Ariela Lopez
Staff Reporter
ariela.lopez@yale.edu
Ariela Lopez covers City Hall and City Politics. Originally from New York City, she is a first-year in Branford College.
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ARIELA LOPEZ
Tirzah Kemp appointed as new resilience chief

Kemp, who currently works at Clifford Beers Community Care Center, will replace Carlos Sosa-Lombardo as the director of the city’s Department of Community Resilience in March.

February 29, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
PROFILE: Rick Fontana to the rescue

New Haven’s emergency operations director of 16 years stepped down in January to take on the part-time position in his hometown of West Haven. While Fontana is looking to scale back, he’s not scaling down.

February 23, 2024

YURII STASIUK & ARIELA LOPEZ
Hamden Town Council hears four hours of testimony on ceasefire resolution

Residents in support of the resolution urged the council to stand up for global human rights, while opponents condemned the “divisive” resolution’s invocation of the Holocaust. No vote was held on the resolution.

February 22, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
City considers creating Director of Emergency Management position

The position is currently held by the city’s Chief Administrative Officer, but its duties were carried out by a deputy director who stepped down in January. On Monday, alders discussed whether to change the system following his retirement.

February 14, 2024

YURII STASIUK, ARIELA LOPEZ & ETHAN WOLIN
State of the City address disrupted by pro-Palestine protests

Protesters from several groups promoting a ceasefire resolution halted the mayor’s annual address for 25 minutes.

February 6, 2024

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ARIELA LOPEZ
ANALYSIS: Four takeaways from State of the City

Amid a chaotic Board of Alders meeting, Elicker highlighted housing and growth as key priorities in his annual State of the City address.

February 6, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Sixteen New Haven Agenda candidates make the ballot for ward co-chair

The insurgent slate touted the fact that 16 co-chair candidates had qualified for the ballot by the Wednesday deadline in a press conference.

February 1, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & YURII STASIUK
Three Yalies petition for co-chair spots

Yale students are running for Democratic Town Committee co-chair positions in Ward 1 and Ward 22, which together cover Yale’s residential colleges, Old Campus and parts of the Dixwell neighborhood.

January 26, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM & ARIELA LOPEZ
Carbon monoxide leak at Yale construction site leaves 14 hospitalized

Propane-powered tools, combined with freezing weather and a lack of carbon monoxide monitors, caused the gas leak and subsequent hospitalizations at a Yale-leased construction site on Howe Street.

January 18, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ
Event featuring journalist from Gaza sees heightened security measures, requires attendees to sign free-expression form

Ameera Harouda discussed balancing safety concerns for her and her family’s well-being, as well as her role as a mother of four, while also working to document the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza.

December 6, 2023

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Press ends decades-long partnership

Publishing house W.W. Norton will take over fulfillment and sales from TriLiteral LLC for the Yale University Press for titles published starting January 2025.

December 1, 2023