New Haven Independent

City Hall | July 3, 2009

A Tax Holiday

by Paul Bass | July 3, 2009 11:56 AM | Permalink

You couldn't pay your taxes at City Hall Friday even if you tried. Kathleen Smith-Bogan and Lance Stewart tried.

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City Hall | July 3, 2009

Look Who Got Raises

by Paul Bass | July 3, 2009 11:32 AM | Permalink

Forty-one mayoral appointees and other non-union city employees -- 11 of them with salaries above $100,000 -- just got raises of up to 12 percent.

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City Hall | July 2, 2009

Panel Calls For Stepped-Up Oversight

by Melissa Bailey | July 2, 2009 11:40 AM | Permalink

Aldermen should start paying attention to how the schools spend millions of dollars. And they should tie spending to performance.

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City Hall | June 25, 2009

Your Car's Safe Here

by Paul Bass | June 25, 2009 3:25 PM | Permalink

At least from the boot. If you're paying taxes downtown.

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City Hall | June 18, 2009

MLK Blvd. Looks For A Home

by Thomas MacMillan | June 18, 2009 1:22 PM | Permalink

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is no doubt a legacy worthy of having a city street bear his name -- but so is Judge Edward Whalley.

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City Hall | June 10, 2009

Mory's Plan OK'd

by Thomas MacMillan | June 10, 2009 9:57 AM | Permalink

The Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday night gave the private Yale club the green light to expand and reopen.

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City Hall | June 9, 2009

Feathers Fly; Chickens Still Caged

by Leonard J. Honeyman | June 9, 2009 8:03 AM | Permalink

If pro-hens activists expected their adversaries to go away sheepishly, they were in for a disappointment.

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City Hall | June 3, 2009

Aldermen Back Sotomayor

by Melissa Bailey | June 3, 2009 11:58 AM | Permalink

As her colleagues urged Congress to confirm Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Alderwoman Arlene DePino (pictured) pointed to the Ricci v. DeStefano firefighter case as reason to object.

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City Hall | June 3, 2009

This Politician Wants To Give You Money

by Melissa Bailey | June 3, 2009 9:31 AM | Permalink

If your car gets booted or towed by mistake -- which seems to happen a lot -- Alderman Carl Goldfield wants the city to pay you for your "pain and suffering."

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City Hall | June 2, 2009

Office Of Sustainability OK'd

by Melissa Bailey | June 2, 2009 7:39 AM | Permalink

Aldermen gave their blessing to the city Monday to pursue two initiatives to cut down on exhaust fumes in the port and create a new department to tackle environmental policy.

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City Hall | May 28, 2009

Aldermen Debate What Places Kids Need

by Ben Johnson | May 28, 2009 10:54 AM | Permalink

"What, exactly, do we mean by 'community center'?"

That question that prompted a 40-minute debate at City Hall.

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City Hall | May 27, 2009

Dwight School Sold

by Melissa Bailey | May 27, 2009 2:14 PM | Permalink

Before the city sold her neighborhood's school to Achievement First, Dwight Alderwoman Gina Calder (pictured) tried to add something in the deal for her neighbors.

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City Hall | May 27, 2009

West Rock $$ Raided

by Melissa Bailey | May 27, 2009 7:38 AM | Permalink

The new city budget sailed to approval as expected -- but not before a last-minute maneuver that pitted one neighborhood against another.

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City Hall | May 20, 2009

Mayor Challenges UI's $39M Math "Mistake"

by Melissa Bailey | May 20, 2009 4:26 PM | Permalink

Two days after United Illuminating backed down on a request to boost profits, the mayor and Connecticut's attorney general urged the company to back down on another controversial plan -- to leave New Haven for a new "Taj Majal" headquarters in the suburbs.

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City Hall | May 20, 2009

Criscuolo Forced To Lower Prices

by Melissa Bailey | May 20, 2009 11:13 AM | Permalink

The city's top-grossing marshal will have to drop his fees, because of competing bids that came in under the city's newly reformed marshal process.

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City Hall | May 19, 2009

Alders OK Reval Freeze

by Melissa Bailey | May 19, 2009 7:45 AM | Permalink

In an effort to keep homeowners from getting squeezed by tax hike, aldermen voted to freeze the phase-in of property revaluations for one year.

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City Hall | May 19, 2009

$3.4M Land Deal Rescues Budget

by Melissa Bailey | May 19, 2009 7:25 AM | Permalink

Aldermen approved a plan to plug a budget hole with one-time revenues by selling $3.4 million in land and land rights to Yale University.

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City Hall | May 14, 2009

Action Delayed On Double-Dippers

by Ben Johnson | May 14, 2009 1:16 PM | Permalink

The Aldermanic Finance Committee put off voting Wednesday night on a proposed bill that would require city employees who "double dip" by retiring, then returning to work for the city on extended contracts while also collecting pensions.

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City Hall | May 14, 2009

$100 Due? Your Car May Be Next

by Ben Johnson | May 14, 2009 11:18 AM | Permalink

With one dissenter saying he can't afford to drive here anymore, an aldermanic panel voted to ratchet up New Haven's war on parking scofflaws.

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City Hall | May 13, 2009

Retiring Tax Collector Gets A Deal

by Melissa Bailey | May 13, 2009 4:14 PM | Permalink

In return for his early retirement this week, the city gave C.J. Cuticello a special benefits package.

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