Friends, the Council that heard three hours of Davenport Neck testimony Tuesday does not meet again until the Regular Legislative Meeting, Tuesday, September 15 at 6:15 PM at City Hall. That session's agenda is not posted yet. When it lands, the Agenda Center carries it, and it is the first place a neck-zoning next step would appear in writing.
Here is the path the amendments follow, because it explains the silence since Tuesday: a public hearing closed is not a vote taken. The proposal now goes to the New Rochelle Planning Board and the Westchester County Planning Board for their input, with the city acting as lead agency for environmental review, before the Council can adopt anything. Real estate coverage this week described the same next steps. The next Committee of the Whole with public hearings on the calendar is October 13. So the honest answer to "what happened Tuesday" is still "a hearing happened," and the honest answer to "when will something happen" is "watch the agenda and the boards."
If the process matters to you, one controllable step: check the Agenda Center Monday evening. If a neck item is on Tuesday's agenda, Monday's coverage will not have it and Friday's next issue will lead with it.
The questions New Rochelle searches this week, answer first, source after.
Who is running Ward Elementary right now?
Assistant Principal Keren-Hapuc Gonzalez, named acting principal with full authority to run the school, per the district. Principal Franco Miele was placed on administrative leave, and the district has not given a reason. The board approved Jenna Vaccarelli as the school's new assistant principal at its August 18 meeting, effective September 1 at a $135,298 salary, replacing Jessica Bandel, who resigned. Talk of the Sound reported the sequence, and the district also says it is finalizing one more acting assistant principal appointment.
When is the New Rochelle Street Fair, and which streets close?
Saturday, September 19, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM around City Hall, with a rain date of Sunday, September 20. The 13th annual fair lines both sides of North Avenue between Winthrop and Fifth Avenues and expands onto Hamilton Avenue toward Beaufort Place, with more than 200 vendors, live performances and a beer garden. Roads around the fair go car-free for the day, so plan downtown errands for the morning or take the shuttle mentality and walk in.
The alerts desk stays clean: no active National Weather Service alerts for New York State as of Friday morning, and no new advisories logged for the city. After a week of ceremony planning, a boring map is the right ending.
Trains run the regular weekday timetable, and school routines hold through the weekend. One forward note for drivers: the Street Fair's car-free zone takes effect the morning of September 19, so downtown parking turns into a walk-in plan that Saturday.
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