by | Jun 29, 2017 3:47 pm | Comments (6)
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Edwards at the announcement.
Though a crowd of supporters spoke as if she has the coming election in the bag, Kim Edwards was taking nothing for granted.
by | Jun 28, 2017 2:28 pm | Comments (4)
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Hamilton, Douglass and Walker at the announcement.
They’ve worked together to fight blight and slumlords and to plan for development on Route 34. Now the three alders — dubbed “Three the Hard Way” and the “Three Musketeers” — representing Dwight, Edgewood and West River are seeking another term to focus in on jobs for their constituents.
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by | Jun 26, 2017 8:00 am | Comments (9)
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The four candidates in Trowbridge Park Sunday.
Four candidates are running together for the Hill’s Board of Alders seats, pledging to work together to bring jobs to the neighborhood and more neighborhood input into future development.
by | Jun 20, 2017 12:33 am | Comments (5)
Ira Johnson, who had filed papers to seek a ballot spot in this year’s mayoral election, has decided to endorse Democratic mayoral challenger Marcus Paca instead.
by | Jun 16, 2017 8:15 am | Comments (39)
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Harp, Paca at their first joint forum Thursday night.
In Mayor Toni Harp’s New Haven, violent crime has fallen nearly 75 percent in six years. In challenger Marcus Paca’s New Haven, bullets still fly in struggling neighborhoods, with victims shot “even in their own homes.”
Young people are flocking downtown for walkable living and a startup-friendly culture, in Harp’s city. In Paca’s, economic development hasn’t touched the Westville, Grand Avenue or the Dixwell main drags.
by | Jun 13, 2017 7:31 am | Comments (22)
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Marcus Paca speaks to family and friends of Norman Boone at a repast after Boone’s funeral.
Mayoral candidate Marcus Paca said he believes that if Norman Boone had had access to the type of economic opportunities that keep people out of the street life that he might not have been a victim of gun violence.
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by | Jun 12, 2017 8:03 am | Comments (8)
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Greenberg announces reelection surrounded by city and state officials.
As he officially launched a bid for a third term as Wooster Square’s alder on a hot Sunday afternoon, Aaron Greenberg had some good news to report: Conte West Hills School’s pool will now open to the community for public swimming.
by | Jun 9, 2017 8:07 am | Comments (11)
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Ward 19 candidates Kim Edwards, Sarah Ofosu.
A race for an open alder seat in Newhallville and Prospect Hill confronts voters with a question: Who has greater perspective on a neighborhood — a lifelong resident who knows how it has worked since her grandparents’ time? Or a newcomer who brings an outsider’s fresh eyes?
by | Jun 6, 2017 12:56 pm | Comments (31)
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Candidate Jamell Cotto outside the Greek Olive.
A challenger has entered the race for a Board of Education seat, an election that could serve as a referendum on where the school district is headed after the mayor’s controversial chairmanship.
by | May 30, 2017 7:27 am | Comments (6)
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Harp, Paca last week at their first campaign events.
Mayor Toni Harp said she is opting out of New Haven’s public-financing system for her reelection campaign, while opponent Marcus Paca is exploring jumping in.
by | May 22, 2017 3:43 pm | Comments (16)
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Tyler Kuhn & Jonathan Wharton at WNHH.
Stop the presses: Republicans will run for office in New Haven this fall.
by | May 20, 2017 2:35 am | Comments (19)
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Harp made her case for a third term Friday.
Mayor Toni Harp kicked off her campaign on the Democratic ticket for a third two-year term with celebration, pride and quite a bit of dancing.
by | May 19, 2017 11:46 pm | Comments (7)
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Paca at his first campaign office Friday.
Mayoral candidate Marcus Paca opened a campaign office and made a pitch for voter registration and education, in the heart of Fair Haven, particularly for those who are formerly incarcerated.
by | May 17, 2017 7:31 am | Comments (12)
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Marcus Paca in the WNHH FM studio.
Marcus Paca promised Tuesday that, if elected, he won’t have a police officer drive him around and he will promptly come clean with the public about mistakes like breaches of private health data.
Continue reading ‘Paca: I’ll Drive Myself & Own Up To Mistakes’
by | May 5, 2017 12:11 pm | Comments (14)
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Ira Johnson.
(Opinion) After reading the article from one of my mayoral opponents, Marcus Paca, although I respect him I must disagree with him on several points concerning the health and data breach within the city of New Haven.
by | May 1, 2017 2:57 pm | Comments (15)
(Opinion) Over the past two weeks, this paper has reported on a data breach in which hundreds of residents’ confidential medical records were compromised. These residents put their faith and trust in our city government in seeking services and treatment. However, the City of New Haven failed them and continues to fail them and all other city residents by not openly and publicly addressing the controversy from the top. While Harp Administration officials have remained silent, federal and state legal agencies have opened investigations regarding whether the city failed to comply with federal and state guidelines for response to data breaches. When/if wrongdoing is found, taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars in potential civil liability.
by | Apr 24, 2017 4:01 pm | Comments (8)
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Cops throwing unarmed protester Nate Blair to the ground on Church Street, Feb. 4; he got a concussion.
A plan to create a new version of New Haven’s Civilian Review Board should get a chance to work, but the existing Board of Police Commissioners should also look at making more use of its powers, in the view of the mayor.
Continue reading ‘Harp Backs CRB Bill, Strengthened Cop Commission’
by | Apr 20, 2017 4:49 pm | Comments (11)
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Gubernatorial candidate Dan Drew at the WNHH studio.
Dan Drew knows what it’s like when reporters stick their noses into your campaign fundraising records — because he was one of those reporters once himself.
Continue reading ‘Candidate Calls For CT Single-Payer System’
by | Apr 20, 2017 8:32 am | Comments (17)
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Hacibey Catalbasoglu at the launch at his dad’s pizzeria.
A New Haven local who grew up serving Yale students pizza at his father’s restaurant served up a new order there Wednesday night — for his college classmates to elect him as their representative on the Board of Alders.
by | Apr 20, 2017 7:50 am | Comments (1)
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Alfreda Edwards, Delphine Clyburn and Brenda Foskey-Cyrus at Wednesday night’s alder meeting.
Two thirds of Newhallville’s Board of Alders representation is stepping aside to make room for new blood.
by | Apr 19, 2017 7:42 am | Comments (3)
Harvey Feinberg.
Westville civic activist Harvey Feinberg has endorsed the mayoral candidacy of Marcus Paca.
by | Mar 30, 2017 10:22 pm | Comments (11)
Marcus Paca, who is seeking the Democratic mayoral nomination against incumbent Toni Harp, Thursday night blasted her proposed $554.5 million operating budget for the coming fiscal year, for increasing spending rather than cutting it.
by | Mar 24, 2017 4:36 pm | Comments (4)
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Caraballo.
Marcus Paca Friday picked up the first endorsement of his campaign to unseat Toni Harp in September’s Democratic mayoral primary.
by | Mar 21, 2017 2:31 pm | Comments (6)
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Johnson, at right, with supporter Maurice Smith at WNHH.
A year after Ira Johnson becomes mayor, more neighborhood schools will replace magnet schools. But the mayor’s chief of staff may remain the same.
by | Mar 11, 2017 5:48 pm | Comments (10)
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Roth: Now is the time for a strong board.
Pothole covers drove Abby Roth out of politics, but she’s ready to return.