by | Apr 4, 2024 11:34 am | Comments (29)
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Big buildings, not empty lots, envisioned for Union Station area.
With climate change in mind, an aldermanic committee advanced a zoning proposal that would allow as-of-right restaurants, supermarkets, and offices — but not housing — along the Union Station railroad tracks.
Continue reading ‘Extra Step Added For Transit-Oriented Housing’
by | Mar 27, 2024 9:15 am | Comments (17)
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NHFD Paramedic Keith Kerr treats man who overdosed on heroin.
The number of paramedics employed by the city’s fire department has plummeted from around 40 a few years ago to just 15 today — hiking mandatory overtime and prompting the city to recruit workers from out of town and state.
by | Mar 26, 2024 10:49 am | Comments (13)
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Only one kind of grass allowed for public mower job hopefuls.
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Pre-employment drug test required for seasonal parks caretaker job.
If you want to make $18 an hour cutting grass in the city’s parks this summer, then you better not smoke grass before applying for the job.
Because New Haven requires prospective seasonal parks workers to pass a drug test, including for marijuana, even though recreational cannabis is now legal statewide.
by | Mar 22, 2024 11:08 am | Comments (10)
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Lincoln-Bassett parent Stacy Leslie: school pick-up is hectic.
Speed bumps are on the way to Newhallville. What, neighbors asked, about the schools?
Continue reading ‘Newhallville Presses Zinn On Speed Bumps, School Traffic Safety’
by | Mar 19, 2024 11:45 am | Comments (16)
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Paid $20 at the above (left) office for the (right) form? A refund may await you.
If you’ve paid $20 for a birth, death, or marriage certificate that the city was unable to procure, you may soon be eligible for a refund.
It turns out that a single city official imposed such a fee without the required approvals and against a state imperative — another revelation from an investigation into the city’s former registrar of vital statistics and her actions reporting 93 couples to a federal immigration office.
by | Mar 18, 2024 9:53 am | Comments (16)
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More of him please: LCI's Javier Ortiz checks out Vernon Street apartments.
Children urinating into buckets. Mice and mushrooms emerging from floorboards. Showering at Planet Fitness!
The first public hearing on the mayor’s proposed new city budget elicited such horror stories — as members of the public came out en masse to push not just for more affordable housing, but for better government oversight of living standards across existing housing stock.
by | Mar 12, 2024 6:51 pm | Comments (36)
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JP Matt Fantastic (above) recognized patterns revealed in investigatory report.
A text came in from an unsaved number: A young woman from New Haven and an older man living out of state needed a justice of the peace to perform their wedding.
Was Matt Fantastic available?
by | Mar 11, 2024 5:59 pm | Comments (17)
Seeking an exception to state open-records laws, the Elicker administration Monday refused a request to view documents at the heart of a scandal over how City Hall handles marriage documents.
Continue reading ‘City Won't Release Vital-Stats Marriage Docs’
by | Mar 8, 2024 4:42 pm | Comments (51)
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Patricia Clark in her office before retiring: “Yelled” at applicants when “she did not believe them.”
“Happy Hunting!” wrote New Haven’s vital statistics chief Patricia Clark to a federal investigator as she reported yet another immigrant getting married in City Hall.
The city released a 41-page investigatory report on Friday finding that Clark committed misconduct by reporting 93 marriage-seeking couples to federal immigration authorities and denying services to constituents arbitrarily.
Meanwhile, officials announced that Clark evaded disciplinary action by retiring in late February, the day she faced a hearing.
Continue reading ‘Probe Reveals Marriage-License Misconduct’
by | Mar 7, 2024 3:05 pm | Comments (26)
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Ordinance's first beneficiary, CAO Regina Rush-Kittle.
A handful of high-up local officials can apply to live outside of New Haven, as long as they can demonstrate a “critical need” or “extraordinary hardship” associated with living within city bounds after serving in their roles for at least a year.
Continue reading ‘Alders Pass Law That Allows CAO To Live Out Of Town’
by | Mar 7, 2024 11:08 am | Comments (26)
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Ceasefire advocates protesting at the Feb. 5 Board of Alders meeting.
New Haveners with strong feelings about the war in Gaza will get the chance to weigh in at a virtual public hearing about a proposed ceasefire resolution.
by | Mar 4, 2024 1:26 pm | Comments (33)
Thabisa Rich on her neighborhood street on Feb. 11.
A city outreach worker has received an official reprimand and directive to attend sensitivity training in response to Facebook postings and a one-woman protest she conducted about the war in Gaza.
Continue reading ‘City Reprimands Worker For Antisemitic Posts’
by | Mar 1, 2024 2:50 pm | Comments (68)
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Mayor Elicker unveils his fifth proposed budget.
FY25 general fund, mill rate proposals in comparison to previous four years.
Taxes would rise — and city government would reshuffle its approach to inspecting housing and caring for parks — in a new city budget Mayor Justin Elicker proposed Friday.
Continue reading ‘Mayor's $680M Budget Rethinks Parks, Housing’
by | Feb 23, 2024 12:18 pm | Comments (1)
Alders voted to make it easier to share data on older homes with lead paint that pose a threat to children’s health.
by | Feb 22, 2024 12:56 pm | Comments (11)
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New Haven's electric garbage truck #2?
The fleet of trucks keeping New Haven clean could soon get a little bit cleaner itself, if a state grant supporting electric vehicles comes through.
by | Feb 21, 2024 6:21 pm | Comments (6)
Hill Alder Carmen Rodriguez: The Hill's happening.
Two affordable housing developments are a step closer to materializing in the Hill, along with the nearby revival of the old Coliseum site, thanks to approvals from the Board of Alders.
by | Feb 21, 2024 11:57 am | Comments (7)
Tirzah Kemp.
New Haven has a new “community resilience” chief and will soon have a new tax collector.
by | Feb 8, 2024 4:02 pm | Comments (14)
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You may stay? Musicians at 91 Shelton.
Developers returned to the City Plan Commission with a promise: If they get permission to transform a Shelton Avenue industrial building into self-storage units, the artists currently working there can stay.
by | Feb 7, 2024 12:17 pm | Comments (34)
Rush-Kittle: Seeks OK to live officially in Rocky Hill.
Alders voted to advance a proposal to ease residency requirements for top city officials — but just current ones, at least for now.
Continue reading ‘Residency Rethink Starts With "Incumbents"’
by | Feb 5, 2024 10:28 pm | Comments (88)
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Board of Alders President Tyisha Walker-Myers to protesters... for 30 minutes: "I will meet with you afterwards."
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Inside the board chambers.
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A mayor’s vision of a booming city clashed with protesters’ vision of a world on fire — as pro-Palestinian activists held up the annual “State of the City” address in City Hall for half an hour on Monday night.
Continue reading ‘State Of The City Meets State Of The World’
by | Feb 5, 2024 9:07 pm | Comments (12)
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It didn’t “concern” Mayor Justin Elicker that protesters shouted down his annual “State of the City” address Monday night, he said.
“I am a little bit concerned about the dialogue,” he said. “I don’t think it was the most productive way to have a conversation. I also understand the frustration.”
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‘Elicker: Ceasefire Resolution
"Simplifies A Complex Issue"’
by | Jan 26, 2024 11:04 am | Comments (9)
A rough sketch of what the building could look like.
A local developer is planning to build an affordable housing complex designed for seniors atop a vacant city lot in the Hill — with the hope that she could someday move in.
Continue reading ‘New Affordable Housing Slated For Congress Ave.’
by | Jan 23, 2024 4:39 pm | Comments (18)
Alders with A+ attendance, clockwise from top left: Amy Marx, Troy Streater, Adam Marchand, Sal Punzo, and Richard Furlow.
Five alders wrapped up 2023 with a perfect attendance record at full Board of Alders meetings, according to a review of board records.
by | Jan 15, 2024 3:23 pm | Comments (29)
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Parks staffer Janice Parker, right, explains the department's current structure.
A public-private funding structure. A “superintendent of fields.” A department divided into geographical districts, each with a point person for neighbors to contact.
Those ideas are all on the table as the city moves forward with a plan to un-merge the Parks and Public Works Department.
by | Jan 12, 2024 1:26 pm | Comments (10)
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Huggins helps a Cross student scan in for a summer job.
Ronald Huggins made his way through the Wilbur Cross High School hallways greeting students with handshakes and a “What’s up bro?”
And a pitch to enter the summer jobs pipeline.