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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ADAM MCPHAIL & YASH ROY
Connecticut lawmakers unanimously pass bill to cut 25 cent gas tax

House Bill 5501 suspends the state’s excise tax on gasoline from April 1 to June 30. The legislation also suspends bus fare fees and creates an additional sales tax holiday.

March 29, 2022

YASH ROY
Student Board of Education members host city-wide meeting with peers

Attended by Mayor Elicker and Superintendent Tracey, students discussed a wide range of issues they face.

March 29, 2022

YASH ROY
Yale to offer first-in-the-nation joint engineering and medical school master’s degree

Yale’s School of Engineering & Applied Science and School of Medicine will offer a new master’s program in personalized medicine & applied engineering to combine engineering, robotics and medicine

March 28, 2022

YASH ROY
Following New Haven’s success, Lamont proposes plan to fight childhood lead exposure

Lamont announces statewide lead poisoning proposal based off of New Haven program, while also unveiling a proposal to improve school HVAC systems.

March 8, 2022

YASH ROY
Sen. Murphy participates in medical school misinformation roundtable

Senator Chris Murphy heard from members of Connecticut and the Yale community on how to best fight medical misinformation.

March 7, 2022

PHILIP MOUSAVIZADEH & YASH ROY
As the Sackler family pays out $6 billion in a settlement, Yale maintains its ties

The Sackler family will pay out $6 billion to victims of the opioid crisis while Yale holds onto its connection to the pharmaceutical magnates.

March 4, 2022

YASH ROY & SAI RAYALA
New Haven celebrates National Read Across America Day with book donations and community partnerships

New Haven Reads and The Study at Yale partner to promote reading among the city’s youth for National Read Across America Day

March 3, 2022

YASH ROY
State divests from Russian assets after country’s invasion of Ukraine

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Connecticut state pension funds divest $220 million dollars of Russian domiciled assets.

March 3, 2022

SADIE BOGRAD & YASH ROY
“Away from the precipice”: Elicker introduces optimistic vision for city budget

The mayor’s proposal increases funding for libraries, housing inspections, police and more.

March 1, 2022

SOPHIE SONNENFELD & YASH ROY
Law School students and University play roles on both sides of $73 million settlement between Sandy Hook families and Remington Arms.

In a historic settlement reached last week, families of nine Sandy Hook victims won $73 million following an eight-year legal battle with gun manufacturer Remington Arms.

February 25, 2022

SYLVAN LEBRUN & YASH ROY
City leaders sign off on contract to surveil students’ technology usage during school day

GoGuardian, a software where staff can watch what students are doing on district computers in real time, receives final approval for an $210,000 dollar contract with the BOE.

February 23, 2022