Yash Roy
Staff Reporter
@yroy87 | yash.roy@yale.edu
Yash Roy covered City Hall and State Politics for the News. He also served as a Production & Design editor, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion chair for the News. Originally from Princeton, New Jersey, he is a '25 in Timothy Dwight College majoring in Global Affairs.
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YASH ROY
Shafiq Abussadar and Tom Goldenberg to challenge Elicker in Democratic Mayoral Primary

With the new year, mayoral candidates have begun to clash over education and housing policy in New Haven.

January 18, 2023

NATHANIEL ROSENBERG, YASH ROY & OLIVIA CEVASCO
False reports of armed student in Bingham Hall triggers Old Campus lockdown

Police responded to false reports about a student committing crime resulting in a lockdown during the early hours of Tuesday.

January 17, 2023

YASH ROY & EVAN GORELICK
School of Medicine administrator indicted in $3.5 million fraud scheme during previous employment at NYU

Cindy Tappe lost her position at Yale after pleading not guilty to all four charges of the indictment.

January 16, 2023

YASH ROY
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker to seek third term in 2023

11 months into his second two-year term, Elicker hopes to clinch a third term focusing on fighting homelessness and economic inequality.

December 8, 2022

YASH ROY
Officers involved in Randy Cox case face criminal charges; New Haven invokes immunity

New Haven, cops involved claim government, qualified immunity while also alleging that Cox was contributorily negligent in his own paralysis on June 19.

November 29, 2022

YASH ROY
Five officers involved in Randy Cox case arrested on misdemeanor charges

All five New Haven officers turned themselves into state police custody earlier today and have since been released on $25,000 bond. Their first court date is Dec. 8 in New Haven.

November 28, 2022

YASH ROY & OLIVIA LOMBARDO
“The CEO-whisperer”: Inside Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute

The School of Management program, led by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, has strived over three decades to encourage corporate responsibility.

November 10, 2022

YASH ROY & CHARLOTTE HUGHES
Dems sweep statewide; Lamont, Blumenthal and DeLauro secure reelection

Lamont beats Stefanowski for the second time as Russell makes history as first gay Black person elected to statewide office in the nation.

November 9, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD & YASH ROY
Civilian Review Board presents NHPD with police conduct recommendations

A city task force that has sifted through hundreds of internal department cases recommends that the police chief ban or address head punching, careless use of profanity and congratulatory rhetoric. recommending that

November 7, 2022

YASH ROY & CHARLOTTE HUGHES
Tuesday’s midterms: here’s who’s running and how to vote

Democratic incumbents across New Haven and the state are looking to fend off Republican challengers. Same-day voting registration is available at city hall.

November 7, 2022

YASH ROY
Insurance hold-up prevents settlement in Randy Cox case

New Haven officials blamed insurance company bureaucracy for the speed bump in their ongoing negotiations with a man who became paralyzed while in police custody.

November 6, 2022