At its summer meeting the New Rochelle Board of Education opened a state-required public hearing on an amended 2025–26 districtwide safety plan; a member of the public told the board the plan lacks measures to keep firearms out of schools. President William Iannuzzi introduced the hearing as "prescribed by law." No formal action was taken during the hearing.

Public commenter Mister Malfitano said he reviewed the proposed plan and concluded it contains "no plan to keep a firearm out of the building," adding, "What's to stop a kid walking in with a Glock in his book bag? Nothing. Just on a wing and a prayer. It's hope." He urged the board to consider surprise screening or metal detectors, saying he had experience implementing detectors when he worked as a dean in New York City and describing them as "very cumbersome" and expensive.

Malfitano also raised a legal point he said the board should consider, referring to "article 62 a or 63 a of civil procedure, civil practice law and rules" and describing a process by which, he said, the district can seek a court order to remove or restrict a student it considers an imminent threat without prior parental notice. He asked the board to review that authority as it finalizes consequences and procedures in the safety plan.

Board members did not take a vote on the safety plan at the hearing. Iannuzzi noted the hearing is a specific public comment period required by law; Malfitano was the only speaker during that portion of the meeting. No additional public testimony was recorded on the plan at this meeting, and the transcript does not show follow-up direction from the board or staff during the public session.

The public hearing was part of a broadly scheduled summer meeting that also covered committee assignments, routine personnel and general consent items, and other business. The transcript does not include further substantive changes to the plan, a board decision on adoption, or a timeline for final action.