Yadira & Co. Gaslighting on New Rochelle’s Flowers Park - Part I

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (October 26, 2025) — There were so many lies, contradictions, obfuscations and misrepresentations as City Manager Will Melendez addressed City Council last Tuesday during a Discussion Item on Flowers Park requested by Council member Albert Tarantino that I am concerned it will be too overwhelming for readers (and me!) to list them all. Given that, for those concerned about Flowers Park I am going to touch on the council discussion but also go slide by slide with the ambush presentation made by Melendez. I will try to cover what jumped out at me the most and invite subscribers to add their observations in the comments to offer a complete picture.

My first draft is over 8,000 words!!! So, I will break this up into multiple parts, probably 5 or 6 parts.

To get started, I want to offer a primer.