Reeti Malhotra
Staff Reporter
reeti.malhotra@yale.edu
Originally from Singapore, Reeti Malhotra is a sophomore in Silliman College. She covers cops and courts for the News and also writes for WKND. She previously covered men's crew. Beyond the newsroom, she is a Political Science and English major, Cinemat Secretary, Spring Fling committee member, and Directed Studies Undergraduate Teaching Assistant.
Author Archive
REETI MALHOTRA
Haunting Harkness

Connecticut ghost-hunters and bloggers alike would like you to believe that Yale — and the old New Haven grounds upon which it was founded over […]

October 31, 2025

Nellie Kenney
REETI MALHOTRA
New Haven joins lawsuit against Trump over food stamps suspension

Mayor Justin Elicker announced that New Haven — with 19 other parties — is suing the U.S. government for its refusal to maintain funding for SNAP amid the shutdown.

October 31, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Yale police union adopts new contract two years after last one expired

The contract ratified last week by members of the Yale Police Benevolent Association marked a turnaround from an apparent decline in negotiations over the summer, when the union voted unanimously to authorize a strike.

October 22, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Two Lynwood break-in attempts reported Monday

Two individuals at two homes on Lynwood Place reported attempted break-ins by an unidentified man just after midnight Monday morning.

October 21, 2025

ADELE HAEG & REETI MALHOTRA
Judge orders release of footage of man’s killing by officers in prison 

J’Allen Jones was killed by correctional officers in 2018. Following a seven-year-long battle led by the ACLU and Jones’ estate, a judge ruled on Friday that the Department of Corrections must release the video footage of the moments that led to Jones’ death in prison.

October 21, 2025

ADELE HAEG & REETI MALHOTRA
City police arrest 13-year-old in Newhallville killing of 15-year-old

The New Haven Police Department announced Friday that it had arrested a 13-year-old in connection with the Sept. 27 killing of Kaiden Phillips.

October 13, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Buy, Buy, Buy

Last year, the look was leopard print — a product of the maximalist “mob wife” aesthetic that proliferated on social media and promoted an accessible […]

October 10, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA
Homesickness is a chronic illness

You seldom expect homesickness to hit you how and when it does. The desperate yearning for home doesn’t always feel like a roundhouse kick to […]

October 3, 2025

Jessai Flores
REETI MALHOTRA
Report says police who killed New Haven man last year were ‘justified’

Three officers shot and killed Jebrell Conley at a car wash in West Haven on Sept. 19, 2024, after Conley shot a firearm while the officers were attempting to carry out a felony arrest warrant.

October 2, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA & SARAH MUKKUZHI
Beloved Yale Public Safety dog Heidi celebrates retirement

Attendees at Monday’s retirement party said the six-year-old yellow lab provides essential mental health support for Yale students and community members.

September 23, 2025

REETI MALHOTRA & ADELE HAEG
Activists say state response to overpass protests curbed political speech

The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut claimed in a lawsuit last week that State Police violated the First Amendment rights of anti-Trump activists, after a 71-year-old protester was arrested twice over the summer.

September 23, 2025