What We're Fighting For
This is a movement of neighbors — every background, every party, every corner of our city. We listen first, then act. Tell us what matters to you and help shape the future of New Rochelle.
Eight pillars that define our work for the people of New Rochelle.
A Blueprint For Real Structural Change
Accountability starts with understanding how City Hall is built, who answers to whom, and what each department owes the people who pay for it. It ends with modern tools that check the work continuously instead of years after the money is gone.
How New Rochelle City Government Is Organized
New Rochelle runs on a Council-Manager form of government. Positions and titles only — no personal names.
The Residents of New Rochelle
Mayor & City Council
City Manager
Independent & Charter Bodies
Boards and offices set up to act as checks: the City Clerk as keeper of the public record, the Civil Service Commission, the Board of Ethics, the Planning Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals, the Industrial Development Agency, and City Court under the state court system.
Boards, Commissions & Advisory Bodies
Appointed residents who review applications, hold public hearings, and advise the Council. Their agendas, minutes, and votes are public records available to any resident on request.
12 Operating Departments of City Hall
The Departments & What They Owe You
Twelve operating departments report through the City Manager. Each one exists to deliver something specific to residents.
City Manager's Office & Administration
Carries out Council policy, coordinates every department, manages city communications, and sets administrative standards citywide.
Finance, Treasury & Assessment
Manages city revenue and spending, property assessments, tax and utility billing, purchasing, and the city's financial reporting.
Police Department
Patrol, 911 emergency response, criminal investigation, traffic enforcement, and neighborhood community policing.
Fire Department
Fire suppression, rescue, emergency medical first response, hazardous materials response, and fire-code inspections.
Public Works
Streets and paving, trash and recycling collection, sewers and storm drains, street lighting, city vehicles, and snow removal.
Development & Planning
Building permits and inspections, zoning and code enforcement, master planning, housing programs, and business development.
Parks & Recreation
Parks, playing fields, the waterfront and marinas, recreation centers, senior programs, and summer youth programs.
Human Resources & Civil Service
Hiring, civil service testing and lists, employee benefits, labor relations, payroll administration, and workplace compliance.
Information Technology
City networks and cybersecurity, records systems, mapping data, and the online portals residents use to pay and apply.
Youth Bureau & Community Services
After-school and mentoring programs, summer jobs for teens, family support services, and neighborhood outreach.
Law Department (Corporation Counsel)
Represents the city in court, drafts local laws, reviews every city contract, and advises boards on legal compliance.
City Clerk's Office
Birth, death, and marriage records, licenses, Council agendas and minutes, public notices, and Freedom of Information requests.
Continuous Automated Auditing
Today, city finances are reviewed by outside firms months or years after the money is spent. The proposal: one secure city-owned computer, wired into the systems departments already use, checking every transaction as it happens and reporting into a single dashboard.
City-Owned Hardware, Kept In-House
A dedicated server physically housed in city facilities and operated by the city. No outside cloud, no vendor holding the data, no resident information leaving City Hall.
Read-Only, Sealed Access
The audit system connects to city applications through secure read-only links. It can examine records and raise a flag; it cannot change, delete, or approve anything.
What It Connects To
Payroll & Workforce (ADP Workforce Now)
Reviews time records, overtime, and headcount every pay period. Flags overtime without an approval on file, duplicate or inactive employee records, and hours that do not match assigned shifts — before the payment goes out.
Financial Ledger & Budget Systems
Watches fund balances and journal entries as they post. Flags transfers between funds without a Council vote, spending past an adopted budget line, and the same invoice paid twice.
Contracts, Bids & Purchasing
Reads every bid and change order and compares line-item pricing to past city contracts, state contract pricing, and regional market rates. Flags unusual markups, repeat sole-source awards, and purchases split into pieces to stay under the bidding limit.
Capital Projects & Timelines
Tracks each project against its original schedule and budget. Flags milestone payments requested ahead of completed work, repeated deadline extensions, and cost growth beyond an agreed threshold.
Grants & Federal Reporting
Tracks grant funds from award to spending and checks required federal and state reports against their deadlines, so missed filings and misallocated grant money surface the same month, not years later in an audit.
One Dashboard, One Version Of The Truth
Every finding lands in a single tracking dashboard — the same style of portal departments already use for service requests. Each item gets a plain-language explanation, a green, amber, or red rating, an assigned owner, and a clock that starts running until it is answered. The City Manager and the Council see it, and a public summary version — with personal information removed — goes to residents on a fixed schedule, so problems are answered while they are still small.
Patterns, Not Just Paperwork
Because it reviews everything rather than a sample, it catches the repeat patterns spot-check audits miss: the same vendor always just under the bid limit, the same overtime every quarter, the same project always late.
A Flag Is Not A Verdict
Every alert is a question for a human to answer, not an accusation. Department heads respond in the record, and legitimate explanations close the item.
Independent Citizen Review
A standing resident oversight committee receives the same summary reports, so the findings are not reviewed only by the officials they concern.
Fraud Survives On Delay
Waste, inflated contracts, and missing paperwork are almost always found years later, after the money is spent and the people responsible have moved on. Checking the work continuously, in public view, is the single change that makes every other reform stick.