The Sunday Briefing Is Up: A Review Board That Never Met, a Jewish Heritage Dispute and a Teacher Runs Wild in Colombia

NEW ROCHELLE, NY (May 17, 2026) — It’s been a busy week, and the Sunday Briefing is up at Words in Edgewise.

This week: records show New Rochelle’s Civilian Complaint Review Board — announced with fanfare as a new layer of police oversight — has never actually met, while required training remains delayed with no date on the calendar.

Also this week: a New Rochelle council member pushes back against criticism over a low-key Jewish Heritage event, defending the city’s approach while promising broader outreach next year.

And: records and witness accounts detail how a New Rochelle teacher allegedly chased a baseball coach with a bat in Colombia before later being deported and arrested back in the United States.

All that and more in this week’s Sunday Briefing.

Read it here.