Yale Daily News

Ward 2 Alderman Jelani Lawson ’96 said Thursday he will not seek re-election to the city’s governing board this fall. Lawson, a Democrat first elected […]

April 13, 2001

Since 1992, the year before Mayor John DeStefano Jr. was elected to his first term, the number of major crimes reported in New Haven has […]

April 13, 2001

Play ball. State Sen. Martin Looney threw out the first pitch of an early mayoral campaign war of words last month when he announced his […]

April 12, 2001

The field is back to one. Just one day after saying he was considering running for Ward 7 alderman, Robert Pelgrift ’04 said he will […]

April 10, 2001

University Towers is becoming quite the political hotbed. Bobby Pelgrift ’04 said he is considering running for Ward 7 alderman, just days after Daniel Adamson […]

April 9, 2001

Wine and sandwiches were on the menu at Book Trader Cafe, but surprises were not. Before a mostly student audience, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. named […]

April 6, 2001

Democratic Ward 7 Alderwoman Esther Armmand announced Wednesday she will resign her position April 30, just months before the end of her term. The surprise […]

April 5, 2001

When Ward 7 alderman Esther Armmand announced last month that she will not seek re-election, the race to replace her was wide open. Now, two […]

April 4, 2001

Lex Paulson ’02 and Michael Montano ’03, once top contenders for the Ward 1 aldermanic seat, announced Sunday they will not challenge endorsed candidate Ben […]

April 2, 2001

It was the summer of 1998, and the bad news kept rolling in for Mayor John DeStefano Jr. As New Haven looked on and the […]

March 29, 2001

Sen. Martin Looney’s mayoral campaign stepped up the attack against incumbent Mayor John DeStefano Jr., accusing him of illegally using taxpayer money for campaign activities. […]

March 27, 2001