BUSINESS
ALI OTUZOGLU
VITA helps influx of New Haveners seeking help on Tax Day

The News went with freelance singer Dana Fripp to file taxes at the New Haven Free Public Library.

April 17, 2024

MAIA NEHME
Emerson Tenants Union calls for collective bargaining, city action in burst pipe case

At Saturday’s Rally for Safe Living Conditions, the union’s leaders and protesters demanded responses from both their landlord and the city.

April 15, 2024

BROOKLYN BRAUNER
New Haven kicks off the third annual ‘Morning Without Child Care’

Child Care for Connecticut’s Future hosted a rally with over 300 people in support of early childhood educators on the Green Wednesday morning.

April 11, 2024

HANWEN ZHANG
Clean Tech in the city: a look at ClimateHaven’s first half-year

New Haven’s climate start-up incubator has focused on establishing the Elm City as a hub for climate tech development since its doors opened last November.

April 3, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM
Ocean Management’s unusual property transfers may be defrauding tenants

Coupled with Ocean’s history of housing code violations and tenant complaints, public records suggest that the mega-landlord may be conducting fraudulent property transfers to avoid liability to tenants.

April 2, 2024

CHRISTINA LEE
Past and present of Mamoun’s Falafel in New Haven

Mamoun’s Falafel has been feeding Yalies and New Haveners for over 47 years.

March 28, 2024

DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY
From digital dreams to streetwear reality: the resilient rise of Mindless Thoughts Clothing

Mindless Thoughts, which originally started online in 2012, expanded in 2022 to a physical location and has continued to grow.

March 7, 2024

TYSON ODERMANN
Six front desk agents unionize at the Omni

Front desk agents at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale voted to join their colleagues in the local hospitality union, Local 217 UNITE HERE.

March 7, 2024

NATASHA KHAZZAM
City’s fifth tenants union forms in response to burst pipe

The Emerson Tenants Union registered with the city on Friday morning, becoming the city’s first to organize against a small landlord.

February 27, 2024

NATI TESFAYE
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program ramps up service campaign

Mayor Justin Elicker joined VITA, which provides free filing services and financial advice to low to moderate-income New Haveners, to promote its work on Thursday morning.

February 23, 2024

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