by Damon Maher | Jan 27, 2025 | News, Opinion, Values
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERMy younger brother Bob followed my footsteps into Fordham Law School, then surpassed me by a little bit….to say the least!He was editor-in-chief of the Law Review; wrote an incisive, seminal article of the then-young Federal Water Pollution...
by Damon Maher | Sep 22, 2024 | News
This past week New York State Attorney General Letitia James issued her report, declining to pursue any criminal charges in the fatal New Rochelle police shooting of Jarrel Garris on Lincoln Avenue on July 3, 2023, but rather making a multi-point...
by Damon Maher | Jul 17, 2024 | News
A body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody. — Thomas Paine After years of community and legal pressure, New Rochelle’s City Council now has before it an proposed ordinance to establish a Civilian...
by Damon Maher | Mar 2, 2024 | News, Opinion
The Friendly Village Housing Proposal Our neighbors in Mamaroneck have long claimed the title “The Friendly Village”. But now they are in one of those bitter suburban battles arising from the housing availability and affordability crisis in our region, after...
by Damon Maher | Dec 6, 2023 | News, Values
Dear friends, I will submit a voter registration form this morning changing my political party affiliation to the Working Families Party.First, please know that my switch to WFP is certainly NOT based on its national organization’s...
by Damon Maher | Jul 21, 2023 | Events, News, Opinion, Values
July 21, 2023 On June 29th, four days before Jarrell Garris was shot in an encounter with New Rochelle police officers, I gave my regular monthly report to the New Rochelle Democratic Committee in my capacity as an elected official. I expressed concerns about the loss...
