Reporting and Commentary by Robert Cox

Designed to Fail: New Rochelle CCRB

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 24, 2026) — Whether intentionally or through incompetence, the New Rochelle Citizens Complaint Review Board is an elaborate Rube Goldberg contraption designed for a single outcome — failure. The CCRB will never function because it is constrained in a way that makes it impossible for it to function.

Sunday Briefing: Micro-Transit RFP, Rubicco CTOEC, Flip-Flop by DA on NRPD

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending June 21, 2026. A Note from the Publisher I spent most of the past week with my wife in Belgium, then Friday night we

Sunday Briefing: Housing Myths, Council Theater, and the DA’s Brady Problem

This briefing draws from reporting at Talk of the Sound, analysis and commentary published in Words in Edgewise, and selected regional coverage for the week ending June 14, 2026 A Note from the Publisher A New Rochelle developer whose projects pre-date the 2015 DOZ, wrote an op-ed for

New Rochelle Built a Police Oversight Board That Can’t Review Serious Cases Until Long After They Happen

The exemptions built into the CCRB ordinance guarantee the board is excluded from every serious police misconduct case during the period when the community most needs answers — and state law ensures that will be true for every future officer-involved death as well NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 14, 2026) — New

OP-ED: New York's Housing Crisis Won't Be Solved With Slogans

by Anthony Hammel NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 12, 2026) — Governor Kathy Hochul's "Let Them Build" agenda makes for a compelling headline. Who wouldn't support cutting red tape, building more housing, and lowering costs? At first glance, the proposal suggests that bureaucracy is the primary

The Performative Intellectualism of New Rochelle Council Member David Peters

The Documentary Avalanche: When Sources Want a Reporter, Not Reporting

FORMAL COMPLAINT TO THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER

Division of Investigations investigations@osc.ny.gov Re: City of New Rochelle — Formal Complaint Requesting Investigation Pursuant to Article V, Section 1 of the New York State Constitution and Article III of the General Municipal Law Complainant: Robert Cox Publisher, Talk of the Sound / Words in Edgewise robertcox@talkofthesound.com

New Rochelle’s 2025 Audit: What the Slide Deck Didn’t Say

A review of the auditor’s presentation, the council’s questions, and what both got wrong DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 10, 2026) — When EFPR Group partner Thomas Smith presented the results of New Rochelle’s 2025 financial audit to the City Council on Tuesday, he opened with good news: the city

New Rochelle Withheld Significant Meeting Materials From Public Until After Session Began, Records Show

Apparently I’m Getting a Federal Subpoena: Four Months With a Court Crusader

DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 9, 2026) — Apparently, I am getting a federal subpoena. At least that’s what Dante Hyndman is now telling me. And who is Dante Hyndman?

New Rochelle DOZ Debate: Comments Most Likely to Matter in Court Not the Loudest Ones

DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 9, 2026) — On April 14, a standing-room-only crowd packed City Hall as residents, neighborhood associations, labor representatives and civic organizations challenged New Rochelle’s proposed Downtown Overlay Zone amendments during a public hearing required under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA). In two analyses