by | May 19, 2016 7:38 am | Comments (5)
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Campbell: City can’t assume costs.
Starting July 1 people arrested in New Haven will not be held in the prisoner lock-up next to the police station at 1 Union Ave. They will probably head to a new holding center at the jail on Whalley Avenue.
That’s because the lock-up at police HQ is slated to close.
by | May 17, 2016 12:40 pm | Comments (15)
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Budget Chief Clerkin and Controller Daryl Jones detail the budget changes.
Mayor Toni Harp Tuesday proposed cutting planned new library and crossing-guard jobs and upping building permit fees rather than raising taxes in order to close a last-minute budget gap.
by | May 10, 2016 7:42 am | Comments (12)
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Morrison: “Totally against” tax hike.
Leading alders said they’re looking to the mayor to guide them on how to avoid raising taxes amid a last-minute $8 million shock to the proposed new city budget.
The alders’ Finance Committee Monday night held off on discussing the budget to “see what’s going on with the state, so people can regroup and re-evaluate,” said board President Tyisha Walker.
by | May 6, 2016 7:39 am | Comments (32)
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Harp: “A huge shock.”
New Haven cleaned up at the Capitol, collecting $8 million more than last year from the state despite a budget crisis.
New Haven got creamed at the Capitol, collecting $8 million less than promised.
by | Apr 20, 2016 6:40 pm | Comments (20)
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Okafor (left); Blue.
The Harp administration is taking an internal look into a second case of a staff dispute breaking into public view and leading to a mixed budget message to lawmakers.
by | Apr 13, 2016 2:45 pm | Comments (4)
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Library aide Princess Zuri McCann at the main branch this week.
Building on last year’s successful pitch to budget-makers, the city’s chief librarian is trying to move the city ever closer to spending about 1 percent of its general fund money on libraries.
by | Apr 12, 2016 7:35 am | Comments (7)
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De La Paz, Harries.
Board of Education members unanimously approved a $231 million budget for next year — but are far from pinning down all its components.
by | Mar 31, 2016 12:03 pm | Comments (15)
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Disappearing crosswalks at Blake and Osborn.
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Festa, Santiago grill Hausladen at hearing.
The city might let you remove metal “boots” from your car, and let you park in your neighborhood for free, even in special residential zones.
by | Mar 30, 2016 8:25 am | Comments (8)
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Controller Jones in the hot seat.
City Controller Daryl Jones asked the Board of Alders to open the city’s purse a little wider in the quest to attract someone to get the government’s information technology system into shape.
by | Mar 22, 2016 3:13 pm | Comments (8)
New Haven Mayor Toni Harp called on the state not to renege on its $15 million promise to New Haven this year in order to help solve a budget crisis. But if it does renege, she called on the state to give tools to fix the city’s own budget woes.
by | Mar 15, 2016 2:00 pm | Comments (6)
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Kobasa: Continuing a quest.
Two schools of thoughts emerged Monday night from the first public hearing of the mayor’s proposed budget: Save new nurses and the librarians positions because they’re well needed. Or be very wary of a city budget that would spend all of the increased funds that the city is expecting from the state, which is about to slash $900 million from its own budget.
Continue reading ‘School Nurses Supported; State Reliance Questioned’
by | Feb 29, 2016 6:24 pm | Comments (5)
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Harp announcing new budget proposal.
Mayor Toni Harp Monday released a proposed $525 million general fund budget for the coming fiscal year that boosts spending on libraries and school-based nurses while avoiding a tax increase.
by | Feb 24, 2016 1:20 pm | Comments (12)
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Harp at school board.
Under fire for pushing for raises for the school system’s paraprofessionals, Mayor Toni Harp again went to bat for workers whom she pointed out are mostly women and mostly women of color.
by | Feb 23, 2016 8:45 am | Comments (5)
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Joyner raises concerns at 4-hour board meeting.
The Board of Education voted to ask the city for a raise, but dropped some of its its specific reasons.
by | Jun 3, 2015 12:04 pm | Comments (1)
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When lawmakers voted on New Haven’s new city budget, someone had reason to cheer: City Librarian Martha Brogan, whose team’s lobbying efforts — a mixture of social media and old-fashioned bring-out-supporters-in-person — led to the creation of four new full-time positions.
by | May 27, 2015 8:11 am | Comments (15)
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The mayor lobbied Walker, pictured, one on one.
For the first time in decades, New Haven’s legislative body voted to kill a new school, a plan to build a $45 million home for the Strong 21st Century Communications Magnet and Lab.
Continue reading ‘Final Budget Passed; Strong School Plan Killed’
by | May 22, 2015 3:01 pm | Comments (33)
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As officials scurried behind closed doors to revive a plan to build a new $45 million home for Strong School, Susan Bonanno ventured into the current property’s “playground.”
by | May 28, 2014 7:59 am | Comments (39)
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Alder Jackson-Brooks: Let’s be “proactive” on the next budget.
A roller-coaster budget season came to an end amid a last-minute flurry of failed amendment proposals, and some hints of a new beginning.
Continue reading ‘$508M Budget Passes; Future Ed Scrutiny Vowed’
by | May 22, 2014 3:27 pm | Comments (63)
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Freshman Newhalllville/Prospect Hill Alder Michael Stratton (pictured) submitted this opinion piece to offer what he calls the under-reported and neglected true story about his budget fight this session.
Continue reading ‘Stratton: Here’s The Uncensored Budget Story’
by | May 15, 2014 12:18 pm | Comments (9)
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Under a new budget amendment from Dixwell Alder Jeanette Morrison, New Haveners wouldn’t have to pay all their annual car tax at once. They could split it into two payments.
by | May 15, 2014 12:16 pm | Comments (19)
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Alders and administration officials confer over the budget.
By eliminating some proposed new mayoral staff, factoring in new Yale building permits, and flat-funding the Board of Ed, alders managed to cut the mayor’s proposed tax increase by more than half.
by | May 12, 2014 8:12 am | Comments (18)
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Alder Brackeen called for flat-funding the schools.
(News analysis) As a contentious budget season comes to a head, some fundamental questions have surfaced: Has the city been paying millions more than it’s required to for education? Could — and should — that money go toward reducing taxes or paying for other city services?
Continue reading ‘Budget Battle Sparks Long-Term Ed Questions’
by | May 2, 2014 3:02 pm | Comments (17)
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Controller Jones: No conflict.
Morgan Stanley had a great idea for how New Haven could save money — by doing business with Morgan Stanley.
Continue reading ‘City Pays Morgan Stanley To Steer Itself Business’
by | May 2, 2014 8:28 am | Comments (16)
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When a 6‑year-old at Wexler-Grant School started having a bronchial spasm, school nurse Gloria Rosati-Culver was there to save her life — because it was a Thursday.
by | May 1, 2014 8:55 am | Comments (24)
A version of the meter, in Denver.
Ten new parking meters may soon appear downtown, not to collect change for cars parked on the street, but to help the people asking for change on the sidewalk.
Continue reading ‘Brother, Can You Spare A Dime—For The Meter?’