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On City Budget, Compromise Wins The Day

by Thomas MacMillan | May 18, 2012 8:21 am | Comments (25)

No to new parking fees at Lighthouse Point Park. Yes to Helene Grant School construction and New Haven Academy renovation. No to a new police communications manager and a new home for Hyde School. Yes to a study of the city’s school “configuration.” No to a property revaluation in two years.

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School-Building Train Hits A Roadblock

by Thomas MacMillan | May 4, 2012 8:18 am | Comments (30)

Helene Grant, New Haven Academy and Hyde schools may not get new or renovated homes if a new budget-trimming proposal becomes law.

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Chief Wants Cops On Facebook; Aldermen Balk

by Thomas MacMillan | May 1, 2012 7:47 am | Comments (23)

In order to make community policing successful, the department needs to have a presence on Facebook and Twitter, Chief Dean Esserman told aldermen Monday night. Lawmakers didn’t click the “Like” button.

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Please Do Not Stay On Hold

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 26, 2012 8:08 am | Comments (1)

Say you’ve got a street light out on your block. You’re not sure what number to call to report it, so you just call the mayor’s office, expecting to be transferred to voicemail limbo. Instead, the person answering the phone immediately punches your problem into a website that automatically issues a work order. What’s more, she calls you back a day later, when the site tells her your light has been fixed.

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“Hell No” To Hyde

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 20, 2012 8:04 am | Comments (9)

A new $41-million school attached to Hillhouse will bury the neighborhood in traffic and might lead to “gang rivalries,” Beaver Hills neighbors warned Thursday night.

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Elicker: Don’t Kick The Can

by Staff | Apr 16, 2012 4:04 pm | Comments (14)

In a new web video, East Rock Alderman Justin Elicker breaks down the mayor’s proposed $486.8 million budget and says the city is going about it all wrong.

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Clock Ticks On Stymied Reval Rescue

by Melissa Bailey | Apr 12, 2012 3:07 pm | Comments (51)

Time’s running out on New Haven’s proposal to cushion East Rock homeowners from tax sticker shock, as hometown legislators hold out for key changes and the mayor accuses them of “myopia.”

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Buy And Hire? Or Rent And Contract?

by Thomas MacMillan | Apr 4, 2012 8:18 am | Comments (8)

It will suddenly cost $118,000 more to lease a warehouse to store evicted people’s stuff this coming year. That number—and a few others, including the cost of outside city lawyers—prompted a broader fiscal debate about how New Haven spends its money as lawmakers scrutinized the fine print of a proposed $486.8 million city government budget.

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A Response Comes By Cell

by Brian Dowling | Mar 29, 2012 2:11 pm | Comments (6)

Jorge Perez wanted to know why the fire department just filled a position that, according to the proposed budget he was looking at, would soon be eliminated.

The man making a presentation to his committee, New Haven government’s budget director, didn’t know the answer. Then Perez’s phone rang.

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Ouch!

by Caitlin Emma | Mar 8, 2012 9:35 am | Comments (5)

Mayor John DeStefano heard tales of woe Wednesday night from East Rockers like Karen, who said she and her retired fiance don’t have the money in these hard times to pay a big new tax bill.

“I’m heartsick about it,” said Karen, who declined to give her last name. “I feel like we’re being pushed out of our homes.”

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