Seeking Reader Input on New Rochelle Schools 2025-26 Budget and their $20 MM Hole

Robert Cox

05 Mar 2025 — 1 min read

DUBLIN, IRELAND (March 5, 2025) — I’m considering writing an article timed to the budget hearings to highlight concerns about how the New Rochelle Board of Education has mismanaged taxpayer funds and the schools under its care.

Before I begin, I’d like to hear premium subscribers’ thoughts on the district’s efforts to address their $20 million budget hole, which could lead to cutting 200 positions.

Jerrell Garris Shooting: Every Witness Statement is Consistent with New Rochelle Police Accounts

DUBLIN, IRELAND (March 4, 2025) —My previous article provided information from witness statements about encounters with Jarrel Garris in the hour leading up to the officer-involved shooting that resulted in Garris' death. This article focuses on Garris leaving the New Rochelle Farms grocery store and his subsequent struggle with

Lead Up to New Rochelle Shooting: A Timeline of Events and Context Surrounding Jerrell Garris’ Death

DUBLIN, IRELAND (February 28, 2025) — On July 3, 2023, Jerrell Garris, a 37-year-old New Rochelle resident with a documented history of mental health struggles and criminal behavior, was fatally shot by police following a violent confrontation. The shooting incident, which unfolded in front of the Catherine AME Zion Church on

New York AG Tish James Excluded Key Evidence from Report on New Rochelle Police Shooting

There are several serious deficiencies in the New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation (“OSI”) Report on the Investigation into the Death of Jarrel Garris that raise questions about the integrity not of the investigation by local and state police, but the report prepared and published under