Shafiq Abdussabur and Gov. Lamont at Brazi's lunch: 2 takes on a crisis.
Who needs a home in New Haven? Who can afford a home in New Haven? And whom should the state prioritize supporting with its housing policies and subsidies — biotech transplants or working-class first-time buyers?
Two different takes on those housing-focused questions came to the fore during a conversation among the governor, a top state housing official, and a now-former Beaver Hills alder.
David Sepulveda donates the last $73 required for Bond to cross the $80k mark.
David Sepulveda wrote a check for $73 Wednesday night — and Maritza Bond hit a round number bringing her closer to public financing for her bid for secretary of the state.
After receiving a $73 donation from New Havener David Sepulveda, Maritza Bond, New Haven director of health and candidate for state secretary of state, has now crossed $80,000 in donations for her campaign.
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Jun 9, 2022 5:02 pm
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Darryl Brackeen and Pat Dillon.
Darryl Brackeen Jr. won’t be mounting a Democratic primary challenge for a state representative seat after all, but he’s still eyeing the seat. He is now turning his campaign sights to November, after failing to gather enough qualified petition signatures to force an August Democratic primary against State Rep. Pat Dillon.
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Jun 6, 2022 8:46 am
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Homes on largely Greer company-controlled stretch of Elm Street.
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Rabbi Greer, whose companies have now been turned down by the Elicker Administration for state tax credit program eligibility.
The Elicker Administration has now said no to steering more government-backed money to companies controlled by imprisoned sex predator Daniel Greer — after receiving clarifying guidance, and biting legal criticism, from the state agency that oversees an annual neighborhood-boosting state tax credit program.
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Jun 2, 2022 5:05 pm
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Commissioner Russell-Tucker and State Rep. Toni Walker with Gov. Lamont at SCSU Thursday.
Gov. Ned Lamont came to Southern Connecticut State University Thursday to announce that his administration has set aside $2 million in grants to help aspiring teachers a fighting chance at financially making it through school.
New Haven State Rep. Pat Dillon voted once to prevent cops from rolling an armored military tank onto the streets — and she’s prepared to vote no again, and debate the issue, if needed.
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May 31, 2022 4:24 pm
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Gov. Lamont surrounded by DMV chief Sibongile Magubane and deputy Tony Guerrera at Tuesday's event.
Unlike in the past, there was no line wrapped around the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Wethersfield the day after Memorial Day — but Gov. Ned Lamont was there, to claim credit.
Rosa DeLauro (second from right) Friday at Botanical Garden of Healing Dedicated to Victims of Gun Violence with parent-survivors (from left) Michael Song, Marlene Pratt-Miller, Pamela Jaynez, Celeste Robinson Fulcher
“This brick represents my son,” Pamela Jaynez said Friday as she and other moms whose lives were changed by gun violence guided their U.S. Congresswoman down a path of remembrance — and campaign issue-framing.
Erick Russell at party convention accepting the Democratic endorsement for state treasurer.
A leading local labor advocacy group has thrown its political weight behind Erick Russell’s campaign for state treasurer — in advance of August’s contested Democratic Party primary, which will see two New Haveners on the ballot.
At presser, from left: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rebekah Moore, State Rep. Sean Scanlon, State Sen. Martin Looney.
Rebekah Moore will get one $250 check — then her state and federal representatives will fight to have the government send more checks in the future to working parents like her.
State legislators Josh Elliott and Jorge Cabrera at WNHH FM.
Students will find more social workers and counselors in their schools. Mobile crisis centers will be on call 24 – 7. And some people wrestling with the long-term effects of trauma or addiction will get chance to see whether “magic mushrooms” can help guide them through the darkness.
Karen DuBois-Walton at the state Democratic Party's convention in Hartford.
Two New Haveners will be on the Democratic primary ballot for state treasurer this summer — as Karen DuBois-Walton committed to staying in the race and continuing to challenge state party-endorsed candidate, and fellow Elm City resident, Erick Russell.
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May 7, 2022 6:00 pm
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Stephanie Thomas at Saturday's convention.
Norwalk State Rep. Stephanie Thomas emerged from a crowded five-candidate field and three ballots’ worth of delegate votes to win the state Democratic Party’s endorsement for secretary of the state.
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May 7, 2022 2:40 pm
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Russell accepts Democratic Party nomination for state treasurer.
Erick Russell handily won the state Democratic Party’s endorsement for treasurer, with fellow New Havener Karen DuBois-Walton and Dita Bhargava notching enough delegate votes to tee up a three-way primary this August.
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May 6, 2022 9:30 pm
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New Haven Dems at the convention on Friday. Clockwise from top left: Ward 25 Co-Chair Janis Underwood and Newhallville Alder Devin-Avshalom-Smith; former mayoral chief of staff Tomas Reyes and former state party chair Nick Balletto; Kevin Walton, Ward 29 Co-Chair Audrey Tyson, and DTC Chair Vinnie Mauro; a table full of Maritza Bond supporters.
An exciting time. And a tough spot.
New Haven Democrats wrestled with those two feelings on the first day of a state party convention where they’ll have a chance to pick between three fellow New Haveners running in two crowded statewide races.
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May 5, 2022 3:57 pm
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Mayor Elicker (center) and Bond.
Three New Haven mayors have thrown their support behind Karen DuBois-Walton’s bid for state treasurer — and the current occupant of the city’s highest elected office has also officially backed Maritza Bond for secretary of the state.
Treasurer hopeful Erick Russell, meanwhile, announced he too has won mayoral support — from chief executives of other Connecticut cities including Bridgeport’s and Hartford’s.
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Apr 29, 2022 1:08 pm
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Aaron Goode and Caleb Kleppner help guide straw poll.
Westville Dems line up "Iowa Caucus"-style for Erick Russell.
An Iowa Caucus-type event in Westville offered a preview of next week’s Democratic Party state convention, as Erick Russell and Matt Lesser won landslide victories in a ranked-choice-vote straw poll held among nearly two dozen Westville Democrats.
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Apr 29, 2022 9:55 am
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Proposed housing slated to replace parking at 300 State lot. (Building on left would be new. Building on right currently exists.)
A Boston-based affordable housing developer’s plans to build 76 new apartments in the Ninth Square got a fiscal boost, thanks to a state award of $1.8 million in federal tax credits.
Downtown/East Rock Alder Eli Sabin (right) talking about buses by the hub on the Green.
So long, fares?
What if the current three-month CT Transit bus-fare holiday went on … forever?
Downtown/East Rock Alder Eli Sabin has raised that question, and thrown his support behind that outcome, with a newly submitted resolution that calls on the state to make riding the bus free for Connecticut residents, permanently.
They agreed that Connecticut’s investments need bigger returns — and they each argued they were the best person to make that happen. The three candidates suddenly vying for the Democrats’ state treasurer nomination this year showed New Haven Democrats last night that what differentiates them is not politics — but what each of their individual qualifications say about their capacity to best serve in the position.
Karen DuBois-Walton, now officially a candidate for state treasurer.
Karen DuBois-Walton has officially thrown her hat into the ring for state treasurer — and will not be leaving her post at the city’s housing authority during the campaign.
She made that announcement in an email sent out to city housing authority employees one day after a fellow active New Haven Democrat, Erick Russell, also formally jumped into that same statewide race.
After years making laws in Hartford and bringing airline service to New Haven, Sean Scanlon is ready to start signing state government paychecks and negotiating workers’ health plans.
Pitching Democrats Saturday (clockwise from top left): Stephanie Thomas, Darryl Brackeen Jr., Martiza Bond, Hilda Santiago, Matt Lesser, Josh Elliott.
As soon as New Haven Health Director Maritza Bond took the stage to pitch her candidacy for secretary of the state, she asked the crowd to applaud Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., another candidate, for his work throughout the pandemic.
When he got up to speak after her, he returned the gratitude with another round of applause, this time for her work.
That reflected the tone Saturday as six Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for the state’s top elections position gathered in person at a forum in New Haven to make their case, and try to set themselves apart from the pack.
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Apr 1, 2022 4:44 pm
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Jennifer Lopez sports a mask of her own design.
For more than 20 years, while she worked day jobs in nursing and security, Jennifer Lopez held onto her love of fashion.
“Something always told me to follow it,” she said.
Lopez, a New Haven-based single parent with four kids, is now starting an accessories line and fashion education business. She said she was rejected from the first few loans for which she applied. Then, last October, she obtained a microloan from Grameen America. With the $2,000, she purchased supplies and registered her business under the name Jenna Line Customs LLC.
