Past Denials Come Back to Haunt Stanley Bernstein as Criminal Investigation into New Rochelle Winds Down

Robert Cox

Robert Cox

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Past Denials Come Back to Haunt Stanley Bernstein as Criminal Investigation into New Rochelle Winds Down
Stanley Bernstein of Bernstein Liebhard LLP is in hot water.

DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 11, 2025) — As we approach the end of the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office investigation into corruption in New Rochelle City Hall, Sustainable Westchester, and points beyond, I wanted to revisit an email exchange I had with one of the targets of the criminal investigation, Stanley Bernstein. At the time, in April 2024, I did not know as much as I do now, and the quid pro quo for his bailing out Yadira Ramos in March 2024 in exchange for her appointing his daughter to a seat on the New Rochelle City Court was only a gleam in his eye. He is in big trouble now.

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SMOKING GUN: New Rochelle City Manager’s Shifting Story on Flowers Park Bid Collapses Under Developer’s Own “Return Everything” Letter

SMOKING GUN: New Rochelle City Manager’s Shifting Story on Flowers Park Bid Collapses Under Developer’s Own “Return Everything” Letter

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (December 5, 2025) — A November 20, 2025 letter from the attorney representing the sole bidder on New Rochelle’s withdrawn Flowers Park redevelopment project directly contradicts City Manager Will Melendez’s latest claim that the city never surrendered the original proposal. The letter, obtained through a

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