New Rochelle CCRB

Talk of the Sound and Words in Edgewise articles on the New Rochelle Civilian Complaint Review Board and its predecessor, the Community Police Partnership Board.

New Rochelle CCRB Investigation: What Records Show, What’s Missing, What’s Next (5/20/2026)

No Stipends Paid to New Rochelle CCRB Members; Chairperson Declined Compensation (5/20/2026)

City Manager Admitted Board Could Meet Before Training Was Complete. It Never Did (5/20/2026)

New Rochelle Violated Its Own Code on CCRB Trainer Selection — for Every Training Component (5/20/2026)

Inside the Records: How the New Rochelle CCRB Got Trapped in a Doom Loop of Its Own Making (5/20/2026)

New Rochelle Police Records: Kane Admitted He Did Not See Harper Discard Drugs, Then Filed for Disability Retirement (5/21/2026)

Westchester DA Never Released Promised ‘Bad Cops’ List as Kane, McKenna and Vaccaro Cases Raised Questions (5/21/2026)

New Rochelle CCRB Chair. Term Expires June 30 — Board Has Never Met (5/22/2026)

Westchester DA Promised Transparency on Bad Cop List Then Fought New Rochelle Judge for Enforcing Discovery Law (5/22/2026)

Cases That Created New Rochelle CCRB Are Largely Beyond Its Reach – Save One (5/22/2026)

Group Hired to Train New Rochelle Police Oversight Board Disputes Reporting. Its Own Website Disagrees. (6/2/2026)

New Rochelle CCRB Chair Quits Having Never Convened a Single Meeting (6/9/2026)

FOIL Records Reveal Demand to Serve on New Rochelle’s CCRB — Except in One District (6/12/2026)

Westchester DA Produced Disciplinary Records for Three New Rochelle Officers — Then Said No Such Records Exist (6/13/2026)

Two Decades, Four Committees, Zero Results: New Rochelle’s Long Road to a Police Oversight Board That Has Never Met (6/13/2026)

New Rochelle’s Police Oversight Board Can’t Review Serious Cases Until Long After They Happen (6/14/2026)

New Rochelle City Council to Vote Tuesday on New CCRB Member, Co-Chairpersons, and Code Changes (6/14/2026)

Full Report — Table of Contents

Talk of the Sound and Words in Edgewise have published a comprehensive research report on the New Rochelle Civilian Complaint Review Board — a board established by city ordinance in October 2024, seated in July 2025, and as of May 17, 2026, had never held a single meeting.

New Rochelle Civilian Complaint Review Board: Full Investigation

1. Executive Summary

2. The Origin: June 2020

3. Four Incidents, No Civilian Oversight

4. Five Years of Performative Reform

5. Chronology

6. Natasha Fapohunda — Chairperson

7. Board Composition

8. Training Requirements and Status

9. The Civilian Complaints Data

10. The Case the CCRB Should Have Reviewed — Sean Kane

11. Structural and Legal Issues

12. Questions for Officials

13. FOIL Requests

14. Source Documents