New Rochelle Park Redevelopment Bid Faces Backlash Over Plagiarism, Secrecy
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The Public's Right to Know: New Rochelle's FOIL Stonewall Part IV
DUBLIN, IRELAND (August 21, 2026) — This is Part IV in a multi-part series. There are different ways for a government agency to deny access to public records. It can deny a request outright, claim an exemption, say a request does not reasonably describe the records sought, or keep extending
Why Did the New Rochelle Board of Ethics Suddenly Decide It Had No Jurisdiction?
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (August 19, 2026) — This is not another article about Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert’s failure to deliver a State of the City address. She still has four months left in 2026. Until the year is over, that particular complaint is not ripe for a court to
The Public's Right to Know: New Rochelle's FOIL Stonewall Part III
DUBLIN, IRELAND (August 18, 2026) — This is Part III in a multi-part series. In Part II, I described what happened after I sought records involving Generations Church and the City of New Rochelle. The City said its search had identified more than 10,000 records, later nearly 11,000
The Public’s Right to Know: New Rochelle’s FOIL Stonewall — Part II
DUBLIN, IRELAND (August 17, 2026) — This is Part II in a multi-part series. In Part I, I explained how increasingly targeted FOIL requests, the City's resistance to them, my reporting in The New Rochelle Thimblerig and, ultimately, litigation became intertwined. I also said that the next step