New Rochelle Council Member Stonewalling on Sustainable Westchester FOIL
This is a subscribers-only glimpse into my reporting over the past two months on an outrageous effort by Sara Kaye to hide public records.
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New Rochelle Park Redevelopment Bid Faces Backlash Over Plagiarism, Secrecy
New Rochelle Flowers Park RFP Was Plagiarized from Pelham Picture House RFP
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 22, 2025) — Grok AI is an amazing resource. At last night’s discussion of City Park by Council, Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren said she would take responsibility for the RFP, that it should have been named a Request for Qualifications and that she hired outside legal
Recommended Reading, October 19, 2025
DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 19, 2025) — New Rochelle City Manager Will Melendez issued a statement late Friday on October 17. He described the Flowers Park RFP as an “early step to explore ideas for improving the park’s facilities,” emphasizing upgrades to athletic fields, playgrounds, restrooms, and concessions while addressing flooding
New Rochelle Has Spoken: Hands Off Flowers Park
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 16, 2025) — Last night’s Citizens to be Heard session ran for 1 hour and 50 minutes, with almost all of it focused on one topic, an RFP to turn over control of Flowers Park to a Master Developer. More than two dozen people (28) spoke