New Rochelle Mayor Wrong on Tiempo
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (February 20, 2024) — On Sunday, February 11, New Rochelle Mayor Ramos-Herbert appeared in a ten-minute segment on WABC’s Tiempo based on a pre-taped interview with host Joe Torres.
In addition to hosting the station’s long-running Hispanic-centric current affairs program, Torres is a well-regarded news anchor and reporter for WABC-TV in New York.
While not normally the case, Torres was clearly not prepared for his interview with Yadira. He repeatedly demonstrated that he was uninformed about how the council–manager form of government works in New Rochelle. As a result, few of his questions made sense, while creating the impression that New Rochelle has a “strong mayor” form of government like New York City. Yadira was in no hurry to correct this misimpression.
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