Natasha Khazzam
Staff Reporter
natasha.khazzam@yale.edu
Natasha Khazzam covers housing and homelessness for city desk. She previously covered climate and the environment. Originally from Great Neck, New York, she is a sophomore in Davenport College majoring in history and ethics, politics and economics.
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NATASHA KHAZZAM
Board of Alders approves zoning code allowing for neighborhood development on Long Wharf

The new zoning changes will allow Long Wharf to be turned into a mixed-use zoning district, allowing developers to build office and manufacturing buildings, housing units and green spaces.

September 22, 2023

MAGGIE GRETHER, NATASHA KHAZZAM & YURII STASIUK
City officials and advocates reflect on two terms of Elicker’s housing policy

Ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary, the News spoke with activists and city officials about New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rising homelessness and a growing affordable housing crisis.

September 11, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Housing Authority votes to repurpose historic clock factory

The city’s Housing Authority voted to convert the New Haven Clock Company building into affordable housing units to mitigate the ongoing housing crisis.

August 31, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Local leaders share novel approaches to climate change at conference

Representatives from various local organizations gathered at Albertus Magnus College to discuss responses to climate change in New Haven on Monday evening.

April 21, 2023

Bicyclists ride through a park.
NATASHA KHAZZAM
Youth climate activists lead “Fossil Fools” protest from Wooster Square to City Hall

The New Haven Climate Movement nodded to recent reforms while urging the city to continue employing improved environmental policy.

April 5, 2023

HANWEN ZHANG, NATASHA KHAZZAM & SOPHIE MOLDEN
Environmental Film Festival discusses climate change through art

The Environmental Film Festival at Yale brought a cast of climate change related films to the big screen and fostered dialogue about the media’s role in addressing the ongoing environmental crisis.

April 3, 2023

ANIKA ARORA SETH & NATASHA KHAZZAM
Yale team places fifth in prestigious Putnam mathematics competition

A Yale team ranked in the top five of the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for the first time in 30 years, earning $5,000 for the department.

March 6, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Compost program bridges the gap between urban life and sustainable living

Prior to founding Peels and Wheels, a composting business operating in New Haven, Domingo Medina spent years cultivating a balance between global communities and the land around them.

March 2, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
New youth-led climate project seeks to implement reforms in city public schools

The New Haven Climate Movement gathered a team of local students to advocate for the implementation of sustainable reforms within New Haven Public Schools.

February 17, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
New Haven creates new office to equitably address climate change

The Office of Climate and Sustainability will concentrate the city’s efforts towards environmental progress, with goals including conservation efforts and implementing clean energy in residential and public spaces.

January 30, 2023

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Mediterranean fine dining restaurant opens on College Street

New York chef Vincent Chirico opened his first restaurant in Connecticut last month, which combines traditional flavors with a touch of the unexpected.

December 6, 2022