1+ hour, 32+ min ago  (390+ words) NEW ROCHELLE " The New Rochelle Democratic City Committee promotes itself on its website as a model of transparency, declaring that its "committee meetings are open and publicized, fostering an environment of transparency and collaboration." Its own co-chairs say otherwise. The…...

10+ hour, 22+ min ago  (435+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 31, 2026) " The New Rochelle City Council voted unanimously in October 2025 to appoint John Earvin, a convicted federal felon, to the city's newly restructured Veterans Advisory Committee, apparently without any public disclosure of his 2015 wire fraud conviction. The…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (265+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, NY " A new essay published on Words in Edgewise proposes that New Rochelle become the pilot municipality for what its author describes as a Civic Memory System, a concept aimed at preserving and organizing the institutional knowledge of…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1241+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 29, 2026) " When the New Rochelle City Council unanimously voted in January to establish a Participatory Budgeting Steering Committee, it was celebrated as a civic milestone " the first formal participatory budgeting program in Westchester County, a democratic experiment…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (523+ words) Charter mandates annual message; no address delivered, no date announced NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 28, 2026) " Mayor Yadira Ramos Herbert has not delivered a State of the City address in 2026, now nearly five months into the year, despite a City Charter requirement…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (130+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 17, 2026) " It's been a busy week, and the Sunday Briefing is up at Words in Edgewise. This week: records show New Rochelle's Civilian Complaint Review Board " announced with fanfare as a new layer of police oversight " has…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (771+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 14, 2026) " Council Member Matt Stern (District 6), who organized and MC'd the city's Jewish American Heritage Month Recognition Ceremony on May 11, is defending the decision to limit public promotion of the event while acknowledging that outreach could have…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (333+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. (May 14, 2026) " Former New Rochelle Mayor Tim Idoni is urging residents to support a proposal to invest in renovating the New Rochelle Public Library, warning that the 1979 building's aging infrastructure requires immediate attention ahead of a public vote scheduled…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (1271+ words) City officials have cited safety concerns as the reason for the low-key approach. They have not explained what specific threats or concerns warranted keeping the recognition of a federally designated heritage month from public view. The Israeli flag was raised…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (452+ words) NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. (May 11, 2026) " More than 200 residents packed a Trinity Elementary School auditorium Monday night to oppose a city proposal that would amend zoning across the entire Davenport Neck waterfront peninsula, potentially allowing beach clubs including the New Rochelle Surf Club…...