by Voters
New Rochelle voters approved new school and library budgets and a school bond issue and elected new members of the Board of Education and the Library board in local voting in New Rochelle on...
Category: News Updates
Anderson Plaza, At What Cost?
Community Benefits Program fuels a race to the bottom. The Anderson Plaza ribbon cutting on April 21 marked the completion of the City of New Rochelle’s most ambitious project yet under the “Community Benefits...
Two Boys’ Club Units Threatened by Water
Two New Rochelle units of the Boys & Girls Club face separate crises as a result of issues with water. The Mascaro unit, at 79 7th Street, and the Remington unit, currently under construction...
D.A. Bragg Indicts New Rochelle Development Contractor JM3 in Wide-Ranging Construction Fraud Scheme
Construction Execs and Subcontractors Conspired to Fraudulently Use Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises as Pass-Through Entities to Obtain Contracts for Affordable Housing Developments Engaged in Payroll and Insurance Fraud and Other Forms of Corruption...
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...
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...