Mike Scully took the whole hour of his show on Wednesday to step-by-step through the recent controversy over the fate of the New Rochelle Armory in what may well now be Anthony Galletta’s last full hour on WVOX. If you are looking for a primer on what all the fuss has been about this week, this 46 minutes audio of Mike’s show is about as good as you are going to get.
Click link to listen to WVOX Podcast of Mike Scully Show with guests Bob Cox and Anthony Galletta on the New Rochelle Armory Controversy. You can even download the mp3 file, put it on your iPod and take it with you to the beach this Fourth of July weekend.
0:00 – 7:50 Intro and Initial Discussion
Is the Armory controversy more about disappointment with failed development in New Rochelle? What are the costs of saving the Armory?
7:50 – 11:10 Caller: Rosemarie
Armory should be a “place of interest” in New Rochelle, hate to see Armory torn down, suggests Capelli should get involved.
Not a Republican v. Democrat issue.
11:10 – 13:50 Vision for Armory
A loft-like, modern space, updated structure
13:50 – 15:50 Caller: Dave
Various ways to use the Armory, rehabilitate the building in stages
15:50 – 16:58 What animates the Mayor’s position on the Armory?
16:58 – 22:00 Caller John D.
Alternative uses of the Armory? Does saving the Armory mean opposing any development? Impact of Talk of the Sound on the Armory issue. Transient New Rochelle residents and long time residents.
22:00 – 29:00 Caller WVOX Host Bruce Negrin
Ambivalent about the Armory but does not like how City is going about it but does not see Armory as a money maker. Why would people come to Armory? Compares the Mayor’s chicanery to something Robert Moses would do — put stakes in the ground and then apologize. There are dozens of ideas on what to do with the Armory. One use is to provide some local VA services to Veterans. A Monroe basketball court would be a multi-use facility
29:00 – 30:00 Call Domenic
Will the Armory turn into another David’s Island.
30:00 – 31:35 Presentation of blueprints and sketches by Save Our Armory Committee
31:35 – 34:10 Caller WVOX Host Lou Feliciano
Armory should be for the veterans, wants to see VA services at New Rochelle Armory. Cares about the building, does not care about the land. Is a compromise possible?
34:10 – 38:40 Mike Scully reads the Jeff Klein letter pledging support for saving the Armory.
Klein calls it a prime candidate for a museum and asks why Klein would then co-sponsor a bill which would result in the destruction of the Armory. Anthony recounts a phone call from Jeff Klein in which he says that he was misled and believed that the veterans supported the home rule bill. Bob expresses what he believes to have been the Mayor’s plan to sneak the home rule bill through at the last minute.
38:40 – 41:30 Where would the Save Our Armory like to take this discussion now?
Is the frustration of the Armory more about a broader disappointment with development in new Rochelle
41:30 – 46:21 Federal indictments of Yonkers politicians bribed by Forest City representatives
Why is the City of New Rochelle doing business with a developer, Forest City, that is currently under investigation by the Department of Justice, where indictments have been handed down based on allegations that Forest City was bribing public officials to cast votes for a development in Yonkers.
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