CITY POLITICS
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

SOFIA GAVIRIA PARTOW
Board of Education discusses multi-year improvement plan

The BOE also heard complaints, considered a new scheduling plan and discussed a plan to increase lingual accessibility.

January 24, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN & YURII STASIUK
Amid protests, top alder vows to move Gaza ceasefire resolution to committee

The Board of Alders president told the News that she plans to send the resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war to committee for deliberation, as protesters disrupted Tuesday’s meeting.

January 17, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN
New Haven officials, all Democrats, sworn in for new terms

Thirty-two New Haven officials, including Mayor Justin Elicker, took the oath of office in a ceremony on New Year’s Day.

January 16, 2024

YURII STASIUK
City negotiations electrify New Haven’s tiny homes

Although the city originally sent a cease-and-desist letter, they temporarily allowed tiny houses after negotiations.

January 15, 2024

LAURA OSPINA
Local 33 ratifies first contract in landslide vote

With 99.4 percent of voters in favor of ratification, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, won its first contract, securing pay raises, expanded healthcare and union recognition until 2031.

December 20, 2023

YURII STASIUK, BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
City leaders, protest organizers condemn desecration of menorah during Saturday rally

After an individual lodged a Palestinian flag in a menorah on the New Haven Green during a protest on Saturday, city officials and faith leaders condemned the act as hateful — as did protest organizers and Yale in a University statement.

December 12, 2023

LAURA OSPINA
Local 33 and Yale reach historic tentative agreement

After organizing for more than three decades, Local 33, the graduate and professional student union, secured higher pay, improved healthcare resources and union recognition until 2031 in a tentative agreement following nine months of negotiations with the University.

December 8, 2023