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Jul 8, 2019 8:13 am
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Elicker at Ann Boyd’s Hill (left) and Jack Hitt’s East Rock homes.
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Elicker and the Sampedro family outside Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker speaks of New Haven as a “tale of two cities.” He saw that firsthand when he brought one message to supporters’ homes in the Hill and East Rock neighborhoods and to Fair Haven churches — and heard back different sets of concerns.
At just 19 years old, Eli Sabin already has a political resume longer than that of many people twice his age.
The rising Yale sophomore is now looking to add “Ward 1 alder” to his work history — not, he said, to bolster his political bona fides, but rather to fight for affordable housing and quality jobs in the city where he grew up and plans to stay well after graduation.
The Ward 5 Democratic Ward Committee hears from City Clerk Michael Smart.
The Ward 5 Democratic Ward Committee in the Hill endorsed a familiar face for alder on Tuesday evening, in addition to backing the incumbent for mayor.
Days after an opposing campaign attacked his wife and her fellow federal prosecutors as Trump co-conspirators, mayoral candidate Justin Elicker took to the pulpit Sunday to urge New Haveners to transcend “political rhetoric” and “come together as a city.”
• At budget forum, mayoral candidate Seth Poole calls for leaving prison reentry to nonprofits. • Backs gov’t tree-trimming, street repair, fines for litterbugs, 25 year-old minimum for cops. • Elicker: Ban towing for parking tix.
Hit job crew? Mauro (pictured with alleged co-conspirators Trump, Elicker): “The stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard in my life.”
If true, the grandest conspiracy in the modern history of New Haven politics was revealed Wednesday night, tying the Trump White House to the FBI to the New Haven Democratic Town Committee to mayoral candidate Justin Elicker.
Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker at a recent Democratic Town Committee meeting.
Limit Yale property acquisitions through changes to the zoning code by encouraging vertical, not horizontal, expansion of its university and medical campuses.
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Christopher Peak |
Jun 25, 2019 8:46 am
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Darnell Goldson filing papers in the clerk’s office.
Darnell Goldson, the Board of Education’s current president, is seeking for another four-year term to mount a fight for more school funding from the state, even if it means filing suit.
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Allan Appel |
Jun 21, 2019 12:17 pm
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Mayoral candidate Justin Elicker used to work as a waiter during his college years in Middlebury, Vermont.
There he learned that when you a carry a tray one-handed at the shoulder level or higher, don’t keep your hand flat. Instead, spread the fingers out, giving you five points of contact and support for your heavy-laden tray.
New Haven Ward 9 Committee Co-Chair Sarah Locke and DTC Chair Vinnie Mauro.
The four Democratic mayoral candidates honed their campaign stump speeches — with lists of accomplishments, idealistic visions for the future, critiques of the status quo, and even some stand-up comedy — as they sought to win the local party’s endorsement.
Justin Elicker campaigning Thursday night at Devil’s Gear. Shop owner Matthew Feiner at left.
Justin Elicker popped into a downtown cycle shop Thursday night to vow to become a mayor who rides his bike to work — and makes it easier for other people to as well.
Marjorie Bonadies waded into the toxic waters of the Nextdoor social-media site — and, she said, ended up accidentally pressing a button she didn’t mean to.
Glasses were raised at 50 Fitch Restaurant and Bar not for the Boston Red Sox on the TV screen, but for the familiar face from around the city looking to launch a second career as an elected official.
Urn Pendragon at an affordable-housing rally outside City Hall.
The city should pass an inclusionary zoning ordinance that mandates the construction of new affordable housing. It should fund the installation of solar panels and small wind turbines atop those inclusive residences, so that the cost of lighting and heating those affordable units drops along with their environmental footprint.
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Sam Gurwitt |
May 29, 2019 7:15 am
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Mayoral Candidate Jay Kaye.
Jay Kaye has spent 30 years restoring buildings. Now, he said, he would like to do the same to his hometown of Hamden by doing away with political impasses in town government, creating balance, and restoring the town to a stable fiscal position.
