NEW ROCHELLE, NY (July 31, 2026) — New Rochelle Police closed an investigation into an anonymous 2024 letter alleging Council member Shane Osinloye sexually assaulted three women, closing the case after Osinloye himself declined to pursue a complaint, according to records obtained by Talk of the Sound and Words in Edgewise under the state’s Freedom of Information Law.
The records — an incident report and two case supplemental reports for Case #24-000929 — were released by the New Rochelle Police Department on July 28, 2026, and provide the first documented timeline of how NRPD handled the letter.
According to the supplemental report, Investigator B.J. Fagan was assigned to the case on March 15, 2024, by Deputy Police Commissioner Neil Reynolds and Capt. Collins Coyne “to conduct an investigation into the existence of an anonymous letter regarding City Councilman Osinloye and possible sexual assaults.” That assignment came three days before the letter’s official “date/time reported” of March 18, 2024, at 8:11 a.m.
Fagan collected copies of the letter from City Clerk Michelle Oliveros, then-City Manager Kathleen Gill, and Mayor Yadira Ramos-Herbert, each of whom told him they did not know who sent it. He also retrieved additional copies from Council members, understood to be Sara Kaye and Martha Lopez, though the records do not name them. Fagan contacted Osinloye directly on March 18, and the two spoke again March 21 and March 28, though the content of those conversations is redacted in the records provided.
On March 26, 2024, Fagan asked Osinloye “if he was looking to file a complaint in reference to the incident.” On April 25, 2024, Fagan closed the case “pending further developments,” writing: “Based on the fact that Council Member Osinloye does not pursue the matter I am closing the investigation.”
The supplemental report states the Westchester County District Attorney’s office “has been made aware of the allegations” and, as of April 25, 2024, was “currently looking into” them. The records do not indicate whether that review is ongoing.
The released records do not show any indication that NRPD attempted to identify or contact the letter’s anonymous author or the “at least two other” women she said were victimized. This reporter has separately learned that a local business person who was acquainted with the three women identified them to police in 2024 — information that does not appear in the documents provided under FOIL.
Talk of the Sound has sent written questions to Capt. Coyne asking why Osinloye’s cooperation, rather than outreach to the women named in the letter, appears to have determined the outcome of the case, whether the names provided by the local business person were logged or acted on, and whether the case remains closed. This reporter has also sent the Westchester County District Attorney’s office written questions seeking the current status of its review. A follow-up story will report NRPD’s and the DA’s responses, or the lack of one.
The 2024 letter was addressed to “the women it should concern” and was mailed to Ramos-Herbert, Gill, Lopez, Kaye, and Oliveros. It was intended as a warning to the five women who sat with Osinloye during City Council meetings.
“I am writing this letter to warn you about the abusive person you are interacting with. Shane Osinloye sexually assaulted me against my will and did the same to at least two other young women I know. One of them was under eighteen at the time,” the letter reads.
The author wrote that she remained anonymous out of fear for her safety. “He is a violent predator with a terrible temper and highly vindictive. Even writing this is putting me in danger but I want other women to be aware of who they are dealing with.”
The author questioned how Osinloye became a city official: “Does the city of New Rochelle and the democratic party not do any vetting of their candidates?”
“Please be careful,” the letter closes. “I do not want other women to be subject to the abuse that I was.”
The allegations against Osinloye were known among New Rochelle Democratic Committee members for about a year, from before the Democratic primary and through the general election. Talk of the Sound was first made aware of allegations by three women three years ago. As there were no complaints filed with police and the women declined to be interviewed, the outlet did not publish a story at the time.
Osinloye has not responded to repeated requests for comment over the past two years, including written questions sent for this story.
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This article was prepared with the assistance of AI tools under the direction and editing of Robert Cox.
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