This article is part of a series: New Rochelle Thimblerig Table of Contents DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 12, 2025) — My Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request in May led to the release this week of 1,621 pages of emails to/from Stanley Bernstein. The records cover the period to 2020
This article is part of a series: New Rochelle Thimblerig Table of Contents NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 10, 2025) — After two grueling months of persistence, I finally received 1,621 pages of emails to or from Stanley Bernstein to New Rochelle officials, spanning 2020 to 2025, in response to my
This article is part of a series: New Rochelle Thimblerig Table of Contents DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 8, 2025) — Have successfully orchestrated a March 2024 coup to replace a professional, ethical City Manager (Kathleen Gill) with a spineless, unethical sock-puppet (Wil Melendez), Mayor Yadira Ramos and her cronies have looked for
DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 6, 2025) — My how time flies. It has now been two years since Loli and I moved to Ireland. We left New York out of JFK on the evening of July 3, 2025 and arrived at Dublin Airport on July 4, 2025. We brought with us six
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 6, 2025) — Four candidates in the May 20, 2025, New Rochelle Board of Education election ran active campaigns, raising and spending thousands of dollars to secure voter support, while a fifth candidate, Myriam Decime, did not run an active campaign and reported no financial activity. Elana
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 29, 2025) — I spent a fair amount of time this week reporting out straight news stories for Talk of the Sound as opposed to analysis and opinion for Words in Edgewise. I reported exclusively on an ICE Raid at Heritage Homes in New Rochelle where agents took
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 22, 2025) — It is now 39 months since I began reporting on corruption at New Rochelle City Hall. My sense is the DA investigation phase (mostly based on my reporting) is coming to close and we are fast approaching the charging and prosecution phase. To put this
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 15, 2025) — Typically, I would mix in some personal material with the news but I will skip my being up at Croke Park to see Leinster Rugby Win the URC Championship last night. The latest is that while subpoenas have been quietly dropping over the past few
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 15, 2025) — As the criminal investigation by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office has moved into the subpoena phase (really meaning that targets of the investigation are now on notice) I figure I may as well drop records that are relevant but not been given their
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 15, 2025) — As the criminal investigation by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office has moved into the subpoena phase (really meaning that targets of the investigation are now on notice) I figure I may as well drop records that are relevant but not been given their