by | Jul 8, 2021 6:08 pm | Comments (32)
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Karen DuBois-Walton (center) at Thursday’s tax presser, part 2.
A PILOT promise has been broken, mayoral challenger Karen DuBois-Walton claimed: More state aid has come in, but local taxes haven’t dropped.
A PILOT promise has been kept, Mayor Justin Elicker replied: More state aid has come in, and local taxes haven’t spiked.
by | Jul 8, 2021 10:26 am | Comments (10)
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Nina Silva (pictured at right, with Pat Solomon) presses paraprofessional living-wage concern at mayoral forum.
New Haven’s “upstairs-downstairs” divide was on display at a Democratic ward committee meeting Wednesday night in both a vote taken and an exchange about low-wage workers.
by | Jul 6, 2021 1:19 pm | Comments (4)
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Welcome Center Director Keisha Gatison demonstrates backpack for re-entry.
At the Project M.O.R.E Re-entry Welcome Center, formerly incarcerated individuals receive a backpack with a towel, food, essentials, access to city resources, as their first step towards re-entry.
by | Jul 6, 2021 12:47 pm | Comments (10)
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Justin Elicker, Karen DuBois-Walton on the second-quarter campaign trail.
$74,726.55 gone. $137,000 back in.
Continue reading ‘Mayoral Candidates Report Raising Over $200K Combined In 3 Months’
by | Jul 2, 2021 3:23 pm | Comments (25)
Carmen Flores (center) at campaign HQ with sister Zulma and campaign manager Deniz Tek.
Sarah Miller with Fair Haven Pharmacy owner Chandra Jakka.
Public safety, traffic calming, blighted buildings, and youth engagement in Fair Haven all figure in what is so far this year’s only contested Democratic alder primary race.
A more fundamental issue lingers: Will Ward 14 have an alder who actually shows up?
by | Jul 2, 2021 12:22 pm | Comments (1)
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Expect to continue seeing these downtown — and not in neighborhoods.
Alders had a lot of questions about how New Haven elections work and will work in the future. They received some answers for now, with more promised later.
by | Jul 2, 2021 10:48 am | Comments (7)
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Pillsbury & Perry at Thursday gathering: “A politically open marriage.”
Another mayoral election has divided an influential married couple in Prospect Hill — and once again has not prevented them from welcoming all points of view into their home.
Continue reading ‘Peace Couple Peacefully Splits On Election’
by | Jun 30, 2021 9:15 am | Comments (0)
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Robert Greenberg, at left, with Elicker (right) Tuesday night at BAR.
As candidates fished for last-minute cash in advance for a reporting deadline, Justin Elicker brought a crowd of supporters to a familiar celebration spot for an early show of strength.
Continue reading ‘On Eve Of Filing Deadline, Elicker Camp Hits BAR For Show Of Strength’
by | Jun 28, 2021 5:46 pm | Comments (16)
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Clockwise from top left. Legal aid att’y White: “Good job”; the new Rockview Terrace; tenants Terry & Gatlin: No complaints; tenant Bert Person: Doesn’t mess with politics; Mill River Crossing under construction; tenant Waldron: Give Karen a chance.
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Then-public housing chief DuBois-Walton (third from left) at 2018 Mill River Crossing ribbon cutting.
Justin Elicker’s record as mayor isn’t the only government tenure at issue in this year’s mayor’s race. So is the record of his main opponent, Karen DuBois-Walton, in running the city’s public housing authority since the second Bush administration.
by | Jun 28, 2021 5:18 pm | Comments (4)
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Kurtis Kearney (right) at the 2019 Democratic Town Convention, with current Ward 11 Alder Heywood (left).
Shootings, trash, and potholes on Quinnipiac Avenue.
Kurtis Kearney pointed to those three social maladies — and a desire to do his part to try to address them — as his primary motivations for running for the Democratic nomination for Ward 11 alder.
by | Jun 28, 2021 9:57 am | Comments (29)
Brackeen and Elicker at joint campaign event Sunday in Westville.
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DuBois-Walton, at right, at Saturday’s house party.
Should mayors get two years or four years before having to run for reelection?
That question echoed in Westville over the weekend as two campaigners for the position — the incumbent and his top challenger — fished for votes.
by | Jun 25, 2021 12:00 pm | Comments (43)
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GOP Chair Carlson: Help us give voters choices.
The chair of the city’s Republican Party issued a plea for New Haveners to step up and run for office in order to give voters alternatives in November.
by | Jun 25, 2021 10:20 am | Comments (27)
Columbus defenders pose with Karen DuBois-Walton.
A photo making the rounds on the web — and then TV — led a mayoral candidate to issue a clarifying statement Thursday night.
Continue reading ‘On Statue Removal Anniversary, Columbus Defenders Get Candidate In Their Photo’
by | Jun 24, 2021 9:40 am | Comments (12)
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Ward 26 Democratic Co-Chair Sharon Jones reads aloud votes (center) alongside Co-Chair Amy Marx (at right) as Marx’s son Jacob keeps tally.
Upper Westville Democrats voted in favor of a second mayoral term for incumbent Mayor Justin Elicker in a ward-level straw poll Wednesday evening.
Continue reading ‘In Upper Westville, Elicker Wins Another Ward Committee Vote’
by | Jun 22, 2021 6:56 pm | Comments (21)
Ex-Principal Laura Roblee.
A city-hired attorney cited concerns about whether a principal’s dishonesty about her repeated use of the “n word” with subordinates rendered her “fit” to “serve in any capacity” in New Haven’s public schools.
The attorney advised New Haven’s schools administration that they had legal grounds to fire the principal — and advised requiring her to accept a demotion or pay cut.
by | Jun 18, 2021 10:52 am | Comments (3)
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Thursday night’s committee forum.
The top contenders in this year’s mayoral race once again traded barbs Thursday night — while, between the lines, agreeing more than not about challenges facing the city.
Continue reading ‘Between Barbs, Candidates Find Agreement At Forum’
by | Jun 17, 2021 10:09 pm | Comments (25)
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Board member Darnell Goldson: Mayor should return to donors any funds raised on this incident.
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Elicker: My opponent started it.
Two Board of Education members blasted Mayor Justin Elicker for sending a campaign fundraising email claiming a slur-uttering principal’s demotion as a victory for “accountability” and “transparency” — while withholding information about what really happened in the incident behind it.
Elicker responded that he is pushing behind the scenes for public release of the full investigatory report leading to the demotion.
Continue reading ‘Mayor Blasted For “N-Word” Flap $-Raising’
by | Jun 17, 2021 9:38 pm | Comments (0)
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From right to left, candidates Laura Santino, Nick D’Amato, Frank LaDore, Cecilia Shea, Marjorie Bonadies, Ron Gambardella, and Andrew Tammaro.
Fiscal stability, public safety, and sidewalks.
Continue reading ‘A Dozen Republicans Step Up To Seek Offices In Hamden’
by | Jun 14, 2021 9:02 am | Comments (7)
Mayor Justin Elicker received clear marching orders from Fair Haveners on Saturday: Fix our roads. Fix our sidewalks.
Continue reading ‘In Fair Haven, Elicker Hears Streets Plea’
by | Jun 14, 2021 9:00 am | Comments (1)
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James Cramer, at left, with Beatrice at DuBois-Walton meet-and-greet.
James Cramer popped a question Sunday that will help him — and perhaps other undecided voters — figure out which mayoral candidate to vote for this year.
by | Jun 13, 2021 8:17 pm | Comments (1)
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Ward 25 Democratic committee members Nicholas Neeley and Malcom Welfare tally results as James Berger reads out the votes.
Mayor Justin Elicker picked up two more resounding votes of support this weekend in straw polls held by Democratic ward committees.
Continue reading ‘Ward 27, 25 Democratic Committees Back Elicker’
by | Jun 11, 2021 9:06 am | Comments (4)
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Elicker: City now in “position of strength.”
A night after heralding a big win for the city on state aid, Mayor Justin Elicker won a resounding endorsement for his reelection from his neighbors in East Rock.
Continue reading ‘Buoyed By PILOT Win, Elicker Earns Unanimous Ward Endorsements In East Rock’
by | Jun 10, 2021 9:32 am | Comments (5)
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Doug MacDonald, Leonard Jahad, Rebecca Goddard, and Chaz Carmon supporting DuBois-Walton at Wednesday’s event.
Two retired top cops and two grassroots violence intervention leaders spoke in Newhallville Wednesday night in support of mayoral candidate Karen DuBois-Walton and her proposed plans for addressing the city’s increased violence
Continue reading ‘Street Outreachers, Ex-Top Cops Back DuBois-Walton Anti-Violence Platform’
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.
Continue reading ‘State Budget Result: City’s PILOT Doubles+’
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.