Sustainable Westchester 2024 Contract: Part IX

Robert Cox

25 Oct 2024 — 5 min read

Part IX in a 10-Part Series

DUBLIN, IRELAND (October 25, 2024) — After months of questioning why the City of New Rochelle had not done any community engagement (let alone “robust” community engagement) on the 2024-25 Sustainable Westchester contract, including how to opt-out of Westchester Power, the City finally ran an ad on their home page, just nine days before the opt-out deadline of October 20.

There was just one problem.

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