DeStefano: Where we’ve been and where we can go
As we look forward to Tuesday’s election, I want to highlight some of the work the community has accomplished together since 1994, the work I believe we still have left to do in New Haven and to explain why I believe Yale students have both a vital interest in New Haven and a role to play in the work of building community.
Relationships between Yale and Yale students and the rest of the city were not always as collaborative as they are today. Much of the gains of the last 16 years — from the public financing of our municipal elections to the Elm City ID card to economic development —...
