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Statement of Mayor Noam Bramson on Adoption of of the 2011 Budget of the City...
ShareThisOur country is still suffering the effects of the worst economic slow-down since the Great Depression, with serious impacts on major municipal revenue sources and simultaneous upward pressure...
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Should nonprofits pay for city services in New Rochelle?
ShareThisIs it time for New Rochelle’s not-for-profits to pay for fire, police, and city services?In a eye-opening Wall Street Journal article “Strapped Cities Hit Nonprofits With Fees.” published...
View ArticleIs New Rochelle City Council Monitoring the BID? by Peggy Godfrey
ShareThis In the December 30, 2010 issue of the Westchester Guardian According to New Rochelle City Manager Chuck Strome) the accomplishments of the BID (Business Improvement District) are the Facade...
View ArticleBoard of Education's New Motto, “Desperate times call for desperate actions,...
ShareThisIt truly is a bit disturbing how people quickly change topics with regards to the school budget layoffs of over 100 employees, with most being teachers. The budget is purely, 100% for the...
View ArticleIt's a wonder that they are laying off firefighters
ShareThisRecently, my son took the Firefighters Exam for New Rochelle. Although I knew it was a futile effort and a waste of a few bucks, I figured that perhaps moving forward a different climate might...
View ArticleHow Do You Destroy a City? One Deal at a Time.
ShareThisAccording to the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency, we have granted more than $10 million in annual tax breaks to the two Avalon buildings in downtown New Rochelle. Of that amount,...
View ArticleRichard St Paul, Susan St James, James Taylor...
ShareThisI don't care who the opponent is, it is time that the ten dollar word using, über elitist, wanna be dictator, but PART TIME MAYOR be taken down from his perch.Enough is enough. I can laundry...
View ArticleR.I.P. New Rochelle
ShareThisThe City of New Rochelle passed on November 8, 2011. Since 1992, New Rochelle had fell ill. Political leaders have slowly bled the life from this once great City. Major thoroughfares, once...
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Cuts to New Rochelle Fire Department Begin This Week, Ladder-12 to Close
ShareThisNew Rochelle Cuts Fire Department Staffing Beginning Thursday To Save Less Than 3 Cents per Day per ResidentThe City of New Rochelle will slash its emergency responder protections this...
View ArticleWhether You Believe It or Not, Your Safety Has Been Compromised
ShareThisCity Management Guts the Fire Department and Decides to Gamble With Your Safety all to Save Less Than 3 Cents Per Day Per ResidentAs we celebrate our 150th The City of New Rochelle slashed its...
View ArticleHow Profitable is the Weyman Avenue Development in New Rochelle?
ShareThis In the December 8, 2011 issue of the Westchester Guardian Recently Charles Strome , New Rochelle City Manager, said on WVOX that the City was making money on the Weyman Avenue (Home Depot and...
View ArticleNew Rochelle City Council Passes 2012 Budget
ShareThisThe New Rochelle City Council has passed the 2012 City Budget on a 5-2 vote with Republicans Lou Trangucci and Richard St. Paul voting against the budget. The budget contains an operating...
View ArticleWhat does the 2012 budget mean for you?
ShareThis I got to wondering about this yesterday and this is what NRs 2012 budget means to me. My home is assessed at $17,000 so the city portion of my property taxes will be $3,154.01 (multiply the...
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Letter to Governor Cuomo
ShareThisDecember 22, 2011The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224RE: Tax-CapHonorable Governor Cuomo,I contact you as 56-year old New...
View ArticleResearch Precedes Development
ShareThisSimply said, I am toxic, and a mere glance at the newspapers, blogs, or lending an ear to the cable news indicates I suffer from a malady shared by most of world. It is rampant, a disease of...
View ArticleNew Rochelle, The Lost City Found! We have the staff to prove it!
ShareThisCameroon debt forgiven, Churches for a dollar, City Yards to be moved at great expense, sweetheart deals for developers and colleges, what else is next? We have a city management system with...
View ArticleThe Million Dollar Larchmont Giveaway Sweepstakes
ShareThisI have heard several people suggest that the Larchmont tax exemption request is no big deal because it amounts to “only” $38,000 each year. To them I ask, do you want to give $38,000 every...
View ArticleProposed City Budget Busts Tax Cap: 6.99% Tax Increase, No Layoffs
ShareThisNEW ROCHELLE, NY -- City Manager Charles B. Strome is calling for a 6.99% tax increase based on a 5.75% increase in the City's levy, far in excess of the 2.49 tax levy cap required by New York...
View ArticleUFFA 273: Proposed New Rochelle 2013 Budget Would Chop Fire Department...
ShareThisNEW ROCHELLE, NY -- The City of New Rochelle is advocating further slashing its emergency responder protection, if the proposed 2013 city budget is not rectified. Under the proposal, the...
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