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Get ready for yet another special election in New Haven — as Fair Haven Alder Migdalia Castro moves to a job in City Hall.
Mayor Toni Harp said Thursday that she is appointing Castro as her new director of elderly services.
Castro (pictured) replaces Pat Wallace, whom Harp chose not to reappoint.
Castro starts her new job Feb. 1.
“I have a great deal of confidence that the city’s new elderly services director will find new resources and expand services to provide for New Haven’s diverse community of senior citizens,” Harp said.
Castro currently represents Ward 16, in Fair Haven. (Click here for a story about work she has done with seniors and other neighbors in her ward.) Once she resigns, a special election for the seat will take place within 45 days, according to state law. A special election will also take place in Ward 7, whose current alder, Doug Hausladen, will become Harp’s new transportation chief. And Hill Ward 3 Alder Jackie James resigned her seat to become Harp’s deputy social-services director.
Also on Wednesday, the city’s cultural affairs director, Vivian Nabeta, told the Independent that she, too, is leaving her post. She said it was her decision.
“It was just time. It’s nothing personal,” she said. Asked about her next career step, she said, “I’m mulling over some things. I might surprise some people.”