COMMUNITY LIFE
MAIA NEHME
New Haven Health Department tells community kitchen to pause operations  

Before its operations were suspended, Newhallville fREshSTARTs held the launch event for its fREsh-taurant last Friday from 5 to 8 p.m.

February 7, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM & MAGGIE GRETHER
Lenox Street Tenants Union demands landlord enter negotiations 

Union members and activists gathered outside the office of Ocean Management with a petition alleging landlord neglect.

February 7, 2024

ESMA OKUTAN & LAURA OSPINA
Graduate students reflect on new union contract

After Local 33 UNITE HERE ratified its first contract with the University last December, graduate workers are celebrating affordable insurance plans and pay raises.

February 6, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM & KENISHA MAHAJAN
Black Heritage Stamp honors New Havener Constance Baker Motley

The city held an unveiling ceremony of the stamp on Thursday evening at the Dixwell Community Center, featuring several speakers who honored Motley’s legacy as a trailblazing politician and prominent leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

February 4, 2024

DYLAN GUNN
After tumultuous year, New Haven Pride Center moves to more visible location

The Center hopes to use the new location to play a more visible and active role in the New Haven community.

February 1, 2024

ADAM WALKER
‘Helping the underdog’: YLS grad and civil rights lawyer Alex Taubes fights for legal justice

Civil rights attorney Alex Taubes LAW ’15 helps the people of Connecticut fight against powerful corporations and government negligence through lawsuits and class actions.

February 1, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Construction trends show city efforts to revitalize waterfronts

Several waterside developments, including construction at Long Wharf along with new cycling trails and housing complexes, underscore broader city efforts to revive the city’s waterfronts.

February 1, 2024

FAREED SALMON & ABEL GELETA
Blending research and advocacy, Yale’s Housing and Health Equity Lab tackles homelessness through a scientific lens

Founded by Danya Keene, the YSPH lab explores the links between housing and health, promoting policy interventions to enhance housing access and reduce racial health disparities.

January 31, 2024

BROOKLYN BRAUNER & AGOMONI SAHA
The Nourish Project promotes healthy aging at two local senior independent living facilities

The Dwight Hall undergraduate organization is seeking to remedy many of the societal detriments the New Haven elderly community has been facing following COVID-19.

January 30, 2024

LILY BELLE POLING
Board of Education making progress on climate emergency resolution, student activists push for greater investment 

New Haven Public Schools and students are working toward zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, environmental sustainability operations and climate education.

January 25, 2024

LAURA OSPINA
Yale to send non-Yale tenants packing from Broadway apartments

After purchasing 59 Broadway in November, Yale will give non-Yale affiliated tenants one year to vacate their apartments. Current tenants have amassed almost 600 signatures in protest.

January 24, 2024