Marcel Przymusinski
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Contractors help fund mayor's run
DeStefano has gained large campaign contributions from donors with city contracts
New Haven's ongoing $1.1 billion public school construction program is providing local kids with resources ranging from marine biology labs to visual arts studios. But the project also seems to be providing Mayor John DeStefano Jr. with a major source...
Conn. court says police promotions are unjust
A Connecticut Supreme Court ruling against the city of New Haven released this week is the latest chapter of a battle over promotions in the city's civil service that has raised allegations of racial discrimination and political favors. The court's...
Candidates canvass 'The O.C.'
Aldermanic hopefuls try their platforms on the Class of 2009
With the Ward 1 aldermanic election a month and a half away, candidates Rebecca Livengood '07 and Nick Shalek '05 are working hard to inform the ward's residents -- and especially Old Campus freshmen -- about the race and get them interested in their...
Votes bring shift in Board
Chen '01 keeps aldermanic seat in nailbiter
With vote tallies in from Democratic primaries across the city, Ward 29 Alderman Carl Goldfield declared his candidacy for president of the Board of Aldermen last night and announced enough endorsements to make victory likely when a new board convenes...
Democrats face off in primaries
Wards encompassing Yale community see contested races, contentious issues
Democrats city-wide are facing off in municipal election primaries today, likely determining the outcomes of November's aldermanic elections in several of the city's Democrat-dominated wards. Two of the contested races are in wards with significant...
Ward 2 race: Joyce Chen '01
Chen cites independence as one of her campaign stregths, but it could be a liability Tuesday
After four years making controversial votes on the Board of Aldermen, Ward 2 Alderwoman Joyce Chen '01 finds herself in a primary battle against a candidate backed by Mayor John DeStefano Jr. Chen, twice elected as a Green Party candidate but now a...
Ward 1 race echoes '03 battle
Shalek '05 shares qualities with Kruger '04, but hopes his run will end differently
By Marcel Przymusinski Staff reporter In some ways, not much has changed in Ward 1 in the past two years: In 2003, as now, an independent political newcomer emerged to challenge an endorsed Democratic incumbent. The similarities go further:...
Thorpe campaigns for Yale voters in Ward 22
Since redistricting in 2002, Yale students have become an increasingly important constituency in Ward 22, and aldermanic candidate Cordelia Thorpe faces an uphill battle to win them over in a few short weeks. Thorpe, who is challenging Ward 22 Alderman...
Livengood '07 assumes spot on board
By Marcel Przymusinski Staff reporter Rebecca Livengood '07 was sworn in as Ward 1 alderwoman yesterday and will now represent the residents of seven residential colleges and Old Campus on New Haven's legislative body. Yesterday's ceremony at City...
Livengood will replace Healey
Residents of Ward 1, which includes most of Yale's campus, will soon have a new representative on the city's Board of Aldermen, as Rebecca Livengood '07 steps in to fill out the remaining two months of the term of Ben Healey '04, who resigned in early...