Yurii Stasiuk
Staff Reporter
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Yurii Stasiuk is the Managing Editor of the Yale Daily News. He previously covered City Hall as a beat reporter. Originally from Kalush, Ukraine, he is a junior in Jonathan Edwards College majoring in History and Political Science.
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ZACHARY SURI & YURII STASIUK
New Haven labor and business leaders disagree on automatic minimum wage increases

The minimum wage in the state automatically rose to $15.69 per hour in January, the first such raise mandated by a 2019 law.

February 22, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN & YURII STASIUK
Disruptive City Hall protest splits advocates of ceasefire resolution

Some activists pushing the Board of Alders for a Gaza ceasefire resolution disapprove of the disruption of the mayor’s State of the City speech.

February 15, 2024

YURII STASIUK, ARIELA LOPEZ & ETHAN WOLIN
State of the City address disrupted by pro-Palestine protests

Protesters from several groups promoting a ceasefire resolution halted the mayor’s annual address for 25 minutes.

February 6, 2024

YURII STASIUK & LUA PRADO
Education Secretary highlights $2.5 million grant during New Haven visit

At Fair Haven School, Secretary Miguel Cardona promoted a grant for community programming in two NHPS schools, awarded last November.

January 31, 2024

ARIELA LOPEZ & YURII STASIUK
Three Yalies petition for co-chair spots

Yale students are running for Democratic Town Committee co-chair positions in Ward 1 and Ward 22, which together cover Yale’s residential colleges, Old Campus and parts of the Dixwell neighborhood.

January 26, 2024

YURII STASIUK
Labor Secretary highlights $5 million grant during New Haven visit 

At Gateway Community College, acting Secretary Julie Su promoted a grant to the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system to support underserved students.

January 26, 2024

ETHAN WOLIN & YURII STASIUK
Amid protests, top alder vows to move Gaza ceasefire resolution to committee

The Board of Alders president told the News that she plans to send the resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war to committee for deliberation, as protesters disrupted Tuesday’s meeting.

January 17, 2024

YURII STASIUK
City negotiations electrify New Haven’s tiny homes

Although the city originally sent a cease-and-desist letter, they temporarily allowed tiny houses after negotiations.

January 15, 2024

YURII STASIUK, BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & TRISTAN HERNANDEZ
City leaders, protest organizers condemn desecration of menorah during Saturday rally

After an individual lodged a Palestinian flag in a menorah on the New Haven Green during a protest on Saturday, city officials and faith leaders condemned the act as hateful — as did protest organizers and Yale in a University statement.

December 12, 2023

YURII STASIUK
City employee quietly reported ‘suspicious’ marriages to immigration authorities for months, over 70 people at risk of ICE enforcement

New Haven’s Registrar of Vital Statistics Patricia Clark has been placed on paid administrative leave while the investigation into her actions is ongoing.

December 8, 2023

YURII STASIUK & NATALIIA SHULIAKOVA
Tim Snyder will lead 90 scholars in rethinking Ukrainian history

History professor Timothy Snyder will lead the “Ukrainian History Global Initiative” over the next three years in an effort to globalize Ukrainian history. The program was founded and is funded by a Ukrainian oligarch with close ties to former president Leonid Kuchma, who was implicated in the killing of journalist Georgy Gongadze.

December 8, 2023