Dawn Warren’s FOIL Fiasco Invites Litigation, Defies Logic

Robert Cox

19 Apr 2025 — 5 min read

Dawn Warren is not the brightest bulb in the legal firmament.

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (April 18, 2025) — Dawn Warren, a central figure in New Rochelle’s corrupt city administration, seems to have a peculiar strategy for handling Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests: obstruct, delay, and then audaciously invite litigation. Her approach, which can only be described as bafflingly shortsighted, raises a question: Why does Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren keep nudging me to sue the city?

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