Issue now goes to City Council, where public comment is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14 After hearing a number of residents again demand an independent police review board with the power to investigate civilian...

Report finds police resistance to civilian oversight and suggests a CCRB without investigative or subpoena powers would be “least expensive.” Public hearing scheduled for Thursday, November 2, at 7 pm at City Hall The...

Detective Michael Vaccaro, who was videotaped punching and kicking a Black man in February 2021 while he was off duty, was dismissed from the New Rochelle Police Department on September 1, 2023.  The dismissal...

The July 3 murder of Jarrell Garris by New Rochelle Detective Steven Conn dominated the Citizens To Be Heard session of the City Council’s Committee of The Whole on Tuesday, September 12, the first...

Kristin Henning, law professor and former DC juvenile public defender, defends Black children’s right to enjoy childhood without over-policing. Kristin Henning, the author of the award-winning book, “Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black...

A month after the fatal shooting of Jarrell Garris by New Rochelle Police Detective Steven Conn, neither the City  nor the New York State Attorney General’s office has given any indication on who, if...

New Rochelle Against Racism (New RoAR) is hosting an online community education series to advance the work of the city’s new Youth Justice and Equity Team (YJET), which is working to keep young people...

Residents berate City Council over police killing Residents of New Rochelle poured out their grief and anger over the police killing of Jarrell Garris at the City Council’s regular “Citizens to Be Heard” forum...

Editors’ Note: This article has been updated to include recent information on the death of Jarrell Garris, the opening of an investigation by the office of the New York State Attorney General, and the...