CIty Hall Notebook – February 7, 2013

Written By: Robert Cox

The City Council is scheduled to meet next Tuesday, February 12th. The agenda has just been posted and has a few items of interest to Talk of the Sound readers. There are so many I am just going to toss them up here and invite readers to comment. I added links to some of our recent, relevant stories.

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New Rochelle Appoints New Development Commissioner

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New Rochelle Cancels Two Property Deals, Moves to Hire Brokers to Market City-Owned Properties

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Specification No. 4964 REAL ESTATE BROKER SERVICES

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CVS North Avenue

As of today thursday i have had 3 trucks unload between 2am-4am for the last four days. On the side of the building in the library lot.(Zoning Board-loading zone on North ave in front of 220 north between 7-9am only!

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Parking Problems In Downtown New Rochelle

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Good Profit Works extends New Rochelle Armory deal by not signing Letter of Agreement

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City Failed to Apply Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Policy Under New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson

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NYS OSC: New Ro Failed to Screen Youth Personnel

City responds to OSC Report on youth personnel background checks

City of New Rochelle Relied on School District for Background Checks

New Rochelle Board of Education Hires 9 People Without Criminal Background Checks

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Deputy Public Works Commissioner job posting.

Serves as Deputy to the Commissioner of Public Works; under direction oversees and coordinates all field maintenance operations of the Department; assumes full charge of the Department in the absence or incapacity of the Commissioner; does related work as required.

Let’s hope it works out better than the last guy they had in this position…

As Westchester County District Attorney Indictments Loom, New Rochelle Fires Deputy DPW Commissioner Joseph Cotroneo – UPDATED

Cotroneo is the second top DPW official this past year to resign or be fired since the Westchester County District Attorney’s office began an investigation into an alleged kickback scheme to defraud the City of New Rochelle by submitting phony invoices. Former DPW Commissioner Jeffrey Coleman resigned unexpectedly last July, just days after investigators from the DA’s office visited the New Rochelle DPW City Yard at 224 East Main Street.

DPW Fleet Manager Richard Fevang, under investigation by the District Attorney for 8 of the last 11 years, is widely expected to be indicated as soon as next week.

Joseph Cotroneo was caught by a City official using City resources to remove snow from a private commercial parking lot in the West End of New Rochelle.