BUSINESS
TINA LI
Yale pushes Zaroka to close early, citing structural instability

After four years of investing in upgrades and serving the New Haven community, Zaroka Bar & Grill’s owner says he is now forced to leave — with little compensation and closure.

April 24, 2025

MAIA NEHME
Unsettled scores: 20 years of stalled wage theft solutions in New Haven

A proposed city ordinance is the most recent in a decades-long string of attempts to fight wage theft in New Haven. But little progress on the ordinance’s implementation raises the question of why the issue still has not been addressed.

April 16, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
Connecticut launches new pizza-themed license plate

The new plates, which support the state’s largest food bank, launched last month.

April 10, 2025

SABRINA THALER & ERIC SONG
Avelo to carry out deportation flights, citing poor performance at Tweed in internal email

The leading airline at Tweed New Haven Airport will open an Arizona base to operate chartered deportation flights — the first known commercial airline to do so under the second Trump administration.

April 8, 2025

TINA LI
Metro-North launches shorter rides for NYC commuters

A new Metro-North schedule shortened commutes for people traveling to NYC in rush hour and revised arrival and departure times.

April 1, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN, TYSON ODERMANN & ELIJAH HUREWITZ-RAVITCH
Per new law, nearly no more smoke shops fit in New Haven

The Board of Alders passed and Mayor Justin Elicker signed new restrictions on tobacco and vape retailers, prohibiting almost any new shops for now.

March 24, 2025

TINA LI
Yale sues Philly’s after alleged rent evasion

After three years of Philly’s allegedly not paying rent, the University served notices of eviction and filed a complaint after the restaurant failed to vacate its location on Chapel Street.

March 4, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Unidad Latina en Acción protests alleged wage theft targeting undocumented worker

A dozen members of a migrant workers advocacy group rallied outside a Whitney Avenue restaurant on Sunday.

March 2, 2025

NICOLAS CIMINIELLO & TYSON ODERMANN
Black business owners take advantage of Yale, New Haven resources

The News spoke to five Black-owned businesses about their relationships with Yale and New Haven.

February 26, 2025

KADE GAJDUSEK
Saint Luke’s property becomes eighteenth CT Tenants Union

Fourteen out of seventeen tenants at a Saint Luke’s Senior Housing property on Goffe Street moved to unionize in light of dilapidated conditions and security concerns.

February 25, 2025

TINA LI & TYSON ODERMANN
“We have a big year ahead”: UNITE HERE urge for city, Yale solidarity in Trump era

At the New Haven Rising Solidarity Summit, union leaders, residents and city officials celebrated recent victories and called for action in the face of political uncertainties.

February 5, 2025