More Funny Business with the New Rochelle CLD
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 20, 2025) — The New Rochelle Corporation for Local Development is, pound for pound, the most corrupt element of the city government. Here is a good example of why.
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Shrub Oak International — Where New Rochelle Schools Dumped Millions — Confirms Charlie Kirk Link
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 19, 2025) — There is something very wrong with the Shrub Oak International School, a private institution in upper Westchester County, NY. We have been reporting for years on how the New Rochelle Board of Education paid millions of dollars to illegally place a tiny handful of
Word Salad is Back on the Menu Boys: David Peters Serves Up Heaps of Pleonasm in New Rochelle
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 18, 2025) — Tuesday night’s New Rochelle City Council meeting was a masterclass in missed opportunities—about an hour of it, to be precise. Tucked into the agenda as a “Discussion Item,” Councilmember David Peters’ push for $200,000 in city funding for the Boys &
If Local Retail Sales Tax is Collapsing, Why is New Rochelle Pushing Local Retail?
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 18, 2025) — During the so-called auditor’s report on New Rochelle 2024 financials, Finance Commissioner Lying Ed Ritter told council last week that sales tax is about fifty-fifty between brick-and-mortar and online sales. How he arrived at this figure is a mystery.
Recommended Reading, September 14, 2025
DUBLIN, IRELAND (September 14, 2025) — Not my most fun weekend. Notre Dame lost in the closing seconds to Texas A&M due to a missed extra point by the Irish. The Giants lost in OT to Dallas after the Cowboys kicker (from Notre Dame) kicked a long field goal
New Rochelle Looks to Put Flowers Park Under Control of a Master Developer
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 13, 2025) — The City of New Rochelle issued a Request for Master Redeveloper Proposal (RMRP) late Friday to tear down and redevelop about 20 acres of Flowers (City) Park. There have been no hearings, no public input, no surveys — no engagement of any kind. The RMRP
Final Design Report for the New Rochelle Quaker Ridge Road Complete Streets Project Now Available
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 13, 2025) — Several speakers at Tuesdays hearing on the Quaker Ridge Road (QRR) Complete Streets Project voiced concerns about outdated traffic data. They were told all the information they could want was contained in the Final Design Report (FDR). The QRR hearing required as part of
Hidden Audit Presentation Records Released by New Rochelle
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 11, 2025) — On Tuesday, the New Rochelle City Council met for its monthly Committee of the Whole Meeting to hear the status on the much-delayed independent auditor’s report. Finance Commissioner Ed Ritter and Brian Sawma, the so-called “independent” auditor from EFPR Group, spent
New Rochelle Fund Balance Q&A Devolves Into Unintelligible Mush
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 10, 2025) — For more than an hour last night, the New Rochelle City Council was misled, obstructed, deceived, and otherwise frustrated in their attempt to get answers as to the current state of the city’s finances. Finance Commissioner Ed Ritter repeatedly lied — through omission and
New Rochelle v. La Rocca Heads to Trial After Decade-Long Legal Battle Over Alleged Parkland Misappropriation
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 9, 2025) — More than a decade after the initial incident that sparked widespread local controversy, the case of City of New Rochelle v. Flavio La Rocca, et al. is finally set to proceed to a non-jury trial. The trial is scheduled for tomorrow, September 10,
Recommended Reading, September 7, 2025
DUBLIN, IRELAND (September 7, 2025) — So, now you know what I have known but could not say. New Rochelle is close to broke. Perhaps now skeptics will begin to understand why I have been reporting on wasteful spending under the Ramos/Melendez administration, why there is an ongoing, multiagency criminal
Butcher’s Bill Comes Due for New Rochelle Democrats
How Yadira & Co. eviscerated New Rochelle’s finances in less than 18 months. NEW ROCHELLE, NY (September 7, 2025) — On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 9, the public will learn what happens when you combine low-IQ spend-thrift politicians, blatant corruption, and an utterly incompetent chief executive, making