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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YURII STASIUK
Elm City Montessori School unveils murals celebrating LGTBQ+ identity

Students at New Haven’s Elm City Montessori School can now look up to the faces of six LGBTQ+ activists, writers and trailblazing historical figures, who […]

May 31, 2023

YASH ROY, NATI TESFAYE & YURII STASIUK
Elicker bulldozes Ella T. Grasso Boulevard tent city

Mayoral candidates and elected officials have accused Elicker of “mismanagement” after the demolition of the tent city off of Ella T. Grasso Boulevard.

March 28, 2023

YURII STASIUK
Alders approve new affordable housing development and creation of shelter for unhoused people

The New Haven Board of Alders passed a tax abatement plan for the Winchester Green Project in Science Park and an amendment establishing funding for more shelters for unhoused people.

March 9, 2023

BENJAMIN HERNANDEZ & YURII STASIUK
‘Vladimir Putin will keep going’: Blumenthal and Sonnenfeld talk anniversary of Russian invasion of Ukraine

At a Thursday town hall, Senator Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 and SOM assistant dean Jeffrey Sonnenfeld discussed the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine.

February 28, 2023

YURII STASIUK
New Haven teachers’ union and Board of Education reach tentative agreement on contract

Representatives from both the city’s Federation of Teachers and the Board of Education introduced their tentative agreement before the Board of Alders Finance Committee Monday night.

February 14, 2023

ANJALI MANGLA & YURII STASIUK
Lamont cancels medical debt

Governor Ned Lamont laid out a sweeping budget proposal to cancel billions of medical debt in Connecticut. But patient advocates for Connecticut’s most vulnerable populations and progressive legislators say this may not be action enough.

February 12, 2023

YASH ROY, YURII STASIUK & NATHANIEL ROSENBERG
Elicker leads with optimism in State of the City speech

Mayor Justin Elicker highlighted economic growth and financial stability while promising to improve education and housing in his annual State of the City address.

February 7, 2023

SAMANTHA LIU & YURII STASIUK
Three years in: The state of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Haven

After a lull in COVID-19 numbers, New Haven has witnessed a January upsurge in positive cases — including in its own mayor.

February 5, 2023

YURII STASIUK, MAGGIE GRETHER & NATI TESFAYE
Lawmakers propose bills to protect Connecticut tenants unions

Amid an increase in tenants unions across the state, lawmakers have begun drafting bills to help unions gain protection and government recognition.

February 3, 2023

YURII STASIUK
STASIUK: Decolonizing Eastern European and Eurasian Studies

Yale’s Sterling Memorial Library showcases the “Slavic Collections at Yale” exhibition. Despite the ambitious and inclusive title, it doesn’t represent the variety of languages and […]

December 8, 2022

YURII STASIUK
New Haven-based homelessness nonprofit receives $2.5 million from the Jeff Bezos fund

New Reach, a New Haven nonprofit that provides housing support, was one of the 40 organizations receiving funding from the Day 1 Families Fund.

December 2, 2022