Recommended Reading, July 28, 2024

Robert Cox

28 Jul 2024 — 4 min read

DUBLIN, IRELAND (July 28, 2024) — I am back in Dublin after a lovely but exhausting trip to Scotland to see the British Open (or as it is called here just The Open), and visits to Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Balmoral Castle. If you take a trip like I did, especially Edinburgh, be sure to bring good walking shoes or hiking boots — it’s quite hilly.

I needed a rest, so I spent the week completing an involved four-part series that I have been preparing for about 10 months — a deep dive into how Noam Bramson became the Executive Director of Sustainable Westchester.

It is “done” but very long. I want to let readers be able to process it, so I will publish one part every other day on weekdays starting Monday. Part I will be free to the public, Parts II and III will be for paid subscribers only, and Part IV which will get into the actual negotiations that led to the final employment agreement will be for Premium subscribers. I can say with confidence that quite a few people will be amazed at what took place. The folks at Sustainable Westchester are in for a shock. I think law enforcement will need to take a look.

Investigation into the death of Jarrell Garris

Word around 475 North Avenue is that a decision is coming soon from the New York State Attorney General of the office-involved shooting of Jerrell Garris. I fully expect the decision will be that it was a justified shooting. The report will include two key elements: (1) a toxicology screen, which I expect will show Garris had ingested PCP and was likely experiencing a psychotic episode. He has a history of such behaviors in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon; (2) as for being shot because he ate a banana and some grapes, it appears far more likely Garris was shot because he once again violently resisted arrest, injuring officers, this time grabbing the holster of an officer’s gun, all while high on PCP, having just committed a string of crimes including entering a woman’s apartment at Heritage Homes, stealing from her, firestarting outside a home on Winthrop Avenue with the family still inside, and, finally, the theft of water bottles and strawberries (not a banana or grapes) from a grocery store on North Avenue.

I could be wrong, but I doubt it.

There are many media outlets, a Mayor, a Councilmember and quite a few speakers at last July’s Citizens to be Heard who I doubt less are going to have egg all over their faces for their uncritical reporting and the embrace of nonsensical conspiracy theories and peddling of misinformation. I am most certain that even if the AG report contradicts them, these people will continue to believe they had it right.

SEE: Was Man Shot by New Rochelle Police Suffering from Drug-Induced Hyperthermia

Content for Premium Subscribers

Dawn Warren Doubles-Down on Her Lies About Sustainable Westchester

Content for All Paid Subscribers

Noam Bramson and Sustainable Westchester Denied (Again) in Lewisboro

New Rochelle Council Member Sara Kaye Delinquent on Law License

Content for Everyone

Articles from Words in Edgewise, Talk of the Sound and Elsewhere on the Web.

Dogs light up the catwalk in New Rochelle fashion show

Governor Hochul Announces Completion of 200+ Affordable Apartments in New Rochelle

Kate Douglass and Team USA win silver at the Olympics in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay

RXR inaugurates Two Clinton Park in New Rochelle, hosts free community series

Reality begins to bite the governor on NY’s unreal renewable energy goals

Car Thief Had American Flag Comb Dagger

Tackling flooding in the Town of Mamaroneck, engineering consultant looks into options

New Rochelle, Pelham Manor Secure $1.7 mm in New York Grants for Stormwater Runoff

A New York suburb (New Rochelle) that’s done what Evanston (Illinois) is talking about

New Jersey Pair Caught Greenhanded with Stolen Goods from Mamaroneck Garden Center

Mamaroneck Torn Apart as Rules Eased on Tree Cutting

Rye City Councilmember Explains NO Vote on Sustainable Westchester

New Jersey Couple Brazenly Burglarizes Plants from Mamaroneck Garden Center

Three Stabbed in Violent Melee in Downtown New Rochelle

Westchester’s Largest Mural Completed in New Rochelle

New Rochelle Marina Parking Deck Demolition and Replacement Gets Underway

Lewisboro residents address concerns about green-energy provider program

New Rochelle Public Library Board Of Trustees Inducts Two New Members And Elects New President

Man Charged with BWI After Boats Collide off Rye Coast

New Rochelle Man Sentenced to 136 Months in Prison for Bronx Shooting

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