by | Jun 9, 2021 9:19 pm | Comments (11)
New Haven can expect to receive $90 million this coming year in state payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) — more than twice as much as last year.
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by | Jun 9, 2021 2:29 pm | Comments (5)
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Ward 1 alder candidate Alex Guzhnay.
The story of Alex Guzhnay’s run for Ward 1 alder starts four years ago — when the Fair Haven native got a city-subsidized summer job at a Ferry Street farm.
by | Jun 6, 2021 4:51 pm | Comments (4)
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New DuBois-Walton mayoral headquarters at Whalley and Sherman.
Fifty supporters entered the door to Karen DuBois-Walton’s mayoral campaign headquarters Sunday — then were dispatched back out to knock on doors throughout the city.
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by | Jun 4, 2021 11:50 am | Comments (0)
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Shooting scene on Lilac Street Thursday night.
During a night when two more New Haveners got shot, two mayoral candidates invoked different years to criticize each other’s handling of violent crime.
Continue reading ‘2020 vs. 2006: Mayoral Candidates Year-Check Each Other On Crime’
by | Jun 2, 2021 3:55 pm | Comments (21)
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Karen DuBois-Walton, at right, before Wednesday’s press conference with Celeste Fulcher, who has become active in a homicide survivors’ group since a stray bullet killed her daughter.
New Haven knows how to get violence back under control — even as it rises as well in other cities.
Mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton made that case as she rolled out a 21-point public-safety policy plan.
by | Jun 1, 2021 3:54 pm | Comments (1)
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Eli Sabin, at center, at 200 Orange to file papers to run for Ward 7 alder, surrounded by former Alder Alberta Witherspoon and current Democratic Ward Co-Chair John Martin, both of whom endorsed his candidacy.
Alder Eli Sabin is running again to represent downtown in the city’s legislature — but this time, he’s eyeing a newly vacated seat right next door to the Yale-dominated ward he currently calls home.
Continue reading ‘Eli Sabin, Ward 1 Alder, Eyes Ward 7 Seat’
by | May 31, 2021 11:59 am | Comments (8)
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Alder Roth: a dissenting voice.
Downtown Alder Abby Roth has decided not to run for a fourth two-year term on the Board of Alders, opening up Ward 7 for new local legislative representation come 2022.
by | May 26, 2021 2:45 pm | Comments (18)
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DuBois-Walton chats up future voter at campaign launch. She released a 15-point education plan Wednesday, including a proposal to extend the right to vote in municipal elections to 16 year-olds.
You’ve heard of “New Haven Promise” for college students. Mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton wants to create a birth-to‑5 “New Haven Pre-Promise” as well.
by | May 24, 2021 1:08 pm | Comments (2)
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Karen DuBois-Walton, Justin Elicker, Macye Torres at Sunday’s Ward 30 gathering.
West Rock and West Hills Democrats voted Sunday to endorse mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton, Alder Honda Smith, and Town Clerk Michael Smart for the approaching municipal primary elections after a spirited conversation with the candidates about the future of the ward’s parks and the city budget.
by | May 24, 2021 9:48 am | Comments (10)
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Mayoral challenger Karen-DuBois Walton at Sunday night’s online candidate forum.
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Police, protester confrontation on May 31, 2020.
It all started, Karen DuBois-Walton told a skeptical Democratic ward co-chair, outside police headquarters on “a very painful night” when city police pepper sprayed protesters — and Justin Elicker remained inside, out of sight, for hours.
Continue reading ‘Police HQ Protest Inspired Mayoral Challenge’
by | May 24, 2021 8:54 am | Comments (8)
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Elicker on the stoop: “New Haven is not Minneapolis.”
DuBois-Walton on Cleveland Road: Time for true leadership.
Two mayoral candidates won “leaning” voters one at a time through retail politics — making sales pitches with different leadership visions to small clusters of New Haveners a mile away from each other.
by | May 22, 2021 2:42 pm | Comments (9)
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Karen DuBois-Walton with Deputy Treasurer Robin Golden at March 8 announcement of exploratory campaign committee.
(Updated on Saturday afternoon) Mayoral challenger Karen DuBois-Walton has decided to return over $74,000 to her campaign contributors so that she can continue to run for office through New Haven’s public-financing system.
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by | May 19, 2021 2:24 pm | Comments (29)
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DuBois-Walton outside Edgewood: Elicker has not built trust.
New Haven schools should eliminate Wednesdays as a remote learning day, so parents don’t have to juggle work plus their kids’ hybrid learning schedule.
Mayoral challenger Karen DuBois-Walton issued this call Wednesday and blamed incumbent Justin Elicker for failing to build consensus to fully reopen schools sooner.
by | May 17, 2021 9:33 am | Comments (4)
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Candidate Karen DuBois-Walton and Alder Delphine Clyburn visit Laytisha Collins-Smith, daughter London and puppy Cashmere.
Laytisha Collins-Smith informed Karen DuBois-Walton that she won’t be voting for her for mayor — not because she has different values, but because she’s leaving New Haven before the election, out of frustration.
by | May 10, 2021 4:04 pm | Comments (15)
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City social-services chief Mehul Dalal with Mayor Justin Elicker at announcement of second six-month planning phase for crisis team.
Mayoral challenger Karen DuBois-Walton calling for swifter, more inclusive action on recovery aid.
New Haven has a chance to seize the post-pandemic, social-justice moment — and it needs to hear from everybody about the best way to do it.
Two mayoral candidates held separate press conferences with that message, and disagreed about who can deliver.
by | May 6, 2021 5:50 pm | Comments (14)
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Karen DuBois-Walton chats up future voter at campaign kick-off rally Thursday in Fair Haven.
New Haven this year is in line to have its second mayor’s race with two candidates running with public financing — and the first time in which one is an incumbent.
It may or may not have a “do-over” general election.
by | May 5, 2021 2:49 pm | Comments (6)
Andrew Tammaro.
A 2021 poli sci grad who grew up in Hamden’s Mount Carmel area and attended Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School is diving into town politics.
Continue reading ‘Young Republican Seeks Hamden Board Of Ed Seat’
by | May 3, 2021 9:46 am | Comments (9)
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Karen DuBois-Walton Monday at her official campaign filing.
Promising new leadership that inspires New Haven to work together to tackle public safety, development and education challenges, Karen DuBois-Walton filed papers Monday to make her run for mayor official.
by | Apr 27, 2021 1:38 pm | Comments (43)
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Karen DuBois-Walton: Scrap slogans from the police uniform.
Likely mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton Tuesday called on New Haven police to bar officers from wearing “Thin Blue Line” masks while on the job.
Continue reading ‘DuBois-Walton: Ban On-Duty “Blue Line” Masks’
by | Apr 22, 2021 3:05 pm | Comments (7)
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New clean-money commissioner Bhandary-Alexander: on the case.
As a new mayoral election cycle kicks into gear, New Haven’s pioneering public-financing program, the New Haven Democracy Fund (NHDF), is taking a look in the mirror.
by | Apr 21, 2021 9:30 am | Comments (8)
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Shenae Draughn working with Church Street South tenants at 2015 meeting.
“Exploratory” mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton will take a leave from her post running the Housing Authority of New Haven/Elm City Communities (HANH), handing the reins to a trusted deputy.
by | Apr 18, 2021 9:59 pm | Comments (11)
Pastor Kelcy Steele and Elicker pound pavement of Newhallville.
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Elicker takes notes as Alonzo Pugh relays concerns.
“Are they ever gonna do something about that house?” Alonzo Pugh asked the mayor and Dixwell pastor who had come to his doorstep. “It’s been like that for 27 years.”
by | Apr 13, 2021 8:29 am | Comments (6)
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Shafiq Abdussabur on the campaign trail with grandchild Aminah.
$8,358 in six weeks.
by | Apr 12, 2021 11:03 am | Comments (23)
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Elicker donors (from left by row, starting at top): Ex-city official Sal Brancati, Health Director Maritza Bond, zoning attorney Ben Trachten, developer attorney Carolyn Kone, developer Clay Fowler, city transit chief Doug Hausladen, Alder Abby Roth, Board of Ed member Ed Joyner, Youth Continuum Director Paul Kosowsky.
DuBois-Walton donors: Board of Ed member Darnell Goldson, Hill Health chief Michael Taylor, Rev. Boise Kimber, Rev. Steven Cousin, Board of Ed member Tamiko Jackson-McArthur, Asst. Schools Supt. Keisha Redd-Hannans, Diaper Bank founder Joanne Goldblum, NAACP President Dori Dumas, ex-Mayor John DeStefano.
The Elicker campaign pulled in more contributions from Yale professors, attorneys, retirees, and residents of East Rock, Downtown, and Westville.
The DuBois-Walton campaign won the financial support of more New Haven Public Schools teachers and admins, as well as civically engaged members of New Haven’s Black community.
by | Apr 6, 2021 1:27 pm | Comments (8)
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DuBois-Walton, Elicker: Mayoral campaign fundraising has begun.
$69,652 in three-plus weeks, from over 400 donors.
$120,000 in two-plus months, from more than 600 donors.
Continue reading ‘Elicker, DuBois-Walton Raise $190K So Far’