CITY POLITICS
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

LAURA OSPINA
Yale Office of New Haven Affairs ushers in new leadership

After 13 years, Lauren Zucker, associate vice president for New Haven Affairs and University Properties, retired on Thursday. Alexandra Daum, with a background in state development and New Haven real estate, assumes the lead on town-gown relations.

February 5, 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

ETHAN WOLIN
Inside the coalition pressing local officials for a Gaza ceasefire resolution

A two-month effort to lobby the Board of Alders for a ceasefire resolution, uniting New Haven groups and Yale students, has met opposition from some Jewish residents. Top alders told the News that they are hesitant to take an official position on the divisive proposal.

February 1, 2024

YURII STASIUK & LUA PRADO
Education Secretary highlights $2.5 million grant during New Haven visit

At Fair Haven School, Secretary Miguel Cardona promoted a grant for community programming in two NHPS schools, awarded last November.

January 31, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
New Haven Climate Movement holds rally in front of City Hall to protest New Haven Transportation

Last Friday, the New Haven Climate Movement Youth Action Team organized a rally in front of City Hall to protest the city’s lack of clean transportation options.

January 30, 2024

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Hundreds call for a ceasefire on the New Haven Green

The protest, which organizers held on Holocaust Remembrance Day, was part of a nationwide call to action to stop what protestors described as a genocide in Gaza.

January 29, 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

ZACHARY SURI
Special Services Districts shape economic development in New Haven

New Haven’s four SSDs play a major role in distributing over $7 million in federal, state and municipal funds allocated in 2023.

January 26, 2024

YURII STASIUK
Labor Secretary highlights $5 million grant during New Haven visit 

At Gateway Community College, acting Secretary Julie Su promoted a grant to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system to support underserved students.

January 26, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN
New group to challenge union-backed Democratic ward co-chairs

Over a dozen candidates are gathering signatures in an attempt to reduce the power of Yale unions over the Democratic Town Committee.

January 25, 2024