New Haven Independent
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Downtown Late-Night Taxi Stand Proposed
Crown St. Winfield Davis, the deputy director of public space for New Haven’s Town Green Special Services District, said a plan to place a taxi stand downtown is in the works. The taxis would line up on the street similar to the way they do outside Union Station, on Crown Street between Temple and College streets. Davis discussed the idea Tuesday night during the Downtown/Wooster Square...
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Block Grant Pie Shrinks
New slicing proposed. The pool is filled by four federal programs: Community Development Block Grants, HOME Investment Partnership, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, and Emergency Solutions Grant federal programs. It comes from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city allocates it. On Tuesday, the mayor released his plan for how he thinks the city’s...
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Downtown/Wooster Square Honors Its Stalwarts
The plaque read “thank you” and three awards were given out at the CMT’s regular meeting at City Hall. Downtown Alderman Doug Hausladen and Alderman Michael Smart also received plaques for their years of service. Smart couldn’t make Tuesday night’s meeting. Hausladen used to serve as chair of the Downtown/Wooster Square CMT.
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Mr. Hausladen Takes On Mr. Corporation
Douglas Hausladen breathes, walks, talks, and eats. He wants to stop a newly powerful foe who does none of that. In a new proposal, Hausladen, a downtown alderman, has teamed up with the Green Party and Occupy New Haven to go after the U.S. Supreme Court’s notion that corporations are people. The proposal, officially submitted at Tuesday evening’s meeting of New Haven’s Board of...
