Mia Cortés Castro
Staff Reporter
miacortescastro | mia.cortescastro@yale.edu
Mia Cortés Castro is City Editor for the News. She previously covered City Hall and State Politics, and Cops and Courts. Originally from Dorado, Puerto Rico, she is a junior in Branford College studying English.
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MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ZACHARY SURI
New Haven receives over $47 million in State Bond funds

The new funds will be allocated to approximately ten different infrastructure projects across the city.

November 1, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Alder challenger embraces Republican identity in Democratic district

Republican candidate Andrea DiLieto Zola is challenging incumbent alder Ellen Cupo, a Democrat, in New Haven’s Wooster Square neighborhood in the general election on Nov. 7.

October 30, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & YURII STASIUK
Final mayoral debate focuses on city’s transparency

New Haven’s three mayoral candidates gathered at the Shubert Theater before an audience of close to 40 people for their last debate of the election season.

October 25, 2023

LAURA OSPINA & MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Over 1,000 rally in support of Palestine

The streets of New Haven were covered in red, green and black — the colors of the Palestinian flag — on Sunday afternoon as Connecticut residents chanted “Free Palestine” in the largest pro-Palestine rally across the state this month.

October 23, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & MAE CHEW
Alders approve state funding for youth programming

The $360,000 in state funding will allow the Youth and Recreation Department to advance their goal of reducing youth violence across New Haven.

October 6, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Alders approve funding for first non-congregate homeless shelter

New Haven's Board of Alders voted to approve the city's purchase of a Days Inn on Foxon Boulevard, turning the hotel into the city's first non-congregate shelter.

October 4, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ETHAN WOLIN
New Haven alders approve $16 million for city’s contribution to Cox settlement

The transfer of funds, set for disbursement later this fall, will mark the only payment to Randy Cox directly from city accounts.

September 19, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Ward 15 race brings turmoil and an election upset

The two alder candidates for Ward 15 spent election day arguing about alleged violations of election law, leading one candidate to call the police on the other.

September 19, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & YURII STASIUK
Elicker wins mayoral primary

With over 70 percent of the primary votes, Elicker becomes the Democratic nominee for the November general election.

September 13, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO & ADAM WALKER
Yale Law, College Dems host conversation with mayoral candidates

In a conversation hosted by the Yale Law School Democrats, mayoral candidates Justin Elicker and Liam Brennan sat down to discuss the impact of Yale’s continued acquisition of hospitals around New Haven.

September 11, 2023

MIA CORTÉS CASTRO
Ward 22 candidates reflect on relationships with University ahead of Tuesday’s primary

In a ward that encompasses six of Yale’s residential colleges, alder candidates reflect on how their platforms would impact residents and students alike.

September 8, 2023