The Inner-City News

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Maya McFadden

by Maya McFadden The New Haven independentThe Board of Education signed off on paying one contractor an additional $220,000 for custodial work that another contractor walked out on. Meanwhile, the city’s public school district has closed its search and is now reviewing bids for a new part-time custodial crew to start next year. That’s the latest with New Haven Public Schools’ (NHPS’) efforts to keep the city’s school buildings clean.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Francis Akhalbey

by Francis Akhalbey, Face2FaceAfrica.comKarmelo Anthony, the 17-year-old accused of fatally stabbing another teen during an altercation at a Texas track, was on Monday released after posting a $250,000 bond. Per CBS News, Anthony’s release came after a judge reduced his bond from $1 million to $250,000. Anthony, who is facing a first-degree murder charge, was said to be in the company of a few people when he left the jail.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Laura Glesby

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independentAs the Trump administration slashes federal food bank funding, local food access advocates are calling for New Haven to step in with nearly $1 million in city support. Members of the Greater New Haven Coordinated Food Assistance Network (CFAN) made that request before the Board of Alders Finance Committee during a public hearing Wednesday evening on the mayor’s proposed $703.7 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Thomas Breen

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent“The old tools are still the new tools,” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy told a room of Fair Haven healthcare providers and advocates worried about potential Republican-led cuts to Medicaid. “As much as politics has changed, it is still turnout and protest and volume that makes a difference.”Murphy offered that political advice during a Friday morning meetup at Fair Haven Community Health Care.

1 week ago | theinnercitynews.com | Viktoria Sundqvist

by Viktoria Sundqvist CTNewsJunkieConnecticut Senate Republicans on Sunday issued a statement condemning violence “in the strongest of terms” after a recent arson attack on the Pennsylvania governor’s home. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence in Harrisburg, Pa., was partially burned early Sunday morning, but the Democratic governor, his family and his pets escaped unharmed after just having celebrated the Jewish holiday of Passover, the Associated Press reports.