Posts Categorized: News

-+*First off, let me wish you a very happy holidays, and an early happy new year! As you might have already heard, I am pleased to announce that I will remain in public service upon my leaving the New Rochelle City Council and will become a New Rochelle City Court Judge. As you can imagine,… Read more »

-+*                      (A young Councilman Rice hooping it up at Remington, can you guess which one is me?) As a very proud product of the Remington Boys and Girls Club, I am ecstatic to announce that our City Council has recently unanimously approved a resolution authorizing… Read more »

-+*When I first ran for a city council position in 2010 as a young husband and new father, I did so with a sense of extreme excitement for the future. Despite being in the depths of the Great Recession at that time, I knew that there were greater days ahead for New Rochelle. These past… Read more »

-+*(The Downtown Revitalization Initiative video prepared for the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council by the City of New Rochelle) Reporting from sunny Arizona where my wife and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary, I am ecstatic to announce that the New York State’s Regional Economic Development Council for the Mid-Hudson region has selected New Rochelle to… Read more »

-+*Following an expressed desire from the community for the City of New Rochelle to place a greater emphasis on the resources available to the Lincoln Avenue Corridor (see Comprehensive Planning for the Lincoln Avenue Corridor), several improvements are underway. In addition to the second phase of completion for the Lincoln Park Master Plan (see THE RE-IMAGINED… Read more »

-+*Approximately one year ago, I convened a town hall meeting to discuss the implementation of a comprehensive plan for the Lincoln Avenue corridor. In what ended up being a spirited conversation, several important issues were raised by the few hundred people in attendance that evening. The most significant issues highlighted as immediate needs were:  1) improved… Read more »

-+*  With an estimated few hundred people in attendance, we hit the ground running with our first Comprehensive Plan Town Hall meeting for the Lincoln Avenue corridor. While the Comprehensive Plan is being created for the entire City of New Rochelle, I feel that it is vitally important to include a robust zoning analysis of… Read more »

-+*For the past four plus years, I have been blessed to be a member of the New Rochelle City Council.  During this time, I am grateful to have made many new friends as I have worked tirelessly on behalf of my district and my city. Although much has been accomplished thus far, there is still… Read more »

-+*I am proud to announce that the City of New Rochelle and the City School District of New Rochelle have entered into a historic partnership designed to eliminate opportunity gaps, barriers, and challenges facing youth in our community, namely boys and young men of color.  At the March 17th, 2015 council legislative meeting, an ordinance… Read more »

-+*I am happy to announce that at last night’s council meeting, there was unanimous support for an idea that I proposed for a committee on community policing. This 15 person committee, which will be selected by the City Manager and Police Commissioner, will be co-chaired by Cathryn Lavery, PhD., Chair & Graduate Coordinator for the Department… Read more »