Recommended Reading, August 3, 2025

Robert Cox

04 Aug 2025 — 2 min read

Strolling among the wildflowers along the Howth Cliff Walk.

DUBLIN, IRELAND (August 3, 2025) — This was quite the busy week. I finally heard back on my ethics complaint against New Rochelle City Manager Wil Melendez, I got a response to my copyright infringement lawsuit against the lawyers for Dawn Warren and Adam Salgado, and I cranked out two Thimblerig stories both related to ethics issues involve The Wall Street Journal, Noam Bramson and Stanley Bernstein.

I would certainly direct readers to the letter from Tish James to Robert Gazzola about a rogue New Rochelle cop and a glimpse into Ray Rice’s mansion.

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