Ariela Lopez
Staff Reporter
ariela.lopez@yale.edu
Ariela Lopez covers City Hall and City Politics. Originally from New York City, she is a first-year in Branford College.
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ARIELA LOPEZ
City considers creating Director of Emergency Management position

The position is currently held by the city’s Chief Administrative Officer, but its duties were carried out by a deputy director who stepped down in January. On Monday, alders discussed whether to change the system following his retirement.

February 14, 2024

YURII STASIUK, ARIELA LOPEZ & ETHAN WOLIN
State of the City address disrupted by pro-Palestine protests

Protesters from several groups promoting a ceasefire resolution halted the mayor’s annual address for 25 minutes.

February 6, 2024

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ARIELA LOPEZ
ANALYSIS: Four takeaways from State of the City

Amid a chaotic Board of Alders meeting, Elicker highlighted housing and growth as key priorities in his annual State of the City address.

February 6, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Sixteen New Haven Agenda candidates make the ballot for ward co-chair

The insurgent slate touted the fact that 16 co-chair candidates had qualified for the ballot by the Wednesday deadline in a press conference.

February 1, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & YURII STASIUK
Three Yalies petition for co-chair spots

Yale students are running for Democratic Town Committee co-chair positions in Ward 1 and Ward 22, which together cover Yale’s residential colleges, Old Campus and parts of the Dixwell neighborhood.

January 26, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM & ARIELA LOPEZ
Carbon monoxide leak at Yale construction site leaves 14 hospitalized

Propane-powered tools, combined with freezing weather and a lack of carbon monoxide monitors, caused the gas leak and subsequent hospitalizations at a Yale-leased construction site on Howe Street.

January 18, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Event featuring journalist from Gaza sees heightened security measures, requires attendees to sign free-expression form

Ameera Harouda discussed balancing safety concerns for her and her family’s well-being, as well as her role as a mother of four, while also working to document the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza.

December 6, 2023

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Press ends decades-long partnership

Publishing house W.W. Norton will take over fulfillment and sales from TriLiteral LLC for the Yale University Press for titles published starting January 2025.

December 1, 2023

HANNAH KOTLER & ARIELA LOPEZ
Two separate break-ins in Branford, Pauli Murray suites

Yale Police confirmed that non-Yale affiliates broke into one suite in Branford College and another in Pauli Murray College on Monday; police were also notified of an attempted bike theft in Saybrook College.

November 29, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Annual homelessness hearing highlights need for more affordable housing and crisis care

Representatives from nine local organizations involved in addressing homelessness testified in front of the Board of Alders’ Health and Human Services Committee.

November 17, 2023

ARIELA LOPEZ
Board of Ed clashes over stricter rules for classroom materials

Board of Education members debated the merits of a policy update aimed at reviewing how various ethnic, cultural, professional and gender identities are portrayed in classroom materials.

November 15, 2023