James Collins
JAMES COLLINS
Mayor’s pay raise gets through board

At its biweekly meeting Monday night, New Haven’s Board of Aldermen quickly defeated a resolution that would have called on Mayor John DeStefano Jr. to […]

March 5, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Connecticut’s mayors unite to protest cuts in state aid

HARTFORD — The mayors of Connecticut’s largest cities joined forces for the first time in two years yesterday to protest Gov. John Rowland’s latest budget […]

March 1, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Silliman, Law School may go to Ward 22

At a second contentious committee meeting last night, members of the Board of Aldermen began negotiating in small groups to determine the shapes of the […]

February 28, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Meeting on ward changes makes for a chaotic scene

As she delicately unfurled her poster-size map of New Haven on the committee room table Thursday night, Donna Hall slowly shifted her weight from her […]

February 22, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Mayor exerts influence on Charter

Even though state law does not give him a formal role in the highly political Charter reform process, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. is […]

February 22, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Alderman wants power to approve mayor’s picks

Ward 8 Alderman Vincent Mauro Jr. wants New Haven’s Board of Aldermen to have the power to approve mayoral appointments to several city boards and […]

February 18, 2002

JAMES COLLINS & ELISE JORDAN
Mayor talks Lee, labor with Corporation

In a speech before the Yale Corporation Friday evening, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. reiterated his support for Corporation hopeful the Rev. W. David […]

February 12, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
City prepares to redraw wards

A specially appointed committee of 11 New Haven aldermen will begin immersing itself this month in one of the most political tasks in politics — […]

February 11, 2002

ARIELLE LEVIN BECKER, JAMES COLLINS & JIA LYNN YANG
Report: Yale owes city more cash

In a report released Thursday, a nonprofit advocacy group closely aligned with Yale’s unions called for the University to embrace a “social contract” with its […]

February 8, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Governor’s budget spells trouble for New Haven

A new emphasis on defense spending in the state and federal budgets released this week will cost New Haven and other Connecticut cities millions of […]

February 7, 2002

JAMES COLLINS
Mayor: State must keep pledges to city

Despite a decline in state aid and rising costs, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. painted a bright future for New Haven at his annual State of […]

February 5, 2002