This article is for premium subscribers. I wrote it assuming you’ve read the related articles mentioned below. If you haven’t, it might not make full sense without that context. Over the past year, I have been hearing from readers, or from gossip around City Hall, or on social
DUBLIN, IRELAND (May 11, 2025) — I have waited patiently to respond to the efforts by New Rochelle City officials to suppress my reporting — and to file a notice of copyright infringement against their lawyer. Saturday, May 10 was the 6-month anniversary of the City Council approving a recommendation by the
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 10, 2025) — Six months ago today, on December 10, 2024, the New Rochelle City Council acted on a recommendation from City Manager Wilfredo Melendez, based on a self-serving, illegal memo written by Corporation Counsel Dawn Warren, to approve an unlimited budget to investigate me and fund
Words in Edgewise is operated from Ireland by Robert Cox, but the content on the site primarily focuses on reporting in the United States and is intended for a U.S.-based audience. DUBLIN, IRELAND (May 10, 2025) — I was recently made aware that I failed to update my terms
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 9, 2025) —When Mayor Yadira Ramos delivered her second annual State of the City Address at New Roc City on Thursday, May 8, she announced a new mobile app that will let residents report non-emergency issues like potholes and graffiti by snapping a photo and geolocating
DUBLIN, IRELAND (May 9, 2025) — I asked GrokAI to analyze the State of the City address by New Rochelle Mayor Yadira Ramos on May 8, 2025 and determine the prioritization of topics based on word count. Grok categorized the speech into key topics and calculated the word count for each.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 7, 2025) — The corruption involving the New Rochelle Board of Ethics is at the root of all my recent efforts to uncover records about its operations and the city’s handling of ethics disclosures. I complained long and loud when I learned of a conspiracy to
Over the past year I have been reporting extensively on bad behavior by a select group of administrators and elected officials. I want to make it clear that with well over 600 employees, these rotten apples represent a very small fraction of the people on the City payroll. I am
DUBLIN, IRELAND (May 4, 2025) — This newsletter is called Words in Edgewise for a reason— it is a platform for me to share my opinions and personal observations as opposed to straight news coverage like on Talk of the Sound. Often that entails commentary on news in Westchester — and sometimes