Thomas Breen

2 days ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

Two 16-story towers containing 470 apartments and 28,000 square feet of retail and commercial space are now slated to be built next to Union Station, per the governor’s announcement Wednesday of a major new transit-oriented development. Gov. Ned Lamont and state Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Laoise King broke that news in an email press release sent out at 11:18 a.m. Wednesday.

4 days ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independentThomas Breen file photo Erin Boggs: Lamont’s concerns “appear based more on complaints from municipalities and NIMBY advocates who do not understand what the bill says rather than legitimate issues with the proposal.”Gov. Ned Lamont caved to NIMBYs and the suburbs Monday, according to pro-housing advocates who criticized the governor for vetoing this legislative session’s landmark zoning-reform bill.

4 days ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

Gov. Ned Lamont caved to NIMBYs and the suburbs Monday, according to pro-housing advocates who slammed the governor for vetoing this legislative session’s landmark zoning-reform bill. The pro-housing groups Desegregate Connecticut and Open Communities Alliance (OCA) sent out those responses in email blasts after Lamont announced his plans to veto House Bill 5002. That’s an omnibus housing bill that Democratic leadership ushered through the state House and Senate.

1 week ago | newhavenindependent.org | Thomas Breen

Doug Hausladen and Michelle Johnson showed up to Ashley’s on York Street Friday morning to enjoy a triple-decker ice cream cake — and to get married before 20 cheering friends and family members. “Like Ashley’s, Doug is a New Haven institution,” officiant Brude Ditman declared. ​“And like Ashley’s, Michelle is a treasure to all who know her.” Hausladen is a former downtown alder-turned-city transportation chief-turned-New Haven parking authority director.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent… as celebrated with an official ribbon cutting. Six decades after Urban Renewal’s bulldozers plowed through the Oak Street neighborhood — and nearly three decades after the late Rev. Curtis Cofield II began fighting to build back housing there — city officials, nonprofit developers, and West River neighbors cut the ribbon Monday on 56 new affordable apartments.