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...
New Rochelle’s new “Youth Justice & Equity Team” plans to keep young people out of court through education, training, and community support. In the fall of 2020, New Rochelle City Court Judge Jared Rice...
New Rochelle expects to receive consultants’ recommendations on the formation of a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) by mid-summer, according to an update presented to the city’s Community-Police Partnership Board (CPPB) at its quarterly...
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...
At its quarterly public meeting on February 23, 2023, New Rochelle’s Community-Police Partnership Board (CPPB) provided a brief update on its work to propose a structure for a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) but...
Journal Review by Marianne Makman, M.D. How would our lives in New Rochelle change if our government had a well-funded Office of Community Safety and Repair? A stunning essay in the February 9 issue...
The New Rochelle Police Department (NRPD) has a long history of tension with the city’s communities of color, which has erupted at times into lethal violence. In May 2013, for example, the wife of...