New Rochelle nurses join forces with those in Mount Vernon and Nyack to launch campaign for fair contracts Nurses from Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital joined those from Mount Vernon and Nyack, community allies, and elected...
New mayor and three new Democratic City Council members will take office in January. Democrats won contested elections for Mayor of New Rochelle, six of seven New Rochelle City Council seats, and two seats...
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...
“Congratulations to all of you and Happy New Year,” was the salutation from the City School District of New Rochelle’s new Superintendent, Dr. Corey W. Reynolds, at the first Board of Education meeting of...
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 scientific analysis of police body camera footage shows that the first 45 words spoken by a police officer stopping a Black male motorist can make the encounter more likely to escalate to arrest,...
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...