NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 24, 2026) — Nearly a year after New Rochelle seated its Civilian Complaint Review Board, the city has not established any payroll, tax, or payment records for a single member of the board, according to a response to a Freedom of Information Law request filed by Talk of the Sound.
The city code establishing the CCRB has provided for member compensation since the board was created in October 2024. Under the version of the code currently in effect, members “shall serve with compensation.” At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting compensation was set at $1,500 annually for board members and $2,000 annually for the board’s two Co-Chairpersons.
Talk of the Sound requested all payroll, tax, W-9, W-4, or other payment setup records for CCRB members from July 2025 — when the board’s seven inaugural members were seated — to the present. The city’s Finance Department responded that no such records exist.
“Thank you for your foil request,” the city’s response read. “According to the Finance Dept there is no information available per this request.”
The response means that, as far as the city’s own Finance Department can determine, no CCRB member has ever been entered into the city’s payroll or tax system in connection with their board service — despite the code’s compensation requirement having been in place since the board’s inception.
The finding is the latest in a series of operational gaps identified in Talk of the Sound’s ongoing review of the CCRB, which has not held a single meeting since its members were seated on July 1, 2025. The board has no website, as required by the city code; no published rules of procedure, which the code requires before the board can conduct business; and no publicly available contact information for any of its members.
The City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution appointing a new District 4 member and two Co-Chairpersons, along with a separate ordinance amending the code’s compensation and governance provisions.
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