Jacob Leibenluft
JACOB LEIBENLUFT & CLAIRE STANFORD
Students make N.H. a primary focus

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Outside the Muddy River Smokehouse, Jonathan Vandenburgh ’04 and Brad Lipton ’05 wave signs for Gen. Wesley Clark Saturday afternoon, inviting anyone […]

January 27, 2004

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Conn. taps reps to investigate Rowland

A bipartisan committee entrusted with conducting an inquiry into alleged misconduct by Gov. John G. Rowland was named Thursday by leaders of the Connecticut House […]

January 23, 2004

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
City govt. will return to issues of 2003

Although the New Haven Board of Aldermen began the year by inaugurating 13 new members, city leaders said they expect the issues the Board focuses […]

January 20, 2004

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Rowland situation troubles leaders

As the Connecticut General Assembly prepares for an investigation into corruption allegations involving Gov. John G. Rowland, state and local politicians concede that legislators are […]

January 15, 2004

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Elm City reps fail to rally for Rowland

Mirroring sentiment across the state, public officials in New Haven are expressing little support for embattled Republican Gov. John G. Rowland. Seven of the eight […]

January 13, 2004

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Rowland takes fire from assembly

With calls for Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland’s resignation mounting on both sides of the aisle, state legislators are exploring their options concerning corruption allegations […]

January 12, 2004

ELANA BILDNER & JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Leaders fault act for schools failure

Under different circumstances, an official state designation that New Haven’s schools are failing might elicit public outrage about the conditions of the city’s education system. […]

December 10, 2003

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
DeStefano to step down as NLC pres.

Concluding a year in which he raised his national profile with frequent visits to Washington, D.C., New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. will step down […]

December 10, 2003

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Local officials debate bank conversion

The debate over the New Haven Savings Bank’s proposed conversion into a joint-stock corporation continued Thursday night with a heated public hearing in which bank […]

December 5, 2003

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Yale and New Haven: Negotiating a ‘marriage without the possibility of divorce’

New Haven, William Pardee explained, was facing the challenges of the “modern city.” Its streets were dirty. As a growing city in a changing economy, […]

December 4, 2003

JACOB LEIBENLUFT
Chen ’01 returns as sole Green

When Joyce Chen ’01 says she is going to be “an independent voice” on the Board of Aldermen next year, it is hard not to […]

December 3, 2003