In October 2020, Judge Jared Rice launched the Opportunity Youth Part (OYP) initiative in New Rochelle City Court. This innovative initiative links emerging adults facing misdemeanor or felony charges, ages 16 to 24, to...
In two unanimous decisions on February 20, New York State’s highest court ruled that in response to public records requests, police departments must release police officers’ full disciplinary records, including records of “unsubstantiated” complaints...
Council hears continued calls for greater police accountability and transparency Once again, dissatisfaction with the New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) was a major topic of discussion at the City Council’s monthly Citizens To Be...
Deadline to apply is March 7 New Rochelle has opened applications for membership on New Rochelle’s new Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). All applications must be received by Friday, March 7, at 4:30 pm....
Some 25% of New Rochelle’s residents are immigrants, and 87% of the City’s population are US citizens. Many immigrants, both documented and undocumented, are scared by the president’s threats to deport them. What’s...
On June 5, 2020, New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) Officer Alex McKenna chased Kamal Flowers, a young Black man, on foot into a dark street. Flowers was riding in a car that, police said,...
Commissioner Gazzola says Detective Steven Conn, who killed Jarrel Garris in July 2023, followed all procedures. For the second time in less than four years, the New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) has exonerated an...
By the New RoAR News Editorial Board On Friday, December 13, 2024 the Westchester County District Attorney’s office announced that a Grand Jury had declined to indict New Rochelle Police Lt. Sean Kane, whose...
All eyes on Commissioner Gazzola for accountability A Westchester County grand jury has declined to indict New Rochelle Police Department Lt. Sean Kane, whose own body camera video showed him planting drugs under the...
For decades New Rochelleans have wondered why an effective pedestrian safety tool for busy intersections has not been deployed in New Rochelle. Anyone familiar with the Four Corners in Pelham (intersection of Boston Post...