Politics & Government

Citizens To Be Heard: New Rochelle Government Meetings This Week

Check out the calendar and find an opportunity to nurture our institutions, protect our freedoms and help lead our leaders close to home.

Civil Service Commission will meet Feb. 16, at 3 p.m., in City Hall.
Civil Service Commission will meet Feb. 16, at 3 p.m., in City Hall. (Jeff Edwards/Patch)

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Noted sociologist Robert N. Bellah wrote,"One of the keys to the survival of free institutions is the relationship between private and public life, the way citizens do, or do not, participate in the public sphere."

There are plenty of upcoming chances to help tend to our democracy close to the roots. Several public meetings are scheduled for this week in New Rochelle.

  • City Council Committee of the Whole Session, Public Hearings & Citizens to be Heard - Feb. 14, 3:45 p.m. (Citizens to be Heard at 7 p.m.), City Hall, 515 North Ave., Agenda, Public Hearing Notice Re Proposed Amend To Zone Code
  • Civil Service Commission Meeting - Feb. 16, 3 p.m., City Hall, 515 North Ave.

Videos of the meetings can be streamed here.

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