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NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 20, 2024) — Who is running New Rochelle? The City of New Rochelle, under the leadership of Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert, is operating in a manner that is unprecedented in its history. Since the forced departure of Kathleen Gill on April 9, the day-to-day operations of the City
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 16, 2024) — Happy Bloomsday. Today is the day James Joyce met his wife, Nora. It is the day he chose to set the day of the perambulations of Leopold Bloom in Ulysses. Here it is a big deal, less so in New York. The week began getting
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 14, 2024) — On May 16, Mike Gordon sent a follow-up email to his rambling, emotional and legally incoherent pout sent May 14. The May 16 email, sent to Lewisboro Town Board members, and entitled “Setting the Record Straight”, continues Gordon’s whinging, making clear his disapproval of
Over 600 denials, made in error, raise serious questions about the fairness, reliability, and integrity of the Section 8 lottery NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 14, 2024) — The New Rochelle Section 8 Program sent emails to hundreds of individuals that do not seem to be authentic or from the program, alerting
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 8, 2024) — The big news this week is… I moved. Moving Day Ireland has a housing crisis, so when you get a good opportunity you have to jump. Our lease in The Liberties, the oldest part of Dublin, was up in October, but our landlord wanted to
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 5, 2024) — Given the recent goings-on in New Rochelle, I became curious about the history of City Managers in New Rochelle and began to cobble together a list. I stopped when it occurred to me that longtime New Rochelle Historian Barbara Davis probably knows this information better
This article is for Basic and Premium subscribers. DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 4, 2024) — No one seems to know much about what really happened to the Lewisboro Board of Ethics over the past decade or so or more. Was Lewisboro just so ethical there was no need to file a complaint?
This article is free so please share it. DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 4, 2024) — Before I get into this topic, let me put the punchline at the top. If you were opted in against your will by Sustainable Westchester (as many have been) you can help everyone by filing a complaint
New Rochelle City Council must re-vote five resolutions, including faulty zoning criteria NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 4, 2024) — The Minutes for the May 21, 2024, meeting of the New Rochelle City Council, published on Friday, May 24, make no mention of why the audio and video feed of the meeting
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 2, 2024) — A few weeks ago, I had an email Q&A with Darius Chafizadeh , Partner, Harris Beech PLLC about his role as outside counsel for the New Rochelle Board of Ethics. I am still struggling to understand how the same attorney who wrote the legally
DUBLIN, IRELAND (June 1, 2024) — I am going to tell you all about recent developments in the craziness I cover in a moment but because I put in so much work I feel the need to tell you about what has been going on behind the curtain with the Substack