New Rochelle Mayor Pushed Ethics Board to Bypass Mimi Rocah to go to Tish James, Said Gill in 2023
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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. Here is why.
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