NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 26, 2026) — The City of New Rochelle has officially moved its website and official email addresses to a .gov domain, the City announced Friday in its City E-News bulletin.
The City’s web address is now newrochelleny.gov, and all official City email addresses now end in .gov, according to the bulletin. The City said the change is intended to make it easier for residents to identify legitimate City communications and to provide a more secure online experience. Residents and businesses were urged to update bookmarks and contact information.
The City did not provide additional comment beyond the bulletin language, and it was not immediately clear whether the prior domain will continue to function as a forwarding address during the transition, or whether the email migration is fully complete.
.Gov domains are restricted to verified government entities and are administered under federal domain management standards, including required use of secure DNS and HTTPS encryption. Because only authenticated public agencies can obtain and maintain a .gov address, the designation is intended to reduce the risk of spoofed or impersonation websites and to signal to users that they are accessing an official government source.
New Rochelle’s move follows a similar transition by Westchester County, which switched its website from westchestergov.com to WestchesterCountyNY.gov on March 2. County officials at the time cited a federal framework — the DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act of 2020 and related federal guidance — as a driver behind the broader push toward .gov domains among government entities, along with cybersecurity and public-trust considerations. The County’s prior .com address was set to redirect automatically to the new domain.
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