COPS & COURTS
RAZEL SUANSING
State legislature moves forward with prison gerrymandering bill

The Connecticut General Assembly’s Government Administration and Elections Committee approved legislation to abolish prison gerrymandering on Wednesday. The legislation now awaits a vote in the […]

March 31, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING & ISAAC YU
Pedestrian struck at Chapel and High Street intersection

At around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, a 31-year-old woman was hit by a pickup truck at the intersection of Chapel and High Street in front […]

March 30, 2021

DOMINIQUE CASTANHEIRA
Community supports Oriental Pantry after break-in

Around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oriental Pantry — an Asian market on Orange Street — was broken into and robbed. The community has since rallied […]

March 26, 2021

Yoon-ock Kim prepares bibimbap in the kitchen area of Oriental Pantry
RAZEL SUANSING
Female officers advance in New Haven Police Department

Six female officers in the New Haven Police Department were promoted in March, coinciding with Women’s History Month. Early this month, Renee Dominguez officially took […]

March 21, 2021

Police officers stand in the middle of the street facing people gathered on the sidewalk.
TALAT AMAN & RAZEL SUANSING
Pedestrian dead in motor vehicle accident near New Haven Green

The New Haven Police Department is investigating a motor vehicle accident that left a 55-year-old pedestrian dead at around 5:40 p.m. Thursday afternoon, according to […]

March 19, 2021

TALAT AMAN & RAZEL SUANSING
Second police punching incident documented on social media, NHPD to investigate

The New Haven Police Department will conduct its second internal investigation on use of force of the year, following a March 2 incident in which […]

March 12, 2021

RAZEL SUANSING
New Haven lawmakers, activists push back against delay on use of force clause

Fearing reduced protections for communities of color, New Haven officials and activists have pushed back against proposed changes to the use of force clause in […]

March 12, 2021

ALVARO PERPULY & RAZEL SUANSING
Facing a future without moratoriums, civil rights lawyers, housing advocates push for right to counsel

Despite moratoriums enacted at the federal and state levels, landlords are using exceptions to file eviction cases in New Haven. The number of cases will […]

March 5, 2021

young man who has received an eviction notice
TALAT AMAN & LARISSA JIMENEZ
ULA demands NHPD, City Hall response to death of Jorge Osorio-Caballero

On Jan. 16, Fair Haven resident Jorge Osorio-Caballero was found dead with gunshot wounds in his personal vehicle. Almost two months later, his killer has […]

March 4, 2021

ULA activists gather on the steps of the NHPD.
TALAT AMAN, JULIA BROWN & MADISON HAHAMY
Arrest warrant charges Qinxuan Pan with murder in shooting death of Kevin Jiang ENV ’22

The New Haven Police Department has issued an arrest warrant charging MIT researcher Qinxuan Pan with murder in the shooting death of Kevin Jiang ENV […]

February 26, 2021

A headshot of Pan
TALAT AMAN
Three ‘inappropriate touching’ incidents reported around Yale’s campus

On Wednesday afternoon, Yale students reported a series of groping and “inappropriate touching” incidents around Yale’s central campus area. “A large group of teenage males […]

February 25, 2021