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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

911 Plan Town Hall Reveals Communal Hurt

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

As an Afghanistan War veteran who suffers from PTSD, a suicide prevention specialist, and a social worker-in-training, Nebiyou Masresha knows what does not help a person experiencing a mental health crisis: A police officer pointing a gun in their face.

Masresha offered that take Thursday night during an emotional, cathartic, and cautiously optimistic town hall held in the Hillhouse High School cafeteria on Sherman Parkway.

He spoke up during a 100-person gathering convened by the city’s Community Services Administration (CSA) along with the Connecticut Mental Health Center, CommuniCare, the city library, the Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health, and The Consultation Center at Yale.

The purpose of the two-hour meeting was to solicit public input on one of the Elicker Administration’s most ambitious—if still nascent—proposals for how to transform New Haven’s emergency first response system.

That is, a so-called “community crisis response team” that will send social workers and trained mental health professionals instead of police officers to certain 911 calls related to homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health.

“We’ve heard a lot about the gaps and

THOMAS BREEN PHOTOS Nebiyou Masresha at Thursday night’s town hall on the city’s emerging “crisis response team” plan.

potential downsides of calling 911” as it exists today, city Community Services Administrator Mehul Dalal told the crowd.

“What this program means to do is send an appropriately qualified team trained in mental health issues, trained around substance abuse issues, trained in deescalation, to go to calls where appropriate, and handle the situation on the scene.”

The program, which the Elicker Administration first announced in August 2020, is still in the planning stage. Comments gathered from Thursday night’s in-person meeting, two previous virtual town halls, and a dozen-plus focus groups will make their way into a report that the city and the Connecticut Mental Health Center will use to inform a future pilot of the crisis response team in action.

Anyone interested in sharing their thoughts on the program with the city can do so by sending an email here, or by texting or calling 475-212-2510.

Even as many who turned out for Thursday’s meeting were cautiously optimistic about a 911 response team better trained to respond to mental health episodes, the overall tone of the meeting was much heavier.

Newhallville community activist Shirley Lawrence perhaps captured that somber and reflective note best when she said, “Where I come from, the whole neighborhood is traumatized. Our neighborhood is traumatized. There’s not enough words to explain what we’re going through, waking up with dead bodies in the back yard and the front yard.

“For those that don’t experience that, for you to sit back and say, ‘That’s in that neighborhood’ ... We can’t do it by ourselves. We’re going to need people from all walks of life to come and help us. And we need it, like, yesterday.”

Goal: Deescalation Thursday night’s meeting was loosely structured around several prompts, such as: What has your experience been calling 911 for a family member or friend experiencing a mental health crisis? What kinds of trained professionals do you think should respond in such situations?

The roughly two dozen people who spoke up over the course of the meeting offered

what felt at times like different melodies in a polyphony of hurt, disappointment, and trauma.

Masresha, who served in the national guard in Afghanistan and who is currently getting a master’s degree in social work from Quinnipiac University, said he has spoken with fellow veterans who have had police officers point guns at them while they are in the midst of a mental health episode.

Treating someone who is “suicidal” like they are “homicidal” does not help at all, he said. “The police tend to escalate the situation, coming in with weapons drawn. Bringing in a social worker would be much easier, because they know how to deescalate,” he said.

Kay Reynolds said that, based on her firsthand experience with police responding a crisis call at home, she has lost all faith in New Haven officers.

“When the police are dispatched to a person in crisis, the unfortunate part is they treat that person in distress like a criminal,” she said. “That is not deescalation. It actually makes the person worse.”

She said she has experienced police officers who are “rude” and “insensitive.

At times, they are threatening and disrespectful. That’s no way to deescalate.”

Newhallville alder candidate Addie Kimbrough said that, when she used to work at the Columbus House homeless Con’t on page

Chief Bonds With Preschoolers At First “Sandy” Read-Aloud Day

by MAYA MCFADDEN New Haven Independent

A new tradition began at Lulac Head Start’s three locations Friday honoring the trailblazing early-childhood educator Sandra “Sandy” Malmquist.

Starting this month on every fourth Friday participating daycares will host a read-aloud for its students at 9:22 a.m in honor of the late Malmquist’s birthday.

Preschool educator Kashonda Lawrence spearheaded the read-aloud initiative.

She celebrated its Friday kick-off with a guest visitor at Lulac Head Start’s Fay Miller Center at 250 Cedar St.: Interim Police Chief Renee Dominguez.

Dominguez joined in support of the initiative and to celebrate pedestrian safety month with the preschoolers.

Malmquist, founder and director of Creating Kids at the CT Children’s Museum, died this past Aug. 9 at the age of 73. In September Lawrence suggested the Lulac team honor her. Rather than a one-time read aloud event, an ongoing initiative was agreed on fir every fourth Friday of the month.

Lawrence, an educator at Lulac for 19 years, met Malmquist during a teacher workshop and was immediately inspired by her passion for education, she said.

“You don’t have to know her to know her legacy should be honored.”

“Sandy built a center for children who need a place of their own, where they can experience the magic and wisdom of learning at their own pace by interacting with exhibits that are full of whimsy and wisdom, in spaces built to their size and specifications: for early childhood educators, working in a myriad of programs throughout the city and its suburbs, needing a place to bring their children and a place where they can find support and inspiration; and for families needing a place of full of color, joy and community where they can play and learn together,” her husband Paul Wessel said in an email.

The Lulac team encourages all other daycare and early-education centers to join the initiative to honor Malmquist and push their kids to gain a love for reading.

In addition to the read-aloud Lulac, will provide each participating family with a copy of the chosen book to help build their home libraries.

For Friday’s launch, Dominguez read the book Hello Sometimes, written by Amy Vatner and published by Read to Grow, to all seven pre-K classes at the Fay Miller Center.

In her role as chief, Dominguez said, she

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTO Chief Dominguez reads aloud Friday at Lulac Center.

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doesn’t do as many read-alouds with the New Haven youth as she once did as a district manager. “My whole day will be better after this,” she said.

“We want to show them that their heroes love reading. And that their parents and teachers do too,” Lawrence said.

While at the center, Dominguez signed the school’s domestic violence pledge.

When Dominguez asked the preschoolers what “chief” means. Most did not know.

But one student responded: “It means you’re the leader!”

As she read, the students pointed out pictures in the Covid-era book, of the kids wearing face masks, on FaceTime, socially distancing, and riding the school bus.

They asked Dominguez questions like: “Do you stop people, put them in a car, and bring them to jail?” “Will my mom go to jail for saying a bad word?” “Are you a real police officer?”

She gifted each student a plastic police badge of their own.

And she received a than-you gift of her own from the students: A handmade card signed with each of their names.

Then a generous duo helped escort Dominguez out for the day.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Guns, Jobs, Clean Streets Motivate Newhallville Voters

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

The issues of gun violence, good jobs, and clean streets brought Newhallville voters to the polls Tuesday, as they came out to choose a mayor, city-town clerk, and new local legislative representative for Ward 20.

Those were some of the issues brought up by Newhallville voters midday Tuesday as they walked to and from the polling place in the cafeteria of Lincoln Bassett School on Bassett Street.

Newhallville’s Ward 20 is one of roughly a half-dozen contested aldermanic races in this year’s municipal elections.

Ward 20 voters are deciding between Democrat Devin Avshalom-Smith and independent Addie Kimbrough (who petitioned her way onto the general election ballot after losing September’s Democratic primary to Avshalom-Smith). Both are vying to fill the aldermanic seat that has been occupied for the past decade by Delphine Clyburn, who recently resigned her post after moving to City Point.

Also on the ballot: mayoral candidates Justin Elicker, the one-term Democratic incumbent; Republican John Carlson; and Independent Macey Torres. And incumbent Democrat Michael Smart is running for a fifth two-year term as city/ town clerk. Republican Anthony Acri is challenging him.

In the brisk fall sunshine, AvshalomSmith, Kimbrough, and their respective supporters stood a few feet apart near the elementary school’s parking lots, making last-minute pitches to voters as they headed to the polls.

“I’m so happy to see Newhallville is now ready to take things to the next level,” said Avshalom-Smith, flanked by community management team leaders Jeanette Sykes and Kim Harris.

He said the comments he’d heard most frequently from voters on Tuesday were about how the city plans to spend its $100 million-plus in federal Covid-relief money, as well as about the need for more good-paying, secure, and accessible jobs for people of all abilities—including those with special needs.

Kimbrough offered a succinct response when asked for her closing pitch: “Vote for me,” she said. She emphasized that she’s still a registered Democrat, even her name doesn’t appear on the Democratic line on the ballot because she lost the primary.

Harris, a local preschool teacher who also chairs the Newhallville Community Management Team, showed up to the polls with a half-dozen Harris-Tucker School students.

“I really love all the people running for alder,” she said. “For me, Devin is the one who I believe can really collaborate, work together,” and bring the neighborhood together. “It’s time for us to know that possibilities are possible.”

THOMAS BREEN PHOTOSAlder candidates Addie Kimbrough and Devin Avshalom-Smith outside Lincoln Bassett on Tuesday.

Kim Harris (center) and Harris-Tucker School students.

She said that neighborhood “unity” is at the top of her priority list this election season. “This race was a hard race.”

She also said she’s been thinking a lot about economic development, and how whoever wins the aldermanic and mayoral races needs to focus on bringing some of the surge in new housing, jobs, construction, and economic vitality downtown up to Newhallville. She said the pending redevelopment of Science Park promises one such potentially transformative project.

“Development is good, but we want development without displacement,” she said. That means that whatever new jobs and new housing and new construction

that comes to the neighborhood should also be open to people who live in Newhallville, and shouldn’t just push them out. “Prosperity” and “wellness” are two words she likes to bring up all the time with her pre-school students—so that they get used to those concepts being used around them, and so that they know they are as deserving of the wealth and growth taking place elsewhere in New Haven as people in other neighborhoods are.

Janie Scott has lived on Bassett Street for 47 years. She was less optimistic than others about Tuesday’s election.

“Nothing’s gonna change” regardless of who wins the aldermanic and may-

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oral races, she said as she left the polling place.

She said the top issues in the neighborhood for her are “there’s too much noise, and people don’t clean.” “The neighborhood needs to be cleaned up,” she said.

And some elected official needs to find a way to stop her neighbors from “blasting music” at all hours.

Jeanette Sykes said she’s supporting Avshalom-Smith for alder because she thinks that, working hand in hand with the management team, he’s best positioned to advocate for neighbors and address some of those very same quality-oflife concerns.

“Depends on the street,” Sykes said

when asked about the biggest issues facing the ward today. On some, it’s street cleaning; on others, it’s the need for more speed humps; on another, it’s the need for tree trimming.

“We need to make sure that the Newhallville platform stays strong” and that the neighborhood still has a “confident, strong leader” in the Aldermanic Chambers, now that Ward 20’s long-time alder has stepped down.

Larry Diggs, who lives on Dorman Street, said his top concern about life in Newhallville today is rising gun violence. “The shootings. That’s the number one issue,” he said. “It’s crazy,” with a new shooting seemingly taking place every other night.

What’s the solution he’d like to see from City Hall? More cops would help, he said. More police walking in the neighborhood. The most important thing is for elected officials to “do something about it.” Because the status quo isn’t working.Another Newhallville resident, who declined to give his name for this article, said that “public safety” and “community policing” are also at the top of the list of what he’d like to see the mayor and the ward’s new alder focus on upon taking office next year. He said police officers rarely stop to say hello—instead just driving or walking by, even when he’s outdoors.

He said he shouldn’t have to initiate a conversation with beat cops, they should be friendly and open and willing to talk and get to know the neighborhood they serve.

Bassett Street resident Myrna Taylor walked to the polls on Tuesday with her 11-year-old grandson, Dominick Gomez.

Taylor said she’s a registered Democrat—but beyond that, she doesn’t follow local politics too closely.

“My philosophy is I don’t do politics.”

With one big caveat, she said. She knows it’s her civic responsibility to vote, and so she never misses an election. “It’s my responsibility.”

Janell Nelson, meanwhile, was at Ward 20’s polling place Tuesday not to vote— but to help give out free clothes and shoes to those in need.

Nelson is the president of a group calls Ladyz of Legacy. She said they travel around the city, setting up tables and coatracks with free clothes to give out to any women and children who need them.

“We’re a women’s group trying to do something positive,” she said. Even though she doesn’t live in Ward 20, she and a half-dozen fellow Ladyz of Legacy volunteers set up shop outside Lincoln Bassett Tuesday because they knew that it was one of the busiest polling places in the city.

By 12:50 p.m., 156 people had voted at the Ward 20 polling place, according to the polling place’s vote counting machine.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Elicker Coasts To Second Term as Mayor, Vows Climate, Youth Focus; “We Crushed It”

by PAUL BASS, LAURA GLESBY, & SOPHIE SONNENFELD New Haven Independent

Justin Elicker won a second two-year term as New Haven’s mayor Tuesday, soundly defeating a Republican challenger in all 30 of the city’s wards.

Elicker defeated Republican John Carlson — the first Republican mayoral candidate in 14 years — by 9,936 to 1,638 votes, or 84 to 13 percent based on tallies from all the city’s voting precincts. The count does not include absentee ballots.

The city collected 1,500 of them, not enough to change the outcome.

Elicker, a Democrat, benefited from his party’s almost 14-1 advantage over the GOP in voting registration.

“We crushed it!” Elicker exulted in a victory speech to supporters at Temple Grill.

“We have put at the forefront compassion and caring for people,” Elicker said.

“We’re finally at a point in our city when we’re not raising taxes and making cuts” every single year, but in a position to invest for the future. “We can choose the path that we’re headed in.”

Looking ahead, Elicker listed four top priorities for his second term: • Climate change. “It is time that our city invests so much more in climate.”

• Youth. He promised to “invest in our young people” more with projects like the new Dixwell Community Q House, which he credited his mayoral predecessor Mayor Toni Harp for taking the lead on.

• Vocational training. “Not every child will go to college. They should know that we believe in them and that there are good jobs in those sectors.”

• Expanding substance abuse and mental health support for “vulnerable populations.”

He also pledged to “get across the finish line” programs like the community crisis response team, which will have social workers and trained mental health professionals instead of police officers respond to certain 911 calls.

Elicker benefited this year from a widespread sense among voters that he had met the historic challenge of his first term — shepherding the city through the Covid-19 pandemic — with competence and seriousness; and that he now deserved a second two-year term to put other plans in place.

That sense changed the script of what might have been an otherwise more contentious campaign year: Elicker originally faced a Democratic mayoral primary challenge from housing authority Executive Director Karen DuBois-Walton. An energetic campaign took place throughout the city until DuBois-Walton pulled out of the race right before August’s Democratic Party convention, as some her top issues — police accountability, racial equity, government experience — failed to register with voters as much as they might have in other years.

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Newly elected Newhallville Alder Devin Avshalom-Smith, Westville Alder Darryl Brackeen Jr., Pastor Kelcy Steele, Rev. Roger Wilkins.

Newly reelected Board of Ed member Ed Joyner with city fire Capt. Troy Frost.

“I have a lot of respect for Dr. DuBoisWalton for her participation in this race,” Elicker said Tuesday night. He congratulated his GOP opponent Carlson for running a “very professional campaign.”

Voters also elected Democrats to all 30 seats on the Board of Alders; and reelected Democratic City/Town Clerk Michael Smart and Board of Education member Edward Joyner.

“City Democrats showed in every ward that there is a vision and proven results for New Haven,” Democratic Town Chair Vincent Mauro Jr. said Tuesday night. “New Haven is a melting pot of ideas and personalities, and we are a good city with good people.”

He offered congratulations as well as to “my friend” Carlson of the GOP.

the airport was considered the third rail of Morris Cove politics. But incumbent Democratic Alder Sal DeCola voted to approve the expansion plan (after amending it) — and he argued that a majority of ward voters now approve of the airport plans although they speak up less than opponents do. His opponent, Republican Steve Orosco, made opposition to the airport his central campaign plank. DeCola ended up winning reelection 614-401, not counting absentee ballots.

“The neighborhood is still solid,” DeCola said afterwards.

“There are a lot of angry people out there. Now we have to move forward.”

Orosco said his showing indicates that 400 people “are telling Sal, ‘You’re on thin ice!”’

Still, the Republicans put up a fight, their biggest fight in more than a decade, including fielding four alder candidates on the east side of town, one on the west side, as well as a clerk and Board of Ed candidate along with Carlson.

“Hopefully in two years it’s a different result,” Carlson told supporters after the polls closed, as they gathered at the party’s Elm Street campaign headquarters.

“We have to stop the shooting. We have to stop the crime. I was happy to participate in this election and bring democracy back to the city.”

One significant alder race took place in Morris Cove’s Ward 18. The campaign became a referendum of sorts on the recent decision to expand Tweed New Haven Airport. Historically, support for

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Southern Connecticut State University brought together New Haven’s three living mayors to celebrate and reflect on a transformative era of city history that is only beginning to be understood.

The occasion was an opening reception Thursday night of an exhibit inside the lobby of the SCSU’s Lyman Center for the Performing Arts.

The exhibit served as a formal launch for a new archive housed both online and in hundreds of boxes inside SCSU’S Buley Library: “The Mayoral Papers Collection.” The “Mayoral Papers” trove of documents — hundreds of thousands of pages worth of speeches, memos, photographs, newspaper clippings, bond agreements, flyers, inaugural gala programs, airport agreements, contracts — charts the tenure of four mayors who led the city for a collective 40 years: Biagio “Ben” DiLieto” (1980-1989), John Daniels (1990-1993), John DeStefano (19942013), and Toni Harp (2014-2019).

The world has paid a lot of attention to their predecessor, Richard C. Lee (19541969), who oversaw the nation’s most intensive per-capita effort to rebuild a city and attempt to eradicate poverty during the urban renewal era. Lee’s papers are at Yale.

The SCSU exhibit unveiled Thursday evening makes a case for seeing the

PAUL BASS PHOTO SCSU President Joe Bertolino, second from left, outside the event with Former Mayors John DeStefano and Toni Harp and current Mayor Justin Elicker.

four mayors as connected. The exhibit is called “Righting Urban Renewal: Four Mayors Grapple with the Legacy of

Urban Renewal.” It tracks how the four mayors — for all their distinct emphases and personalities — spent decades in a

common quest: trying to learn from the physical and social mistakes of the urban renewal era, redefine the modern city as an alternative (rather than echo) of suburbia, and stitch it back together. Think rebuilt Downtown with its arts community and restaurants and state-leading urban-core residential district. Think community policing, Compstat, immigration reform and the rebirth of Fair Haven, the Yale homebuyer program and New Haven Promise. Think Downtown Crossing.

That perspective has informed much of the work of Neil Proto. DiLieto enlisted Proto, a New Haven attorney, to fight the construction of a proposed mall in North Haven that threatened to cannibalize what was left of downtown retail. Proto has dug deep into the urban renewal era since then, publishing much of his findings in the 2020 book Fearless. Proto lent the original trove of documents and then fronted money that got the new SCSU mayoral archive up and running. Thursday’s event was in part a tribute to his role ... ... and to the role of library staffers who spent years meticulously gathering, arranging, and digitizing the archives, such as Jacqueline Toce and Patrick Crowley (pictured) ... ... as well as political science professors Jonathan Wharton and Tess MarchantShapiro, who conducted oral-history interviews and rooted in attics to add ma-

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terials that didn’t show up in the official papers of the mayors or their aides.

It was also an evening to take note of devoted public servants who spent decades working for a number of the mayors to put ambitious ideas into practice. Karyn Gilvarg worked for all four, starting in the development administration, retiring as City Plan director, playing an unsung role in rebuilding New Haven. Rebecca Bombero has continued serving in a top city role under the current administration after playing a trusted role under both DeStefano and Harp. DeStefano justifiably earned credit for the state’s largestever reconstruction and modernization of a school system’s buildings; Susan Weisselberg did the heavy lifting.

After lifetimes of delivering public remarks, Harp and DeStefano did not speak at the event.

Current Mayor Justin Elicker did speak.

He mentioned his predecessors’ living “archives” as well — the projects they put into place that he now cuts ribbons for when they reach the goal line. The near-completion of the Farmington Canal trail, for instance. Or the upcoming opening of the new Dixwell Community Q House, a cornerstone of Mayor Harp’s legacy.

“We are all so connected across different administrations” reflected Elicker, a first-term mayor just getting started on his own legacy.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Garrett Wins Hamden Mayoral Election, Alongside Progressive “Change” Slate

by PAUL BASS, NORA GRACEFLOOD, & MAYA MCFADDEN | Hamden continued its progression to a deep-blue town Tuesday night as Democrat Lauren Garrett won election as mayor.

The race pitted Democrat Garrett against Republican Ron Gambardella, along with two write-in candidates: Al Lotto, who actively sought votes, and incumbent Mayor Curt Leng, who didn’t.

(He said he wanted his name on the ballot in case one of the other candidates suddenly moved “to Pluto.” Such a move did not end up happening.)

Results from the polls showed Garrett collecting 6,144 votes to Gambardella’s 5,052. That does not include absentee ballots. But because fewer than 1,000 absentee ballots were sent out, that means Garrett wins the race.

Lotto and Leng collected a total of 372 write-in votes between them.

Gambardella did win one of the nine polling precincts in town, District 9 (which votes at West Woods School), by a convincing margin, 1,238-680, and another, the First District (which votes at Miller Library), 445-392, and District 8 by 624-525.

Hamden began taking a pronounced deep-blue turn in 2016, when fellow Bernie Sanders presidential campaign volunteers helped Joshua Elliott captured a state representative seat from a veteran centrist Democrat. His supporters continued working on other campaigns in

Town Clerk-Elect Karimah Mickens with victourious Council candidate Cory O’Brien.

MAYA MCFADDEN PHOTOMayor-Elect Garrett FaceTimes with her mom after Tuesday victory.

town, and winning, developing skills and a growing network of contacts. By 2020 progressive forces took control of the Democratic Town Committee. This year they amassed a racially diverse team of 10 candidates to seek positions ranging from mayor and town clerk to Board of Education and Legislative Council. They

won all races, by close to a 2-1 margin, in the Sept. 14 Democratic Party, knocking out a three-term incumbent mayor and the old guard.

Garrett again ran, and won, with an extensive slate of progressive Democratic Council and Board of Education candidates, on ballot “Row A.”

“Row A is so strong and amazing and talented and intelligent,” Garrett told supporters gathered at her home Tuesday night. “I know that we have gotten here together, and we will run this town together, and we will make changes to Hamden together.”

5 Newcomers Win Alder Seats

by THOMAS BREEN

The son of Ecuadorian immigrants, a Fair Haven community organizer, a retired former principal, a state legislative aide, and a retired former police sergeant/community activist will join the Board of Alders next year, as newly elected members of the local legislature’s Class of 2022.

Those five New Haveners—all of whom are Democrats—won their respective aldermanic races during Tuesday’s municipal elections.

They represent an infusion of new blood to a 30-seat Board of Alders that saw 25 of its members—also all Democats—reelected to new two-year terms.

The five newest members of the Board of Alders are: • Alex Guzhnay, who won an uncontested race to replace Eli Sabin as the alder for Downtown/Yale’s Ward 1. Guzhnay is a Yale sophomore who grew up in Fair Haven and is the son of Ecaudorian immigrants. (Sabin will also be staying on the board, after winning an uncontested open race to replace Abby Roth as the alder for Downtown/East Rock’s Ward 7.)

FILE PHOTOSNewly elected alders. Clockwise from top left: Sal Punzo, Alex Guzhnay, Devin Avshalom-Smith, Sarah Miller, and Shafiq Abdussabur.

• Sarah Miller, who won an uncontested race to replace Paola Acosta as the alder for Fair Haven’s Ward 14. Miller is a Fair

Haven community organizer and public school parent activist who most recently has helped lead violence-interruption ini-

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tiatives on Grand Avenue and Ferry Street.

Read more about her here and here.

• Sal Punzo, who defeated Republican challenger AnneMarie Rivera-Berrios 359-87 (not counting absentee ballots) to replace Jody Ortiz as the alder for the Annex’s Ward 17. Punzo is a retired former teacher and principal who worked for the New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) for 49 years. Read more about him here and here.

• Devin Avshalom-Smith, who defeated independent challenger Addie Kimbrough 344-41 (not counting absentee ballots) to replace Delphine Clyburn as the alder for Newhallville’s Ward 20. (Oscar Havyarimana has spent the past few months filling in as interim alder since Clyburn resigned this summer.) Avshalom-Smith is a legislative aide for New Haven State Rep. Robyn Porter and as the clerk for the state legislature’s Labor Committee, which Porter co-chairs.

• Shafiq Abdussabur, who won an uncontested race to replace Jill Marks as the alder for Beaver Hills’ Ward 28. Abdussabur is a retired former New Haven Police Department (NHPD) sergeant and Beaver Hills community organizer.

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911 Plan Town Hall Reveals Communal Hurt

shelter, she saw police “rough up” people going who were clearly going through withdrawal for a drug addiction.

She also recalled a time when she called 911 on a man who was “really drunk” late at night on Dixwell Avenue. She stuck around to make sure the man was OK. “Police just threw him around,” she said. “That’s not what people need. They need help.”

A West River resident spoke about recently calling 911 because a neighbor was “in distress.” By the time the ambulance arrived, the man appeared to be doing better. He refused medical care and went back into his home. But the ambulance stuck around until police officers arrived, and then police officers wound up going into the man’s home. “I don’t want to call police for my neighbors that I don’t know very well and have it become harmful,” she said.

Nish Pandya, a pediatrician at Yale Children’s Hospital, said he has “lost count of the number of kids we’ve taken care of in the emergency room” going through the exact situation that so many described on Thursday.

That is: a kid is in distress, a parent calls 911, a police officer arrives and, ill equipped to help with the mental health episode, winds up only agitating the child further.

“The police they’ve interacted with have not helped deescalate the situation,” he said, “If anything else, they’ve escalated it further.”

Pandya and several others who spoke up Thursday praised the prospect of having a trained mental health professional respond to such calls. They also spoke about the need for having people nearby who a person in crisis trusts—a family member, a friend, a neighbor—so that that person experiencing a mental health episode is not just surrounded by strangers, even if they are trained professionals.

Shafiq Abdussabur, a retired former New Haven police sergeant and current Beaver Hills alder candidate, raised a host of questions about how the community crisis response team would work: How it would dovetail with current police and fire department responsibilities?

What kind of training and certifications would its team members be required to have? What kind of oversight will team members have? Is there any evidence that such a program would help reduce violent crime?

Standing alongside his son Ismail, who is a city police officer, Abdussabur spoke about the strain that the cops are currently under: working mandatory double shifts, facing budget cuts, all as gun violence is on the rise.

He promised to keep an open mind on the program. And he conceded one of the main points behind the city’s push to create such a program in the first place.

“Cops were never designed to handle mental health incidents,” he said. “The system was never designed for that.”

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Sister’s Journey November Survivor of the Month - Sandra Walker My journey began on a beautiful sunny day, March 24, 2010. I was driving to my routine mammogram appointment, talking to my older brother. He asked where I was going, and I told him. He said, “What’s wrong?” “Nothing, just a routine mammogram,” I replied. Little did I know that this day, at age 46, would change my life forever.

I recall two weeks prior to my mammogram there was a guest speaker from the Yale Breast Center in our social work staff meeting. She stated one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer.

I remember looking around the room at the time and counting off: 1-2-3-4-5-6-78, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, and thinking, WOW! On that bright sunny March day, I became Number 8. The doctor came in, looked at my mammogram and said, “You have breast cancer” – as bold and direct as that! I remember the nurse trying to ease his blow, but the blow had landed hard. A mass was found under my right armpit.

On March 29, I met with a surgeon, Dr. Sayer. He performed a core biopsy and needle aspiration. Results: abnormal cells and benign breast tissue. Surgery was scheduled for a lumpectomy on April 7.

Cancer was found in the sentinel node – positive for invasive ductal carcinoma.

There was no mass noted in the breast.

Unfortunately, my diagnosis was not so clear-cut. Following an MRI and CT scan, my tumor markers and histopathology were “highly suggestive of thyroid cancer and secondary for lung cancer.”

I had what they diagnosed as an unknown primary. A PET scan on April 20 revealed nothing new other than what was noted on the MRI. Dr. Sayer suggested I go for a second opinion. My journey then took me to the Smilow Center at Yale.

On April 23 I met the oncologist, Dr. Abu-Khalaf, who would work tirelessly to find the source of my cancer. Through countless tests (biopsies, neck and full body CAT scans, pelvic ultrasound, and MRIs) they found a 2mm ductal carcinoma in my right breast. The nurses, who I got to know pretty well, actually cheered when it was found. After a long three months, I was able to say, “I have breast cancer.”

On June 7, the day before my 47th birthday, I began chemotherapy. Ironically, because I was in “good health,” I was judged able to tolerate a cocktail of ACT (Adriamycin, Cytoxan and Taxol).

I received eight rounds of chemotherapy that ended on September 13, and on October 21, I had surgery to conduct a double mastectomy. I have been blessed with great fortune, so this was not my journey to travel alone. My husband Reinhard said, “If I could change places with you, I’d do it in a heartbeat.” He 2 was my rock throughout this journey. He also kept EVERYONE notified of everything, every step of the way through his emails – it was our journey.

My sons, Reinhard II and Harrison,

shaved their heads with me and kept things as normal as possible throughout the battle – it was our journey.

For my twin sister Ramona, who traveled the road with me daily and who was there for the last chemo through the tears we shared when it ended – it was our journey.

For my nieces and nephews who checked in with me constantly, for those who traveled to Connecticut because they had to see for themselves that I was doing ok, and for the amazing brother-in law who brought them and prayed for me daily and spoke to me before every appointment (and still does) – it was our journey.

For the Lincoln family who was constant throughout, offering their beach house as a get away, who took our son to driving school and later to his road test when we couldn’t, and for providing strong support for our entire family – it was our journey.

For Sue, who gave me a bracelet when I was diagnosed, one that had been given to her when she was diagnosed – it was our journey. I later gave that bracelet to someone else who was diagnosed.

For the numerous friends and coworkers who organized meals for my family, and who called me daily; for those who helped me before, during, and after when, after nerve damage made it difficult to even make my bed – it was our journey.

And for Patti Z from whom I received a card in the mail after every treatment, helping to count down the chemo with me – it was our journey.

For Marie, who traveled this journey in a way only we can possibly understand, and who nominated me for this honor – it was our journey.

Suffice to say, I did not travel this journey alone. Although I had to go through the physical and emotional changes/chal-

lenges, I had so many people who lifted me up daily and were by my side. Without those people I would not be able to celebrate 10 years being cancer free.

There were many days in which I would worry and cry about what the future held.

Then one day I received an article in the mail entitled, “Simplify.” It became a goal I strive for daily. It stated, “Don’t worry for your future needs, it will only bring you sorrow; But give them to the Lord instead. He’ll take care of your tomorrow.” -Sper 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, 1-2-3-45-6-7-8, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8.

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Climate Rally Outside Yale Plant:

“Trick Or Treat, Climate Change Must Be Beat!”

by SOPHIE SONNENFELD New Haven Independent

As grey clouds swirled above, 30 New Haveners dressed as goblins, ghosts, and ghouls, gathered outside the Yale power plant at Grove and York Streets for a New Haven Climate Movement rally at the “scariest place in New Haven.”

Protesters at the rally Friday evening called on Mayor Justin Elicker to commit a least 10 percent of New Haven’s $100plus million in federal pandemic-relief funds from the American Rescue Plan towards climate solutions.

Yale first-year and Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School graduate Kiana Flores emceed Friday’s event.

“Halloween is a time to show the ugly and the scary. And nothing is uglier or scarier than climate change and climate inaction,” she told the crowd.

The “Climate Nightmare on Grove Street” event was intended as a follow-up on the New Haven Climate Movement’s protest in late September, when demonstrated demanded Yale and Elicker invest in climate action. At that event, Elicker promised to create a climate department and direct part of the American Rescue Plan funding to climate action.

“We want to let him know that we’re still waiting,” Flores said.

Yale Sophomore Lumisa Bista represented the Yale Endowment Justice Coalition at Friday’s rally. “We are undeniably amidst a catastrophic crisis that Yale has fueled. Yale is not only complicit but culpable for the irreversible damage caused by the climate crisis through its exploitative practices that harm front-line communities,” she said.

The central power plant where the rally was held is one of four run by Yale. Three of those plants are in New Haven; the other is in West Haven.

The power plant burns oil and natural gas to generate and distribute energy underground to all iniversity buildings.

In 2019 the central power plant emitted an estimated over 100,000 metric tons of carbon. Bista said that considering the “approximated social cost” of those carbon emissions would amount to $10.4 million of climate debt per year attributed to Yale.

In her speech, she called on Yale to fully divest its endowment from fossil fuels and to eliminate its reliance on oil and natural gas.

Bista highlighted Yale’s pledge announced in 2017 to go carbon-neutral by 2050. “However if Yale wants to keep up this commitment, it needs to start taking action now. They’ve also made a promise to New Haveners that they are going to take action against climate change and that they are going to use their influence and their affluence in reducing their carbon emissions.”

Flores led the crowd in chanting call and responses: “What’s scary?” “Yale’s power plant!” “What’s scary?” “Yale’s

Lumisa Bista.

inaction!” “And New Haveners say?”

“Yale, step up!”

Ben Scudder, who teaches U.S. history at High School in the Community, attended Friday’s rally in a pumpkin costume.

He said he would like to see better bicycle infrastructure in the city. “I want New Haven to be a leader in the United States, but it’s not,” he said.

Three NHCM members dressed in dark cloaks representing the “past, present, and future ghosts” of climate change in New

Patricia Joseph (center), Rosie Hampson (left) and Sophia Rivkin.

Haven.

Wilbur Cross student Rosie Hampson painted her cloak with fires to symbolize wildfires caused by climate change.

She pointed to high asthma rates in New Haven as tangible damage due to climate change.

To combat these effects of climate change, Hampson said, government officials and organizations should follow through on promises. “We must ensure that these commitments are not merely

words on a page or in a speech.”

Co-Op student Sophia Rivkin was dressed as the ghost of the future. She described what the world swallowed by the effects of climate change would look like in 2050. “Together you must fight as a whole and fight for a future you can live in and for a future that you can proudly pass down to succeeding generations,” she said.

Rivkin called for stepped-up investments in green technology and climate

education.

First-year Hartford Art School student and NHCM member Benjamin Carson spoke about receiving air quality warnings in northern Connecticut due to wildfires in California: “These all sound like the opening plot points of a horror movie and they’re happening in my lifetime and in my hometown.”

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Mayor Gets His (Flu) Shot

by THOMAS BREEN

New Haven Independent

Mayor Justin Elicker rolled up his sleeve and got vaccinated—against the flu, as part of a citywide effort to get shots in arms to protect New Haveners from more than just Covid.

Elicker got his shot Monday midday in a fourth-floor Health Department clinic at the municipal office building at 200 Orange St. “Getting the flu vaccine dramatically reduces the likelihood of getting the flu or severely sick,” he said at a pre-shot press conference on the ground floor of City Hall. “It’s a very important thing to get.

It is harmless, other than a quick shot.”

Standing alongside city Health Director Maritza Bond, Varick Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church Pastor Kelcy Steele, and Greater New Haven Clergy Association President Roger Wilkins, Elicker cited public-health pluses to getting a flu shot during the ongoing Covid pandemic.

“If we ensure we’re getting a flu vaccine in many folks across the city, it puts less strain on our hospitals,” he said. “It re-

THOMAS BREEN PHOTO Mayor Elicker gets his flu shot Monday.

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duces the likelihood that folks are getting sick. It also reduces the likelihood that there’s disruption in schools, and disruption to work, because people may not know that they have the flu or Covid.”

Bond said that the local Health Department is closely monitoring flu cases statewide. So far, she said, the state has seen one influenza-related death this year. That number could rise because many Connecticut communities, unlike New Haven, no longer have mask mandates. Thus the importance of getting flu shots.

The city is encouraging anyone over 6 months old to get a flu shot. People can do so by going to their physician, or to a pharmacy, or to the city Health Department at 200 Orange St. or 54 Meadow St. Steele said that his Dixwell Avenue church will also be a flu vaccination site this flu season. “By any means necessary, we are encouraging everyone to get their flu vaccines,” he said. “God wants us to administer to both mind, body, and spirit, and we must stand at the intersection of spirituality and science.”

“Spirit Of The Havens” Takes Flight THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

by THOMAS BREEN

“It’s a beautiful day to fly,” the pilot said over the intercom.

Over 100 passengers—including self-described “aviation nerds” who had traveled from as far as Kansas and Denver for the ride, along with vacationers, reporters, and business boosters—packed together and clicked their seat belts. The “Spirit of The Havens” taxied down the runway for its maiden two-hour-46-minute voyage from New Haven to Orlando. And a new era of local aviation was born.

That was the scene Wednesday morning at the Morris Cove airport straddling the New Haven-East Haven town line.

The purple-and-white Boeing 737-700 airplane—which had the name “Spirit of the Havens” printed on its nose—ascended on Avelo’s first flight from New Haven since it announced that Tweed will be its East Coast hub.

The recently formed budget airline— which kicked off earlier this year with various West Coast routes based out of Burbank, California—is selling one-way, New Haven-to-Florida tickets for as low as $59.

In the coming days and weeks, Avelo plans to expand its new commercial service from New Haven to include direct flights to six destinations in Florida: Orlando, Tampa Bay, Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, and Sarasota.

“Nerds, “Enthusiasts,” & “Geeks” ... Unite!

Soon before takeoff Wednesday, a fire truck parked on the runway sprayed the plane with water—what the pilot described as a “water cannon salute,” a rite of passage for inaugural flights. “It’s a fun tradition,” he said over the intercom.

As the plane picked up speed, lifted its wheels and went airborne, the dozens of masked passengers in the packed cabin cheered from their seats. They did the same when the plane landed to 81-degree weather, palm trees, clear skies, and another water cannon salute in Orlando at around 1:45 p.m.

In between, while at cruising altitude heading south down the East Coast, some passengers got up from their cramped seats (no in-flight movies, no food beyond a cookie and a bottle of water, no WiFi, no frills), and took selfies with Avelo Airlines CEO Andrew Levy and Avports CEO Jorge Roberts, two of the key figures behind the new Tweed-Florida service. Many pressed their cellphones to the planes’ windows, photographing the blue expanse of the Long Island Sound.

Among the passengers were the “aviation enthusiasts”—people, almost all young men, who traveled all across the country to make it to New Haven Wednesday morning to participate in a little bit of airline history.

That is, flying on Avelo’s first East Coast flight from New Haven to Orlando.

Solovive said his one gripe about the cost of flying out of Tweed was the $42 per day he paid to park at the airport.

That’s because you parked in the lot right next to the departure terminal, Scheinman

Waiting to board Avelo’s Boeing 737 to Orlando on Wednesday.

pointed out. A separate airport parking lot a slightly further walk away would have cost under $20 per day.

Solovive shrugged and smiled. He parked closer for the convenience, he said.

Tim Powaleney and Connor Blevins also got in on Wednesday’s flight because, as Powaleney said, “we’re aviation geeks.”

Blevins lives in Boston, and Powaleney lives in Orlando. Powalaney said he regularly visits this part of Southern Connecticut because he grew up in, and still has family in, Madison.

“For Thanksgiving alone, I’m excited” to be able to travel directly from Orlando to New Haven by plane, Powalaney said. Especially since his one-way ticket from New Haven to Orlando on Wednesday cost only $77 in total.

And what made Avelo’s first New Havento-Orlando flight fun for an aviation geek like himself? Blevins smiled as he squinted in the sun. “It’s just so random,” he replied.

Some of the travelers were Avelo and Avports directors and employees who came on board to celebrate the airline’s inaugural East Coast flight.

One such airline employee was Kim Howard—who turned out for Wednesday’s flight as an East Shore neighbor in support of a larger airport, as a local who was recently hired by Avelo as part of Tweed’s expansion, and as the lead flight attendant on Wednesday’s flight down to Orlando.

Howard lives nearby on Hall Street. She said she was a nurse for 18 years before deciding on a career change to aviation.

She trained to become a flight attendant, and was hired by Avelo to work out of the

airport just down the road from her home.

“It was a jump of faith, but it’s been an amazing experience,” she said about moving into her new airbound career. “Being a nurse and being a flight attendant are both about taking care of people.”

As a neighbor to the airport, she said, she’s excited to have accessible flights that she can actually afford.

Is she worried about noise from the new, more frequent flights?

Not at all, she replied. That’s because her home has already been soundproofed as part of an earlier Tweed effort to appease airport neighbors by mitigating the impact of airplane noise.

Some of Wednesday’s travelers were heading down to Florida on vacation, to see elderly parents, or—in one case—to cheer on two daughters as they play in a softball tournament.

“I’m going on a mini-vacation” to meet up with his parents and go to Disney World, said Matt Gill, who lives in Monroe. He said Wednesday was his first time ever flying from Tweed. Putting on his belt and shoes after the five minutes it took to get through the TSA security check, Gill marveled, “It’s different from Bradley. A lot quicker.”

Mike and Christina Bolick from Oxford were also heading to Orlando on vacation.

They also said Wednesday was their first time flying from Tweed. “Couldn’t be happier,” Mike said about the expanding airport and the direct flights to Florida. “It’s getting cold” in Connecticut, he said. Time to head to sunnier territory.

Russ and Roxanne Senerchia of North

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Branford said they were flying down to Orlando to attend a softball tournament that two of their daughters are playing in. “It’ll be nice,” Roxanne said about the direct New Haven-to-Florida connection.

Local historian and pizza aficionado Colin Caplan showed up to the airport to watch Avelo’s first plane depart—and to prepare for a New Haven-to-Orlando flight he has tickets for this Friday.

In addition to his New Haven-based businesses, Caplan said, he runs food tours, party bike tours, and party boat tours in Sanford, Florida, not far from Orlando.

“This is awesome. This is so convenient for people doing business” in New Haven and Florida like himself, he said about the new Avelo flights.

He plans to spend a week down in Florida on this upcoming trip. During that time, he aims to test out his company’s party boat— and to “soak up as much sun as possible.”

“Smooth Air” True to the pilot’s pre-departure promise, Wednesday’s inaugural flight had almost no bumps. “Pretty smooth air,” he said.

Levy handed out commemorative “First Flight” pamphlets that included pockets to store one’s boarding pass as a souvenir.

After landing in Orlando, Levy joined two officials from the central Florida airport for another, much briefer press conference before some of those who had flown down from New Haven to Orlando got right back on the plane to fly two hours back north.

Levy praised Orlando as one of the nation’s best theme park destinations, as well as a city that has grown significantly in recent years. He said Avelo’s new Tweed-

Florida service will open up a previously difficult-to-reach-by-plane section of Southern Connecticut to Florida travelers.

“This is the start of a new era,” he said.

On To Bigger Things To Tweed supporters and air travel enthusiasts from across the country, Wednesday’s presser and subsequent nonstop two-hour-and-46-minute flight from New Haven to central Florida marked a milestone in Tweed’s bid to become a bigger airport.

“Today, for the first time ever in the history of Connecticut, there will be nonstop service directly to Florida from Southern Connecticut,” Tweed New Haven Airport Authority Executive Director Sean Scanlon declared to applause during a runway presser held beneath a crystalline-blue sky.

He described Avelo’s kickoff at Tweed as part of a larger planned expansion of the regional airport that will help Tweed “meet its full potential” and offer “a vibrant second choice” for Southern Connecticut air travelers who do not want to make the trip up to Bradley Airport in Hartford.

“This is part of something so much bigger,” said Gov. Ned Lamont, who made a key gubernatorial campaign stop in 2018 at Tweed and has long promised to push for a larger airport in New Haven. “It’s the rejuvenation of an airport that originally started in 1931. ... Regional airports are a big part of our economic future.”

He described the Greater New Haven area as “an economic hub and a transportation hub.”

“This is where people are gonna go,” he said. “And this is why we ought to be expanding right here.”

“We like being the first,” said Avelo CEO Andrew Levy. “We like doing things differently. And we like taking risks.

“This is a risk we feel really comfortable taking.”

Wednesday’s liftoff came several weeks after the Board of Alders approved a new 43-year agreement between the city and the airport authority that paves the way for a separate, still-in-the-works 43-year agreement between the airport authority and Avports. Avports, the Goldman Sachs-owned company that has managed Tweed for the past two decades, has promised to invest $70 million in extending the airport’s runway and building a new four-to-six gate terminal on the East Haven side of the property in a bid to attract new commercial air carriers.

Scanlon said that the airport authority, Avports, and Avelo are roughly three-quarters of the way through $10 million worth of upgrades to the current New Haven-side terminal buildings to make way for Avelo.

Some of those improvements include new signing, reconfigured parking, check-in trailers, the setting up of Whole G cafe in the departure terminal waiting area, and the conversion of the existing terminal to a departures-only building, and the existing administration building into arrivals-only.

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Fab 5 Freddy, Former Host of Yo! MTV Raps, is Now Defending Blacks Charged With Marijuana Crimes BlackNews.com

B NOBLE Inc. and Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) (“Curaleaf” or the “Company”), a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis, has announced the continuation of its national roll-out of the B NOBLE brand two-pack pre-rolls to dispensaries in Arizona, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, and Oregon. Since rolling out in July 2021 in Massachusetts and Maryland, today B NOBLE is now available in eight states.

B NOBLE was founded in partnership with well-known visual artist, filmmaker, and hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy to raise awareness and create funding to defend people from cannabis-related criminalization. The brand is dedicated to telling the story of namesake Bernard Noble, who was arrested in Louisiana and sentenced to 13 years in prison for possessing the equivalent of two joints. In 2017, Bernard’s case began to draw attention across the country, and he quickly became a national symbol for the need to reform the country’s unjust drug laws, sparking advocacy and a movement to free him. As a result, Bernard was released seven years into his sentence.

Each B Noble Pre-Roll pack contains two One Gram pre-rolls for a total of Two Grams of cannabis. This number was deliberately chosen for the brand’s inaugural product as a reminder of the harsh sentence Bernard faced for possessing the equivalent of two joints at the time of his arrest.

“Our partnership with Curaleaf is our deeper dive into dedicated social equity work,” said Fab 5 Freddy. “B NOBLE exists to generate support for the defense of people impacted by the War on Drugs.”

Ten percent of proceeds from the sale of each B NOBLE product will be donated to a local organization dedicated to advancing social equity and providing opportunities to those directly impacted by the War on Drugs. The organizations benefiting from B NOBLE include: • Maine, Michigan, Nevada: Changing Perceptions, which prepares the reentry community to successfully participate in the 21st-century workforce by helping individuals identify, navigate, and solve personal barriers to success, improve self-confidence, and develop meaningful workforce and entrepreneurial skills in a nurturing, family-oriented environment.

• Illinois: The North Lawndale Employment Network, which runs multiple programs for returning citizens to find work. These include U-Turn Permitted, a four-week job readiness training program for individuals with a felony background.

They also run Self-Employment Pathways for Women, a job readiness program for returning women that teaches the skills needed to run a small business.

• Arizona: The S.T.A.R.T Project, which advocates for changes to harsh sentencing laws, improved prison conditions, and reentry resources for returning citizens. Our goal is to secure a better corrections experience for incarcerated people and their families through charitable outreach and community involvement.

• Oregon: The Oregon Justice Resource Center was founded in 2011 by Bobbin Singh and Erin McKee with a goal to promote civil rights and improve legal representation for communities that have often been underserved in the past: people living in poverty and people of color among them.

“When you choose B NOBLE, you choose to be a part of the work that rights the wrongs of the past and paves the

way for an equitable and inclusive future where non-violent cannabis-related incarceration is erased once and for all,” said Curaleaf Chief Executive Officer Joe Bayern.

This partnership with B NOBLE is Curaleaf’s first large-scale brand venture in alignment with its dedicated social equity work, as a part of its Rooted in Good corporate social responsibility program.

Led by Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility Khadijah Tribble, Rooted in Good delivers social impact by focusing efforts within three key pillars: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Social Equity; and Sustainability, ultimately achieving key goals through the Company’s strategic social partnerships.

During MJ Biz Con in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 21, Curaleaf will host a private event celebrating B Noble and other key product launches, with a guest appearance from Fab 5 Freddy.

To learn more about B Noble, please visit www.curaleaf.com/bnoble About B NOBLE B NOBLE is a for-profit, cause-based cannabis brand. Founded by Fab 5 Freddy [Yo! MTV Raps, Grass is Greener], B NOBLE aims to help liberate Americans that are and have been incarcerated for non-violent cannabis-related charges.

Bernard Noble was sentenced to 13 years of hard labor for carrying less than two joints worth of cannabis and was released after spending seven years behind bars.

It is a landmark case that demonstrates the impact of severe U.S. laws on cannabis, and Bernard’s story represents one of the 600,000 people each year who are arrested for cannabis possession and suffer collateral consequences as a result of the War on Drugs. For more information,

please visit B-NOBLE.com About Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. Curaleaf Holdings, Inc. (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) (“Curaleaf”) is a leading international provider of consumer products in cannabis with a mission to improve lives by providing clarity around cannabis and confidence around consumption. As a high-growth cannabis company known for quality, expertise and reliability, the Company and its brands, including Curaleaf and Select, provide industry-leading service, product selection and accessibility across the medical and adult-use markets. In the

United States, Curaleaf currently operates in 23 states with 111 dispensaries, 22 cultivation sites and over 30 processing sites, and employs over 5,400 team members. Curaleaf International is the largest vertically integrated cannabis company in Europe with a unique supply and distribution network throughout the European market, bringing together pioneering science and research with cutting-edge cultivation, extraction, and production.

Curaleaf is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol CURA and trades on the OTCQX market under the symbol CURLF. For more information, please visit https://ir.curaleaf.com

Immunocompromised May Need Fourth COVID Shot

by Jessica Daniels, BlackDoctor.org

Severely immunocompromised people may require a fourth mRNA coronavirus shot, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

The agency didn’t provide an official recommendation about a fourth shot in its updated guidelines, but did say that people should talk to their doctors to determine if one is necessary, CNN reports.

In August, the CDC authorized a third dose for certain immunocompromised people 18 and older who may not have a complete immune response from the first two doses.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved booster shots of all three available vaccines in the United States for certain people, including those with compromised immune systems.

Why would a fourth shot be needed?

drugs that may suppress their immune systems, according to the CDC. The CDC estimates about 9 million Americans, or roughly 2% of the population, fall into this category.

People who are immunocompromised who got the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot should get a booster at least two months after their initial vaccine.

People who choose a Moderna vaccine as a booster, even if they received a different vaccine as the first dose, should get the half-dose-sized shot that was authorized as a booster for Moderna’s vaccine, the CDC said in its recommendations.

Even if they are vaccinated, the CDC recommends people with conditions that compromise their immune systems should still try to avoid crowds and poorly ventilated spaces, and should wear a mask in indoor public spaces.

According to the CDC, small studies have found that fully vaccinated immunocompromised people accounted for about 44% of the breakthrough cases that led to hospitalization.

And one Johns Hopkins University study found that vaccinated immunocompromised people were 485 times more likely than most vaccinated people to be hospitalized with COVID-19 or die from the disease.

Research shows that a booster shot improves the antibody response to the vaccine in certain immunocompromised people.

Moderately to severely immunocompromised people include those who are being treated for cancers of the blood or for tumors, certain organ transplant and stem cell recipients, people with advanced or untreated HIV, and those who take a high-dose corticosteroids or other

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More Black Folk Need to Be Anthropologists

by Trepan Michelle, Black Art In America www.blackartinamerica.com

I like learning about how black people live around the world. I like to traveling to go see it for myself. Like eating the different foods and listening to the different music. I LOVE seeing how much we have common. That’s why I ask so many questions—to old black folks, especially.

In the last couple years, I’ve been sharing the conversations I have. Krak Teet is an example of that. I also share audio and video sometimes. I call that work “story gathering.” For myself specifically, I call it “Zora Neale Hurstoning,” because our styles of gathering and telling stories are a lot alike.

Textbooks call us “anthropologists” and “ethnographers.” I use those terms when I need to, but I don’t care for them personally. I feel like they create distance between me and my people. They’re also intimidating, and the work is far too important for us to shoo it away.

We need more black folk who want to be anthropologists. I’m realizing that more and more. Oral history tells the story of what actually happened and what also happened. These are the stories that are usually left out of the newspapers, because they’re told by folk who ain’t gon’ talk to the news people. We still need their stories though.

Their stories teach us: • how our elders and ancestors survived

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• how they saved money • their opinions on what was going on in the world at that time • what was important to ’em • what they put their faith in • what patterns they were noticing • and the stories that were passed down to ’em It’s so easy to do. You can even (and probably should) start with your own family. Turn on ya phone recorder and start asking folk questions. Here are 10 questions in case you need help getting

started. Keep it casual. It’s a conversation. Be so curious that you come off as child-like. And save what you record, even if it’s just two minutes of audio. I recommend saving it on a cloud, because if you lose or break your device then your interviews are gone.

Once you’ve stocked up enough interviews, then you can decide what you want to do with it. Maybe you put it on a CD and share it with all your family members. Maybe you start a podcast.

You can also share them with the Library

Trelani Michelle, Black Art In America website.

of Congress or even your local historical society.

I interviewed 21 elders for Krak Teet between 2016-2019 and only 3 of them are still living. That gave me a sense of urgency to continue doing the work, yeah, but also get more people doing it. It ain’t hard. Anthropologists don’t need a college degree and you don’t need to turn ya badge in at work to do it. Just…do it.

It’s a deep sense of gratitude and satisfaction that you get from replaying those recordings after the person you in-

terviewed is no longer here with us. Not in an ego kinda way either, but a wow. A whew. A thank God I did that.

TRELANI MICHELLE is a writer, editor, and a historian who’s helped over 1,500 teens and grown folk write and showcase their personal stories through memoirs, poetry, podcasts, and visual art.

She wrote her first book, What the Devil Meant for Bad, in 2012 while a senior at Savannah State University. In 2016, she received a Master’s in Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

While a graduate student, she started Zora Neale Hurstoning, interviewing 19 black elders over the age of 80 in Savannah, and wrote a book called Krak Teet with their stories. Michelle co-created a curriculum that centered social issues, self-exploration, writing, and ethnography and taught it to high schoolers in an after-school program for two years.

In the summer of 2018, she completed a 10-week internship at the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center where she curated and digitized Gullah Geechee collections, wrote and recorded podcast scripts, and held original handwritten manuscripts of Zora Neale Hurston. In addition to The Library of Congress, Michelle has partnered with UNC’s Black Communities Conference, the City of Savannah, the Jepson Center, Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Highlander Research and Education Center, the Deep Center, and the Life Balance and Wellness Institute to help people share their personal stories.

November is Native American History Month www.nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov

What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose.

One of the very proponents of an American Indian Day was Dr. Arthur C. Parker, a Seneca Indian, who was the director of the Museum of Arts and Science in Rochester, N.Y. He persuaded the Boy Scouts of America to set aside a day for the “First Americans” and for three years they adopted such a day. In 1915, the annual Congress of the American Indian Association meeting in Lawrence, Kans., formally approved a plan concerning American Indian Day. It directed its president, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, an Arapahoe, to call upon the country to

observe such a day. Coolidge issued a proclamation on Sept. 28, 1915, which declared the second Saturday of each May as an American Indian Day and contained the first formal appeal for recognition of Indians as citizens.

The year before this proclamation was issued, Red Fox James, a Blackfoot Indian, rode horseback from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On December 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House. There is no record, however, of such a national day being proclaimed.

The first American Indian Day in a state was declared on the second Saturday in May 1916 by the governor of New York. Several states celebrate the fourth Friday in September. In Illinois, for example, legislators enacted such a day in 1919. Presently, several states have designated Columbus Day as Native American Day, but it continues to

be a day we observe without any recognition as a national legal holiday.

In 1990 President George H. W. Bush approved a joint resolution designat-

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ing November 1990 “National American Indian Heritage Month.” Similar proclamations, under variants on the name (including “Native American

Heritage Month” and “National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month”) have been issued each year since 1994.

Con’t from page 08 codes, and dirty fossil fuel energy as the root of some climate change damages.

“We have zombie infrastructure in our state that spreads like a virus. Its symptoms are poor health quality and climate disasters. Zombie infrastructure like the Yale Power Plant.”

NHCM member Elisa Cruz then presented three “Scary Future Awards” 2021 to Yale, the city, and building developers.

She gave Yale the “Dracula Award” because “it keeps sucking from future generations and their present GHG emissions will be attacking life for thousands of years through the Yale power plant.”

She said the NHCM recommends Yale take action to “electrify everything,” with Mayor Elicker calling a meeting of key institutions to accelerate this transition and lead the way.

Cruz gave New Haven the “Zombie Award” and said the city should change car-centric roads and make them “more equitable.”

Cruz gave the “Frankenstein Award” to developers for “continuing building using fossil fuel hookups when it’s clear they need to stop or face climate disaster.”

She said the city needs to push developers to shift towards all-electric energey sources.

Flores concluded Friday’s rally by creating a witch’s brew by sprinkling bits of paper into a cauldron as she listed solutions to tackle climate change.

What, Ned Worry?

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by PAUL BASS

New Haven Independent

Many Democrats nationwide woke up fretting Wednesday about their prospects in next year’s elections. But not Connecticut’s top Democrat expected to seek reelection, Gov. Ned Lamont.

At least not based on Lamont’s answers at a press conference held in New Haven.

Reporters asked Lamont about the impact of Tuesday’s night’s victory by a Republican challenger in Virginia’s governor’s race and a too-close-to-call governor’s race in an other blue state, New Jersey.

Democrats nationwide interpreted those races — in states Joe Biden won comfortably in the 2020 presidential election — as warning signs for Democrats running next year.

Republicans had the same interpretation. Here’s state GOP Chairman Ben Proto quoted in a release issued Wednesday: “The election bodes well for a strong 2022 for Republicans. Last night’s election speaks to the overwhelming buyer’s remorse that is being felt nationally and right here in Connecticut. Fiscally and socially, Democrats are jamming their failing policies down people’s throats and Connecticut is waking up and pushing

PAUL BASS PHOTOLamont fields questions Wednesday on Scranton Street.

back. Democrats are shutting parents out of the decision-making process with their children’s health and education. Democrats are trying to levy a new gas tax on top of skyrocketing prices at the pump. Worst yet, Democrats are denying any increase to crime in Connecticut even though their own members are responsible for watering down the state criminal justice system and handcuffing law enforcement.”

Proto also cited 20 municipal races in Connecticut where Republicans won previously-held Democratic offices.

Lamont hasn’t officially announced yet that he’s running for reelection. But it’s taken as a given in political circles that he will, and no other Democrats have emerged to seek the gubernatorial nomination.

At a a separate press conference held after the completion of this unrelated event held on Scranton Street, Lamont offered a shrug when asked if Democrats should be worried in Connecticut based on Tuesday night’s elections.

“I don’t think so,” he responded. “I just think we had an election. I think probably Virginia and New Jersey were a little bit of a wake-up call.” He called Connecticut’s municipal results, which included wins by

Democrats as well, “very local what is going on town by town. I think we’re fine. I think Connecticut thinks we’re in a pretty good place” with jobs and Covid.

He was pressed specifically about the issue that most motivated Virginia voters: a rising conservative parents’ movement angry about mask requirements and the teaching of “critical race studies” (shorthand for courses touching on slavery or racial discrimination, since that critical race studies doesn’t actually get taught in K-12 schools).

Lamont noted that in the town where that issue sprang up most prominently in Connecticut — Guilford — a coalition of Democrats and independents beat back a Republican slate’s challenge for control of the Board of Education by a 2-1 margin. He called it “a good win” by people “defending their schools, defending their teachers, defending parental involvement and standing up for their schools.”

“We have one of the best school systems in the country,” he added.

As for New Jersey, “I think taxes were a big issue there. We’re a little different here in Connecticut. I’m the first governor in 30 years who didn’t raise taxes income taxes.”

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FDA Delays Decision on Moderna COVID Vaccine for Younger Teens

by Jason Henderson, BlackDoctor.org

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed a decision on whether to approve emergency use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year-olds until at least January, the company announced Sunday.

That’s because the agency told the company on Friday that it needs more time to assess emerging international data on whether the vaccine increases the risk of a rare heart side effect called myocarditis, Moderna said in a statement.

“On Friday evening, the FDA informed Moderna that the agency requires additional time to evaluate recent international analyses of the risk of myocarditis after vaccination. The FDA notified Moderna that this review may not be completed before January 2022,” the company says.

“The safety of vaccine recipients is of

paramount importance to Moderna. The company is fully committed to working closely with the FDA to support their review and is grateful to the FDA for their diligence.”

What is myocarditis?

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle that occurs in rare cases after vaccination, typically after the second shot and particularly in young males.

Symptoms of myocarditis If you are in the early stages of myocarditis, you may experience chest pain, rapid or irregular heartbeats, or shortness of breath. However, the symptoms of this disease vary and some people may not experience symptoms at all.

The most common symptoms are: • Chest pain • Rapid or abnormal heartbeat (arrhyth-

mias) • Shortness of breath, at rest or during activity • Fluid buildup with swelling of your legs, ankles and feet • Fatigue • Other signs and symptoms of a viral infection such as a headache, body aches, joint pain, fever, a sore throat or diarrhea Myocarditis in children Children who develop myocarditis may exhibit the following conditions: • Fever • Fainting • Breathing difficulties • Rapid breathing • Chest pain • Rapid or abnormal heart rhythms (ar-

rhythmias) Several countries have raised concerns that the Moderna vaccine increases the risk of myocarditis in men aged 18-30, and officials in Finland and Sweden have recommended against the use of Moderna for men younger than 30, the Washington Post reports.

But Moderna said Sunday that the “U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] and the World Health Organization [WHO] have stated that myocarditis following vaccination with mRNA vaccines has been rare and generally mild.”

“It is estimated that over 1.5 million adolescents have received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. To date, the observed rate of myocarditis reports in those less than 18 years of age in Moderna’s global

safety database does not suggest an increased risk of myocarditis in this population,” the company statement adds. “The company does not yet have access to data from some recent international analyses.”

The Moderna vaccine is authorized in the United States for people 18 and older, and the company asked the FDA in June to authorize it for adolescents.

On Sunday, the company also said it will delay seeking FDA authorization of its vaccine for children ages 6-11.

Moderna’s main competitor, Pfizer, has fared better with its FDA approvals.

In May, the FDA authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 15. And on Friday, the agency cleared the vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, administered in two doses of 10 micrograms each. That dose is onethird of the adolescent and adult dose. The Pfizer vaccine is expected to be available for younger children later this week, following a review by CDC vaccine advisors and a likely recommendation for approval from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.

When to see a doctor Sometimes, myocarditis symptoms may be similar to a heart attack. If you are having unexplained chest pain and shortness of breath, seek emergency medical help immediately. If the symptoms are severe, you should go to an emergency room.

If you’ve had an infection recently, you should also watch out for symptoms of myocarditis and let your doctor know if they occur.

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The Dallas Morning News has received the National Association of Black Journalists’ Best Practices Award for the newspaper’s partnership with the staff of Texas Metro News. Texas Metro News publisher and Editor Cheryl Smith has helped The News expand its coverage into communities, particularly in southern Dallas, said Jamie Hancock, The News’ North Texas editor, who led the newsroom partnership and spearheads the newsroom side of the relationship. As that effort to expand coverage of more communities in North Texas was getting underway, “so many people in the community told us you really have to meet Cheryl Smith,” Hancock said. The News has benefited in many ways, including access and sourcing information, she said. “We want to do more and strengthen the partnership to better reflect the communities we serve.”

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of communities of color. The plan originally included community events, but the pandemic stalled those efforts, Hancock said. There were some virtual events and co-marketing, particularly for voter education efforts. The News has helped Smith with distribution of her weekly newspaper and with launching a digital newsletter that allowed her staff to reach readers more directly once the pandemic started. “The commitment is there. It’s authentic,” Smith said about her working relationships with Hancock, publisher and president Grant Moise, managing editor Keith Campbell, deputy publisher Leona Allen, former executive editor Mike Wilson and new executive editor Katrice Hardy.

The partnership has gained broad interest from other journalism outlets, and a guide was created by the News Media Alliance. NABJ’s Best Practices Award is given to “a news organization for exemplary work in covering issues of great significance to the Black community or the African Diaspora and/or for its efforts in increasing diversity among its newsroom staff and management,” according

to the organization’s website. The vote by the NABJ board was unanimous, Smith said. Founded in 1975, NABJ is an influential organization that advocates on behalf of Black journalists and media professionals in the U.S. and worldwide with 4,000 members. It’s headquartered on the campus of the University of Maryland. The award will be presented at the group’s annual convention in December.

ICN Editor’s note: The Inner-City News has been doing this for the last several years in partnership with the New Haven Independent/ Online Journalism Project and The Arts Paper/Arts Council.

It was for us a way to bring online content to our readership; many who could not access online content. Our partnerships allowed us to share wide ranging content with our readership that was important and timely. And often, the writers of the content were Black and Brown reporters who covered a vast array of city issues from education, culture, arts and government.

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Vaccinations for Kids Will Be in Full Swing by Nov. 8, White House Says completely vaccinated. Nearly 2 million people have received their booster shots since becoming eligible.

“We know vaccines are the very best tool we have to accelerate our way out of the pandemic,” Zients said.

by Jason Henderson, BlackDoctor.org

The U.S. government’s COVID-19 vaccination program for children ages 5-11 will be ready to roll on Nov. 8, the White House said Monday.

On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines for the 28 million American children who fall into this age group, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has to weigh in on Tuesday with its recommendations, the Washington Post reports.

“On Friday, within minutes of FDA’s authorization, we began the process of moving 15 million doses from Pfizer’s freezers and facilities to distribution centers,” Jeff Zients, the White House coronavirus coordinator, said Monday during a media briefing.

Several million doses will begin arriving at doctors’ offices and pharmacies over the next few days for what he called a “critical milestone” in U.S. vaccination efforts.

“The bottom line is we’ve been planning and preparing for this moment,” Zients says.

A CDC advisory committee will meet Tuesday to discuss vaccinating children ages 5-11 and suggest guidelines to the agency. The CDC will then release its final recommendations, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says.

What about Moderna?

What you should know about vaccines in children Getting your child vaccinated can help protect them from COVID-19 and stop the spread to others. Here are a few tips from the CDC: Finding vaccines: • Check your local pharmacy’s website to see if vaccination walk-ins or appointments are available.

• Check with your child’s healthcare provider about whether they offer COVID-19 vaccination.

• Contact your state or local health department for more information.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed a decision on whether to approve emergency use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in 12- to 17-year-olds until at least January, the company announced Sunday because the agency told the company on Friday that it needs more time to assess emerging international data on

whether the vaccine increases the risk of a rare heart side effect called myocarditis, Moderna said in a statement.

On Sunday, the company also said it will delay seeking FDA authorization of its vaccine for children ages 6-11.

To date, about 80% of adults have received at least their first shot, and 70% are

How they work: • COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective.

• COVID-19 vaccines have been used under the most intensive safety monitoring in U.S. history, which includes studies in adolescents.

• Your child will need a second shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine 3 weeks after their first shot.

• Children and adolescents receive the same dosage of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as adults. There are no patient weight requirements for COVID-19 vaccination, and COVID-19 vaccine dosage does not vary by patient weight.

• Your child can’t get COVID-19 from any COVID-19 vaccine, including the PfizerBioNTech vaccine.

• Your child may get a COVID-19 vaccine and other vaccines at the same visit or without waiting 14 days between vaccines.

Prepping for your child’s vaccination: • Get tips for how to support your child before, during, and after the visit.

• Talk to your child before the visit about what to expect.

• Tell the doctor or nurse about any allergies your child may have.

• Comfort your child during the appointment.

• To prevent fainting and injuries related to fainting, your child should be seated or lying down during vaccination and for 15 minutes after the vaccine is given.

• After your child’s COVID-19 vaccination, you will be asked to stay for 15–30 minutes so your child can be observed in case they have a severe allergic reaction and need immediate treatment.

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Dave Chappelle: ‘Am I Canceled or Not?’

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent

Comedian Dave Chappelle said he’s been disinvited to film festivals, and no company or studio will entertain his new documentary because of the fallout from his controversial Netflix special, “The Closer.”

And while he’s willing to meet with the transgender community and Netflix employees who voiced outrage over his act, Chappelle made it clear that he wouldn’t kowtow to anyone.

“To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me,” Chappelle said in a video released early Tuesday.

“I am not bending to anyone’s demands,” he insisted.

Chappelle double-downed on his remarks from The Closer in which many in the LGBTQ community called homophobic. “I said what I said,” Chappelle declared.

He also clarified reports that he has sought meetings with transgender Netflix employees angered by his special.

“It’s been said in the press that I was invited to speak to the transgender employees of Netflix, and I refused. That is not true — if they had invited me, I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about,” Chappelle remarked in the viral video.

“I said what I said, and boy, I heard what

you said. My God, how could I not? You said you want a safe working environment at Netflix. It seems like I’m the only one that can’t go to the office anymore.”

Chappelle also said he believed any controversy stemmed from corporate interests, and that he’s received support from the LGBTQ community.

Washington Informer Editor D. Kevin McNeir, who is openly gay, has said he didn’t have an issue with Chappelle’s remarks in The Closer.

“I listened closely to what he said and then listened to his explanation for the

subjects he had chosen and his rationale for his perspectives. And he made sense. I understood. And I was not offended,” McNeir wrote in an op-ed for the Informer.

Chappelle admits that when he takes on a group of people, making them the focus of his jokes, that he’s also examining himself, seeking the similarities which he shares with the “targets” of his musings and working through the human process of better understanding those who walk along different paths, McNeir stated further.

“I applaud him for that. And I thank him,

too,” the editor wrote, noting that, as a “same-gender-loving man of color, I have often found myself being unfairly critical of the ‘T’ portion within the LGBTQ community.”

“I cannot understand why those who make up the transgender community would go through so much pain and oppression because of how they feel inside.

But I’ve had my own pain to address and hurdles to overcome. In addition, I’m still dealing with male privilege notions and my own prejudices. This is my truth and my cross to bear,” McNeir insisted.

“Chappelle helped me grow in ways that I believe will remain with me forever. By sharing a brief conversation about a subject that probably confuses a lot of others, he hit a home run.”

In his video, Chappelle said he wants everyone to know that even though the media frames it as Chappelle versus the transgender and LGBTQ community, that’s not the case.

“Do not blame the LBGTQ [sic] community for any of this [mess]. This has nothing to do with them. It’s about corporate interests and what I can say and what I cannot say,” Chappelle said.

“For the record, and I need you to know this, everyone I know from that community has been loving and supporting, so I don’t know what all this nonsense is about.”

Chappelle also spoke about his upcoming documentary about his summer 2020 comedy tour, claiming that it has now been excluded from film festivals.

“This film that I made was invited to every film festival in the United States and some of those invitations I accepted.

When this controversy came out about ‘The Closer,’ they began disinviting me from these film festivals,” Chappelle relayed.

“And now, today, not a film company, not a movie studio, not a film festival, nobody will touch this film. Thank God for Ted Sarandos and Netflix, he’s the only one that didn’t cancel me yet.”

In the video, Chappelle asked the audience: “Am I canceled or not?”

Black AIDS Institute Appoints Interim CEO and New Managing Director Toni Newman and Dr. Kamal Atkins

The Board of Directors of the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Toni Newman as its Interim Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Kemal M. Atkins as Managing Director to help fortify the organization’s infrastructure and round out the organization’s stellar leadership team.

In addition, BAI has engaged Ms. Pat Bass and Mr. Chris Bates – two internationally recognized experts who pioneered HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and treatment programs – to assess BAI’s current capabilities and mission.

Ms. Newman is currently the Interim Executive Director at LYRIC – a nonprofit in San Francisco, California that focuses on advancing the community and creating social change for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth through education, career training and health advocacy.

She oversees the budget, programs, and community outreach for LYRIC. Ms. Newman is a distinguished Faculty Mem-

ber at the Transgender Strategy Center in Los Angeles, where she advises nonprofit organizations on engagement with transgender and non-conforming communities. In addition, she is the Chair of the Board of Directors for TransCanWork based in Los Angeles. Ms. Newman has a wealth of knowledge in non-profit management, budget and finance, and human resources and operations. We’re excited that she has agreed to serve as our Interim CEO as we continue implementing our transition plan to find a permanent, innovative executive staff leader.

Dr. Atkins has been engaged to help further build infrastructure and management processes at BAI. Dr. Atkins, who will serve as a consultant on a temporary basis, has an extensive background in higher education and non-profit leadership where his expertise in crisis management, such as leading institutional responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, and expertise in building national wellness health models will provide much-needed program direction for BAI. Ms. Bass’ work in the field of HIV/

AIDS prevention is truly extraordinary.

As one of the architects of the Ryan White CARES Act – the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS, she helped pave the way for modern treatments to prevent the spread and contraction of the virus. Mr. Bates also has a distinguished career in HIV

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prevention policy – having served as the Executive Director on the Presidential Advisory Council on AIDS and Director of the Office of AIDS Policy under President Barack Obama. Together they will oversee a comprehensive review of BAI’s program efficacy, contributions, and impact in the field of HIV/AIDS

prevention and provide data that informs BAI’s mission as the organization continues to refine.

Ms. Newman, Dr. Atkins, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Bates will work alongside Jami Cox and Wendell Miller as we continue to deploy our substantial resources, forwardlooking vision, and human capital in the fight to end the HIV epidemic in Black communities and improve the health and quality of life for Black people living with and vulnerable to acquiring HIV/ AIDS across the country.

Ms. Newman comments, “The work of BAI is as important today as it ever has been, and they are so proud of our incredibly talented and dedicated team that understands what is at stake for the Black community impacted by HIV and is committed to ending this epidemic. Please join us in welcoming these accomplished leaders to our team. And thank you for continuing to support BAI and our entire staff across our networks.”

Learn more about Black AIDS Institute at BlackAIDS.org

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

Hep C TESTING FOR ALL. Since anyone could have Hepatitis C, testing is essential—and easy. One test can lead to the treatment you may need. There is a cure!.

test. treat. cure.

For more information, please contact your doctor or visit: ct.gov/HepC 17

THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November 03, 2021 - November 09, 2021

After Congressional Negotiations Conclude, President Biden Releases Framework of His Build Back Better Plan

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent After hearing input from all sides and negotiating in good faith with Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, Congressional Leadership, and a broad swath of Members of Congress, President Joe Biden on Thursday, October 28, announced a framework for his Build Back Better Act. The President said he’s confident this is a framework that can pass both houses of Congress, and he looks forward to signing it into law.

He has called on Congress to take up this historic bill – in addition to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – as quickly as possible.

“When enacted, this framework will set the United States on course to meet its climate goals, create millions of goodpaying jobs, enable more Americans to join and remain in the labor force, and grow our economy from the bottom up and the middle out,” The President asserted.

Specifically, the Build Back Better Act will count as the most transformative investment in children and caregiving in generations, the White House said.

Administration officials insist that the framework would save most American families more than half of their spending on childcare, deliver two years of free preschool for every 3- and 4-year-old in America, give more than 35 million families a major tax cut by extending the expanded Child Tax Credit and expand access to high-quality home care for older Americans and people with disabilities.

The plan would also count as the largest effort to combat climate change in American history.

The framework will cut greenhouse gas pollution by well over one gigaton in 2030, reduce consumer energy costs, give our kids cleaner air and water, create hundreds of thousands of high-quality

jobs, and advance environmental justice by investing in a 21st century clean energy economy – from buildings, transportation, industry, electricity, and agriculture to climate smart practices across our lands and waters.

Build Back Better also would spur the biggest expansion of affordable health care coverage in a decade.

The framework reduces premiums for more than 9 million Americans by extending the expanded Premium Tax Credit, deliver health care coverage to up to 4 million uninsured people in states that have locked them out of Medicaid, and help older Americans access affordable hearing care by expanding Medicare.

Administration officials called the plan the most significant effort to bring down

costs and strengthen the middle class in generations.

Former President Barack Obama agreed.

“In a country as large and diverse as ours, progress can often feel frustrating and slow, with small victories accompanied by frequent setbacks. But once in a while, it’s still possible to take a giant leap forward,” Obama wrote in a statement.

“That’s what the framework announced today represents. It’s a testament to President Biden and Democrats in Congress who have worked tirelessly to forge this agreement, and to the activists and ordinary Americans who have fought for years, sometimes longer, to bring the America we know closer to the America

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we believe in.”

Obama noted that the framework allows families everywhere to afford childcare, and millions of children will get a stronger start through universal preschool.

He said historic investments in clean energy would create hundreds of thousands of jobs and help America to lead the world once again in the fight against climate change.

“Millions of Americans will gain access to health care, and millions more will save money on their premiums,” Obama insisted. “And we’ll pay for all of it by asking the wealthiest Americans to pay more of their fair share in taxes.”

The framework makes the single largest and most comprehensive investment in affordable housing in history, expand access to affordable, high-quality educa-

tion beyond high school, cut taxes for 17 million low-wage workers by extending the expanded Earned Income Tax Credit, and advance equity through investments in maternal health, community violence interventions, and nutrition, in addition to better preparing the nation for future pandemics and supply chain disruptions.

It also improves and reform “our broken immigration system consistent with the Senate’s reconciliation rules,” the White House noted.

“And it is fully paid for and will reduce the deficit by making sure that large, profitable corporations can’t zero out their tax bills, no longer rewarding corporations that shift jobs and profits overseas, asking more from millionaires and billionaires, and stopping rich Americans from cheating on their tax bills. Under this historic agreement, nobody earning less than $400,000 per year will pay a penny more in taxes.”

Mary Kay Henry, the international president of the Service Employees International Union, said essential workers have been unwavering in their demands to invest in working families of all races.

“With the framework announced today, President Biden has taken an important step to build an economy that works for all of us,” Henry stated.

“This is a commitment to working people, with an historic investment in home care workers and care services, major progress on climate justice, essential protections for immigrants, and other meaningful investments for America’s working families.”

Henry continued: “The inclusion of a first-of-its-kind investment in home care will raise wages, ensure a voice on the job for millions of home care workers – the Black, Latina, Asian Pacific Islander, Indigenous, and immigrant women hit hardest by the pandemic – and expand affordable, quality care for America’s seniors, people with disabilities and others who need it.”

yale institute of sacred music presents

Meditating on the Black Gospel Tradition Cornel West · Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes · Braxton Shelley and friends

Devotion

Meditating on the Black Gospel Tradition Wednesday, November 3 · 7:45 pm (ET) livestream

PANELISTS: Braxton D. Shelley · Cornel West · Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes MUSICIANS: Pamela Jean Davis, piano · Derrick Jackson, organ Joey Woolfalk, guitar · Dr. Melanie Hill, violin More information and livestream link: ism.yale.edu/Devotion

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INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,03 2016 - August 02, 2016 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November , 2021 - November 09, 2021

Construction NOTICE

Seeking to employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, operator and teamster a heavyPREoutside work statewide.

ReliVALENTINA MACRItrades RENTALfor HOUSING APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE able personal transportation and a valid drivers license required. To HOMEplease INC, oncall behalf of Columbus House the resume New Haven Authority, apply (860) 621-1720 orand send to:Housing Personnel Deis accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom apartments at this develpartment, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410. opment located at 108 Frank Street, New Haven. Maximum income limitations apply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y Affiand rmative M/F/V 25, 2016 endingAction/Equal when sufficient Opportunity pre-applicationsEmployer (approximately 100) have been received at the officesDrug of HOME Applications will be mailied upon reFreeINC. Workforce quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange Street, Third Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

THE GLENDOWER GROUP RequestNOTICIA for Qualifications

VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES

Project Architect for the Repositioning of Elm City Communities Scattered Sites Properties

HOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos The Glendower Group is currently seeking Proposals for ap.m. project architectMartes for the25 remáximos.

Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 comenzando positioning Elmcuando City Communities properties. (aproximadamente A complete copy of the julio, 2016of hasta se han recibidoscattered suficientessites pre-solicitudes 100) requirement maydebeHOME obtained Collaboration Portal https:// en las oficinas INC.from Las Glendower’s pre-solicitudesVendor serán enviadas por correo a petición newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on deberán remitirse llamando a HOME INC al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

Monday, September 27, 2021 at 3:00PM.

The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for an Undersecretary - Office of Policy And Management for Finance, Strategic Decisions and Accountability.

Replacement of Three Rooftop Air Conditioning Units at the Union Station BuildingNew Haven, Connecticut

New Haven Parking Authority Project #22-010

Further information regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: https://www.jobapscloud.com/ CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 210921&R2=0450EX&R3=001 The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

DPW Truck Driver Full-time position Go to www.portlandct. org for details

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

APPLY NOW!

Bids due November 9, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. Bid Documents will be available beginning October 26, 2021 at no cost by downloading from the BuildingConnnected FTP system website. Contact Maryann Bigda of Turner Construction Company at 203-712-6070 for BuildingConnnected FTP system access information.

The work mainly includes installation, testing and start-up of replacement air conditioning roof top units, demolition and disposal of existing units, rigging by crane near railroad tracks/high voltage lines, and related electrical and mechanical work, together with all incidental work thereto and in accordance with Bid Documents. NHPA is prepurchasing the Roof Top Units for the selected Contractor to install.

Bidders must submit with their Bid on forms provided a list of their Intended Subcontractors, including: a. the set-aside use of DAS-certified Small Business Enterprises (“SBE”) for a requirement of at least 30% of the Bidder’s entire contract value; b. the set-aside use of DAS-certified Minority owned Business Enterprises (“MBE”), Women owned Business Enterprises (“WBE”) and/or Disabled owned Business Enterprises (“DisBE”) for a requirement of at least 25% of the Bidder’s entire contract value.

Please note that the MBE, WBE, and/or DisBE are part of the SBE; and

c. Independent of the SBE/MBE/WBE/DisBE requirements herein, a minimum of 10% of the Bidder’s entire contract value must include businesses having a place of business Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders Invitationwithin to Bid:the City of New Haven limits.

Top pay for top performers. Health nd Benefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. 2 Notice New Haven Parking Authority is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

NEW HAVEN 242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA

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Email Resume: Rose@qsrsteel.com Hartford, CT AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Old Saybrook, CT The Manchester Housing Authority will open the State of Connecticut Congre(4 Buildings,gate 17 Units) Housing waiting list for Westhill Gardens Congregate. The property consists of 37 1-BRWage unitsRate designated Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Projectfor frail seniors age 62 or older. Up to 150 applicants chosen by

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stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed.

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Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:30!" 63..$%*">&*+"3*+$-"2*;/$.*2"(./"2*(44" 63..$%*">&*+"3*+$-"2*;/$.*2"(./"2*(44"" !

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lottery will be added onto the waiting list. Applications are available at the MHA office The Manchester Housing Authority will open the State of Connecticut Congregate Housing waiting list for Westhill and website at http://manchesterha.org and will be accepted online, by mail, or by drop Gardens Congregate. The property consists of 37 1-BR units designated for frail seniors age 62 or older. Up to 150 New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast-CT 06040. box at 24chosen Bluefi eld Drive applicants by lottery will beManchester, added onto the waiting list. Applications are available at the MHA office and Assistant Assessor in-place Concrete, Asphaltwebsite Shingles, Vinyl Siding, Applications will be at http://manchesterha.org and will be accepted online, by accepted mail, or by drop box at 24 Bluefield Drive Full Time – Benefited November 1st, 8AM November – November 30th, at 3PM. Manchester, CT 06040.

Applications will2021 be accepted 1st, 2021 8AM2021 – November 30th, 2021 at 3PM. Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, FY 2021 Low-Income (80%) LimitFY 2021 Low-Income (80%) Limit

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection. $41.82 hourly 1 person 2 persons This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

55,950 63,900

Pre-employment physical/drug test required. AA/EOE For more information, Bid Extended, please visit www.bloomfi eldct.org Due Date:

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY Sealed !"#$%"&'($C/8'($1/0206/1%7)8%(9$"#29%:;8!1,$8"/+'%21(%(91%'<0//'%,.+% bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour &-0/,'*"+('.&2(+&&-(3")(,(10//&1130%(30'0)&,$P)0C$"=1$%7**%($,0.0.2% until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016.,+-19"+('),*+*+45('""%15(,+-( at its office at 28 Smith Street, ,)&,1Q$0C/$'&"<&*1$'&"@)?/($:"7$B)0C$0C/$.,+-19"+('),*+*+45('""%15(,+-( ,)&,1Q$0C/$'&"<&*1$'&"@)?/($:"7$B)0C$0C/$ Q$0C/$'&"<&*1$'&"@)?/($:"7$B)0C$0C/$.,+-19"+('),*+*+45('""%15(,+-( '&/.+"%"42('"($0)10&(2"0)(-&1*)&-(/,)&&),$! '&/.+"%"42('"($0)10&(2"0)(-&1*)&-(/,)&&),$ Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the !

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A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith !"#$%&'(%&)"*+&,+(-./&0(%&'"/%&1#&%2(&/2*34(5 Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. !"#$%#&'#"($)*(&+,$$EFGGH"DII:5JKL"MNOADP"3-"53163-72Q,3' !"#$%#&'#"($)*(&+,$$

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority Office, 28 !"#$$#% Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579. &$'()*+$#$ !"#$%"&'($)($*$+,-,$./'*&01/20$"3$4*#"&$567*8$9''"&072)0:$51'8":/&$;&"<&*1,$=7>)8)*&:$*)?($*2?$(/&@)A/($*&/$*@*)8*#8/$ 7'"2$&/67/(0$0"$)2?)@)?7*8($B)0C$?)(*#)8)0)/(,$D..EDDF$0/8/'C"2/$271#/&$)($GHIIJ$HHKLMNOI,

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The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any informalities in the bidding, if such actions are in the best interest of the

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The Manchester Housing Authority does not discriminate based upon race, color, disability, familial status, sex or national origin.

Public Notice

Town of Bloomfield

The Manchester Housing Authority will open the waiting list for the Federal Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com The Manchester Housing Authority will open the State of Connecticut Congregate Housing waiting list for Westhill

Low Income Public Housing (LIPH) program for elderly (62+) or disabled applicants Senior Recreation Assistant HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,Gardens S/W/MBE & SectionThe 3 Certified property Businesses 37 1-BR units designated for frail seniors age 62 or older. Up to 150 on 8:00Congregate.

AM November 1, consists 2021. ofApplications are available in person and on the MHA Construction Seymour, CTwill 06483 Part Time –Haynes Non BenefiCompany, ted 32 Progress applicantsAve, chosen by lottery be added onto the waiting list. Applications are available at the MHA office and

$15.71 hourly

website at http://manchesterha.org and may be returned to 24 Bluefield Drive Manwebsite at http://manchesterha.org and will be accepted online, by mail, or by drop box at 24 Bluefield Drive AA/EEO EMPLOYER chester, CT 06040 in person, by mail, fax, or drop box.

Manchester, CT 06040. Applications will be accepted November 1st, 2021 8AM – November 30th, 2021 at 3PM. FY 2021 Low-Income (80%) Limit FY 2021 Low-Income (80%) Limit

Pre-employment physical/drug test required. AA/EOE For more information, please visit www.bloomfieldct.org

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THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November , 2021 - November 09, 2021 INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,03 2016 - August 02, 2016

Garrity Asphalt Reclaiming, Inc seeks:

Listing: HVAC Technician

Construction Equipment Mechanic preferably experienced in Reclaiming and Road Milling Equipment. We offer factory Fast paced Petroleum Company is hiring for a full time, CT training on equipment we operate. Location: Bloomfield CT HVAC Technician. License required – S-10,S-2 or S-1. ApWe offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits plicant must have experience in oil, propane, natural gas and Contact: Tom Dunay VALENTINA MACRI RENTAL HOUSING PRE- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE A/C. Competitive wage, 401(k), sign on bonus and benefits.

Send resume to: Attn: HR Manager, Confidential, PO Box 388, Phone: 860- 243-2300 HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Housing Guilford,Authority, CT 06437.

Email: tom.dunay@garrityasphalt.com is accepting pre-applications for studio and one-bedroom Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to applyapartments at this develAffirmative opment locatedAction/ at 108 Frank New Haven.

Maximum income**An limitations ap- Action/Equal Opportunity Employer** Affirmative EqualStreet, Opportunity Employer ply. Pre-applications will be available from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Monday Ju;y 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reGarrity Asphalt Incduring seeks: CT Fence quest by calling HOMEReclaiming, INC at 203-562-4663 those hours.Large Completed pre- Company looking for an individual for our Reclaimer Operators and Milling Operators with current licensing PVCStreet, Fence Third Production Shop. Experience preferred but will applications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 Orange and clean driving record, be willing to travel throughout the Northtrain the right person. Must be familiar with carpentry hand Floor, New Haven, CT 06510. east & NY. We offer excellent hourly rate & excellent benefits & power tools and be able to read a CAD drawing and tape measure. Use of CNC Router machine a plus but not required, will train the right person. This is an in-shop production poContact: Rick Tousignant Phone: 860- 243-2300 sition. Duties include building fence panels, posts, gates and Email: rick.touMust have a valid CT driver’s license & be able to obtain VALENTINAsignant@garrityasphalt.com MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDESmore.

DISPONIBLES a Drivers Medical Card. Must be able to pass a physical and Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply drug test. Please email resume to pboucher@atlasoutdoor.com.

Affirmative Action/deEqual Opportunity HOME INC, en nombre la Columbus House y Employer de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AA/EOE-MF aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25 Tractor Trailer Driver for Heavy & Highway Construction Equipjulio,Must 2016have hastaacuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes ment.

CDL License, clean driving record, capable of (aproximadamente 100) en las oficinas HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas porSeeking correo atopetición operating heavyde equipment; be willing to travel throughout the employ experienced individuals in the labor, foreman, llamando HOME INC alexcellent 203-562-4663 horas.Pre-solicitudes deberánand remitirse Northeast &aNY. We offer hourlydurante rate &esas excellent benefits operator teamster trades for a heavy outside work statewide. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT personal 06510 . transportation and a valid drivers license reReliable

NOTICE

PVC FENCE PRODUCTION

NOTICIA

Union Company seeks:

Contact Dana at 860-243-2300

Email: dana.briere@garrityasphalt.com Women & Minority Applicants are encouraged to apply Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer

NEW HAVEN

Construction

quired. To apply please call (860) 621-1720 or send resume to: Personnel Department, P.O. Box 368, Cheshire, CT06410.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V

242-258 Fairmont Ave 2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

We all have

DREAMS.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125. Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

Let Job Corps help you achieve yours.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

St. New Haven, CT

Sealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour Now enrolling! until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 Tuition-free at its officecareer at 28training Smith Street, High school diploma programs Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the College credit opportunities Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility,Housing, 26 Smith Street Seymour. meals and medical care provided

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith For more information, visit jobcorps.gov or call (800) 733-JOBS [5627] Street Seymour, CT at 10:00 am, on Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

New Haven County - Jesselica Rodriguez – Rodriguez.Jesselica@JobCorps.org !"#$%&'(")*+,$*-+#".&/$*0(1,)2*3*4&//2*0(,,&"*5*Conner.Kelly@JobCorps.org Waterbury and Surrounding Areas – Abdul Shabazz – Shabazz.Abdul@JobCorps.org

Bidding documents are available from the Seymour Housing Authority OfCAREERS BEGIN HERE fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Job Corps is a U.S. Department of Labor Equal Opportunity Employer Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. TDD/TTY telephone number is (877) 889-5627.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

Drug Free Workforce

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR

THE ELM CITYCOMMUNITIES, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEWHAVEN

(ECC/HANH) PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE LIPH ADMISSION AND CONTINUED OCCUPANCY PLAN (ACOP) AND HCV ADMINISTRATIVE PLAN (ADMIN PLAN) Elm City Communities, the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven (ECC/ HANH) is proposing to amend sections of its Low-Income Public Housing Admissions and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) and the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Plan (Admin Plan).

Copies of the amendment to the ACOP and the Administrative Plan will be made available on Monday, November 1, 2021 on the agency website www.elmcitycommunities. org or via Twitter, www.twitter.com/ECCommunities or via Facebook www.facebook. com/ElmCityCommunities.

You are invited to provide written comments addressed to: ECC/HANH, ACOP & Admin Plan Revisions; Attn: Evelise Ribeiro, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511 or via email to: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org.

A public hearing where public comments will be accepted and recorded is scheduled for Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 3:00pm via RingCentral: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/5274955065. Or dial:(773) 231-9226, Meeting ID: 527 495 5065.

Any individual requiring a Reasonable Accommodation to participate in the hearing may call the Reasonable Accommodation Manager (203) 498-8800, ext. 1507 or at the TDD Number (203) 497-8434.

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA PARA LAS COMUNIDADES DE ELM CITY, AUTORIDAD DE VIVIENDA DE NEWHAVEN (ECC / HANH) PROPUESTA DE ENMIENDA AL PLAN DE ADMISIÓN Y OCUPACIÓN COMTINUADA (ACOP) DE LA LIPH Y AL PLAN ADMINISTRATIVO DE AVC (PLAN ADMIN)

City Communities, la Autoridad de Vivienda de la Ciudad de New Haven (ECC / InvitationElm to Bid: HANH) está proponiendo revisar secciones de su Política de Admisiones de Vivienda nd State of Connecticut 2 Notice Pública de Bajos Ingresos y Ocupación Continuada (ACOP) y el Plan Administrativo

Office of Policy and Management

de Vales de Elección de Vivienda (HCV) (Admin. Plan).

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Old Saybrook, CT de la enmienda al ACOP y el Plan Administrativo estarán disponibles el Las copias

(4 Buildings,lunes 17 Units) The State of Connecticut, Office of Policy 1 de Noviembre de 2021 en el sitio web de la agencia www.elmcitycommunities. and Management is recruiting for an org oWage vía Twitter, www.twitter.com/ECCommunities o vía Facebook www.facebook.

Tax Exempt & Not Prevailing Rate Project Undersecretary - Office of Policy And com /ElmCityCommunities.

Management for Finance, Strategic Decisions and Accountability.

New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, Cast-

Se le invita a proporcionar comentarios por escrito dirigidos a: ECC / HANH, ACOP Further information regarding the duties, in-place Concrete, Asphalt&Shingles, VinylRevisions; Siding, Attn: Evelise Ribeiro, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT Admin Plan eligibility requirements and application instructions are available at: 10 Specialties, 06511 o por correo electrónico a: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org.

Flooring, Painting, Division Appliances, Residential Casework, https://www.jobapscloud.com/ Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= Una audiencia pública en la que se aceptarán y grabarán los comentarios públicos está This210921&R2=0450EX&R3=001 contract is subject to state set-asideprogramada and contractpara compliance el martesrequirements.

30 de Noviembre de 2021 a las 3:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. a través

de RingCentral: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/5274955065https://meetings. ringThe State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer central.com/j/5274955065.

O marque: (773) 231-9226 (773) 231-9226, ID de reunión: Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 and strongly encourages the applications 527495 5065. of women, minorities, andAnticipated persons Start: 5065.

August 15, 2016 with disabilities.

Project documents available via ftp link below: Cualquier individuo que requiera una Adaptación Razonable para participar en la http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage audiencia puede llamar al Gerente de Adaptación Razonable (203) 498-8800, ext.

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

1507 o al número TDD (203) 497-8434.

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Steel Fabricators, Erectors & Welders AA/EEO EMPLOYER Full time Class A driver for petroleum deliveries for nights and weekends. Previous exTop pay for top performers. Health perience required. Competitive wage, 401(k) and benefits. Send resume to: HR ManBenefits, 401K, Vacation Pay. ager, P. O. Box 388, Guilford, CT 06437.

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INNER-CITY NEWS July 27,03 2016 - August 02, 2016 THE INNER-CITY NEWS - November , 2021 - November 09, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR

NOTICE THE ELM CITYCOMMUNITIES, HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEWHAVEN (ECC/HANH)

VALENTINATO MACRI RENTAL HOUSINGFY2021 PRE- APPLICATIONS MOVING WORK (MTW) ANNUALAVAILABLE REPORT HOMEVINC, on the behalf of Columbus House and the New Haven Authority, Section (B) of Authority’s Moving to Work Agreement {theHousing “Agreement”) reis accepting pre-applications for studio one-bedroom this develquires that before the Agency can file itsand Approved Annualapartments Moving to at Work Plan & Report to the U.S. at Department Housing Urban Development (the “HUD”)apthat opment located 108 Frank of Street, Newand Haven.

Maximum income limitations it must conduct a publicwill hearing, consider comments public onMonday the proposed ply. Pre-applications be available from 9AM TOfrom 5PMthe beginning Ju;y amendments, obtain approval from the pre-applications Board Of Commissioners, and 100) submit the 25, 2016 and ending when sufficient (approximately have amendments to HUD. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reCopies Moving To INC Work FY2021 Report, will be made available questof bythe calling HOME at (MTW) 203-562-4663 during those hours.

Completed pre-on Monday, November 1, 2021 on the agencyINC’s website www.elmcitycommunities.org applications must be returned to HOME offices at 171 Orange Street, Thirdor viaFloor, Twitter, Newwww.twitter.com/ECCommunities Haven, CT 06510. or via Facebook www.facebook.com/ElmCityCommunities.

NOTICIA

You are invited to provide written comments addressed to: ECC/HANH, Moving To Work FY2021 Annual Report, Attn: Evelise Ribeiro, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511 or viaMACRI email to: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org.

VALENTINA VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES Pursuant to said Section V (B), a public hearing where public comments will be acHOME INC, en nombre de la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está cepted and recorded is scheduled for Monday, November 29, 2021 at 3:00pm via aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo RingCentral: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/5274955065. Or dial:(773) 231-9226, ubicado en la calle 109 Frank Street, New Haven. Se aplican limitaciones de ingresos Meeting ID: 527 495 5065.

máximos. Las pre-solicitudes estarán disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes 25

julio, 2016 hastarequiring cuando seahan recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes (aproximadamente 100) Any individual Reasonable Accommodation to participate in the hearing en las oficinas de HOME INC. Las pre-solicitudes serán enviadas por correo a petición may call the Reasonable Accommodation Manager (203) 498-8800, ext. 1507 or at the llamando a HOME al 203-562-4663 durante esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse TDD Number (203)INC 497-8434. a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171 Orange Street, tercer piso, New Haven , CT 06510 .

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA PARA LAS COMUNIDADES DE ELM CITY, AUTORIDAD DE

VIVIENDA DE NEWHAVEN (ECC / HANH) MOVERSE AL TRABAJO (MTW) INFORME ANUAL DEL AF2021

NEW HAVEN

La Sección V (B) del Acuerdo de Mudanza al Trabajo de la Autoridad (el “Acuerdo”) requiere que antes de que la Agencia pueda presentar su Plan e Informe Anual Apro242-258 Fairmont Ave bado de Mudanza al Trabajo al Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE. UU. (El “HUD”) debe llevar a cabo audiencia considerar 2BR que Townhouse, 1.5unaBA, 3BR,pública, 1 level , 1BAlos comentarios del sobre las enmiendas propuestas, aprobación Junta de All público new apartments, new appliances, newobtener carpet,laclose to I-91de&laI-95 Comisionados y presentar las enmiendas al HUD. highways, near bus stop & shopping center Las copias del Informe Moving To Work (MTW) FY2021 estarán disponibles el lunes Pet under 40lb allowed.

Interested contact Maria @ 860-985-8258 1 de noviembre de 2021 en el sitio web departies la agencia www.elmcitycommunities.org o vía Twitter, www.twitter.com/ECCommunities oa través de Facebook www.facebook. com/ElmCityCommunities.

CT. Unified Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer a Deacon’s SeCertificate le invitaProgram. a proporcionar comentarios por escrito dirigidos a: ECC / HANH, Moving This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates response to the Church’s Ministry needs.

The cost is $125.

Classes start 20, 2016 ToinWork FY2021 Annual Report, Attn: Evelise Ribeiro, 360Saturday, OrangeAugust Street, New1:30Ha3:30 Contact: Chairman, Deacon Joe J. Davis, M.S., B.S. ven, CT 06511 o por correo electrónico a: eribeiro@elmcitycommunities.org.

(203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster De conformidad con dicha Sección V (B), una audiencia pública donde se aceptarán St. New Haven, CT y grabarán los comentarios públicos está programada para el lunes 29 de noviembre de 2021 a las 3:00 pm a través de RingCentral: https://meetings.ringcentral. com/j/5274955065. O marque: (773) 231-9226, ID de reunión: 527495 5065.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Cualquier individuo que requiera una Adaptación Razonable para participar en la audiencia puede Gerente de Adaptación Razonable ext.

Sealed bids are llamar invitedalby the Housing Authority of the(203) Town498-8800, of Seymour 1507 o alAugust número TDD (203) until 3:00 pm on Tuesday, 2, 2016 at 497-8434. its office at 28 Smith Street,

Seymour, CT 06483 for Concrete Sidewalk Repairs and Replacement at the Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour.

Listing: Commercial Driver

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Housing Authority Office 28 Smith Street CT atfor 10:00 on petroleum Wednesday, July 20, Full TimeSeymour, Class B driver a fastam, paced company for2016. days and weekends.

Previous experience required. Competitive wage, 401(k) and benefits. Send resume to: HR Manager, P. O. Box are 388,available Guilford,from CT 06437.

Bidding documents the Seymour Housing Authority Of-

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October 30, 2021 Hartford Post Office 141 Weston St., Hartford, CT 06101 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

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POLICE OFFICER

STARTING PAY: Mail handler assistant: $16.87 /hr City carrier assistant: 18.51 /hr Mail processing clerk: $18.67 /hr

Electrician

City of Bristol

Skilled tradesman in all facets of alterations/renovations, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment for the Wallingford Public Schools. Applicants must be a High School or Trade School graduate plus seven years’ experience in the electrical trade $69,017 - $83,893/yr. equivalent to Journeyman Electrician. Must have a Class E-2 and/or possession of Required testing, a Master Electrician License Class E-1. Wages: $30.01 - $36.71 hourly. Application Forms: May be obtained at the Department of Human Resources, 45 S. Main Street, registration info, and apply Room 301, Wallingford CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human online: www.bristolct.gov Invitation Resources to Bid: Web Page. Fax: (203)-294-2084 Phone: (203)-294-2080. The closing date will be the date the 50th application or resume is received or November 3, 2021, whichDEADLINE: 10-29-21 2nd Notice ever occurs first. EOE.

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

MECHANIC Old Saybrook, CT (4 Buildings, 17 Units) State of Connecticut TRACTORTaxTRAILER Exempt & Not Prevailing Wage Rate Project Office of Policy and Management

Full Time, Benefits, Top Pay New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing, Selective Demolition, Site-work, CastApply:Pace, 1425 Honeyspot in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, VinylofSiding, Rd. Ext., Stratford, CT EOE The State Connecticut, Office of Policy and Management is recruiting for two Planning Analyst positions, a Chief Administrative Officer position Flooring, Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, Residential Casework, and a Policy Counsel (Legislative and Administrative Officer 2) position.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

DRIVER CLASS A and contract Further compliance information requirements. regarding the duties, eligibility requirements and appliThis contractCDL is subject to state set-aside cation instructions are available at: Full Time – All Shifts Top Pay-FullBid Benefi ts Due Date: August https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= Extended, 5, 2016 211012&R2=6297AR&R3=002; EOE Please apply in person: Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 1425 Honeyspot Rd. Ext. https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= Project documents available via ftp link below: 211012&R2=6297AR&R3=001; Stratford, CT 06615 http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage

Town of Bloomfield

https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= 211018&R2=0447MP&R3=001; and

Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com https://www.jobapscloud.com/CT/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1= HCC encourages the participation of all Veteran, S/W/MBE & Section 3 Certified Businesses 211015&R2=7108MP&R3=001 Part Time - Foster Care Family Support Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 Worker (non-benefited) AA/EEO EMPLOYER The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

$20.00 hourly

********An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer**********

Pre-employment drug testing.

For more details, visit our website – www.bloomfieldct.org

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

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fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Looking for holiday work in Connecticut?

and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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360 MANAGEMENT GROUP COMPANY

QSR STEEL CORPORATION

NOTICE VALENTINAOFMACRI RENTAL HOUSING APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOTICE PROPOSED UTILITYPREALLOWANCE REVISION Elm City Communities/Housing Authority of the New Haven (ECC/HANH) has HOME INC, on behalf of Columbus House andCity theof New Haven Housing Authority, conducted a 2022 utility allowance gas, oil and electricityatusage in sevis accepting pre-applications for study studiofor andnatural one-bedroom apartments this develeral ECC/HANH The developments McConaughy Terrace, Westville opment locateddevelopments. at 108 Frank Street, New Haven.are Maximum income limitations apManor and all Scattered Site properties. updated utility allowance willMonday be effective ply. Pre-applications will be availableThe from 9AM TO 5PM beginning Ju;yat your annual 25,next 2016 and recertification. ending when sufficient pre-applications (approximately 100) have This notice is to advise you that the new utility allowance will take effect January 1, 2022. been received at the offices of HOME INC. Applications will be mailied upon reElm City Communities/HANH maintains records that document the basis on which the quest by calling HOME INC at 203-562-4663 during those hours. Completed preutility allowance has been established and revised. Copies of the proposed utility schedapplications must be returned to HOME INC’s offices at 171 at Orange Street,St. Third ules are available at elmcitycommunities.org or may be obtained 360 Orange New Floor, New Haven, CT 06510.

Haven, CT 06511.

All residents have the right to submit comments on the utility allowance change. Written comments should be directed to the attention of the SVP Operations and must be submitted no later than November 30, 2021 close of business. All comments should be mailed to the attention of Latweeta Smyers, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511or emailed VALENTINA MACRI VIVIENDAS DE ALQUILER PRE-SOLICITUDES DISPONIBLES to lsmyers@elmcitycommunitites.org

NOTICIA

HOMEDE INC, nombre dePROPUESTA la Columbus House y de la New Haven Housing Authority, está AVISO LAen REVISIÓN DEL PERMITIDO DE SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS aceptando pre-solicitudes para estudios y apartamentos de un dormitorio en este desarrollo

ubicado en ladecalle Street, New Haven. de Se la aplican de ingresos Comunidades Elm 109 CityFrank / Autoridad de Vivienda ciudadlimitaciones de New Haven (ECC / máximos.

Las pre-solicitudes disponibles 09 a.m.-5 p.m. comenzando Martes HANH ha realizado un estudio estarán de asignación de servicios públicos en 2022 para el uso25de gasjulio, natural, y electricidad en varios desarrollos de ECC / (aproximadamente HANH. Los desarrollos 2016petróleo hasta cuando se han recibido suficientes pre-solicitudes 100) sonenMcConaughy Manor y todosserán los sitios dispersos.

La aasignación las oficinas deTerrace, HOME Westville INC. Las pre-solicitudes enviadas por correo petición de llamando serviciosapúblicos actualizada entrarádurante en vigencia en su próxima recertificación anual.

HOME INC al 203-562-4663 esas horas.Pre-solicitudes deberán remitirse Este aviso es para informarle que nueva Street, asignación servicios públicos a las oficinas de HOME INC en 171la Orange tercerde piso, New Haven , CT entrará 06510 . en vigencia el 1 de Enero de 2022.

Elm City Communities-HANH mantiene registros que documentan la base sobre la cual se estableció y revisó la asignación de servicios públicos. Las copias de los horarios de servicios públicos de la propuesta están disponibles en elmcitycommunities.org o se pueden obtener en 360 Orange St. New Haven, CT 06511 Todos los residentes tienen derecho a enviar comentarios sobre el cambio de asignación de servicios públicos. Los comentarios escritos deben dirigirse a la atención del Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Operaciones y deben enviarse no más tardar el 30 de Noviembre de Fairmont 2021. Todos los comentarios242-258 deben enviarse por correo aAve la atención de Latweeta Smyers, 360 Orange Street, New Haven, CT 06511 o por correo electrónico a lsmyers@elmcity2BR Townhouse, 1.5 BA, 3BR, 1 level , 1BA communitites.org

NEW HAVEN

All new apartments, new appliances, new carpet, close to I-91 & I-95 highways, near bus stop & shopping center Pet under 40lb allowed. Interested parties contact Maria @ 860-985-8258

Full Time Construction Position: -

Experience in repair of sewer services, pipe laying and installation & repair of water mains, service lines experience, CDL license CT.Must Unifiedbe Deacon’s Association is pleased to offer adrug Deacon’s able to pass pre-employment screen, driving record verification Certificate Program. This is a 10 month program designed to assist in the intellectual formation of Candidates Legal working status, OSHA 10, 30 & OSHA 40 a plus in response to the Church’s Ministry needs. The cost is $125.

Classes start Saturday, August 20, 2016 1:303:30 Contact: Deacon & JoeScheck, J. Davis, M.S., Apply at:Chairman, Butterworth Inc.,B.S. 10Thompson St., Stratford, CT 06615 (203) 996-4517 Host, General Bishop Elijah Davis, D.D. Pastor of Pitts Chapel U.F.W.B. Church 64 Brewster

Control Room Operations/Dispatching

St. New Haven, CT

The Town of Wallingford Electric Division is seeking qualified candidates for the position of System Operator/Dispatcher for a municipal electric utility serving 25,000 customers. Coordinates electric system switching and places equipment in and out of serSealed bids are invited by the Housing Authority of the Town of Seymour vice during routine and emergency operations. Requires HS diploma/GED with 2 years until 3:00in pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 equipment at its office at 28 Smith Street, experience the operation of Distribution SCADA and/or switchboards used inSeymour, the distribution of electricity or otherSidewalk qualifyingRepairs experience a related field.atExpeCT 06483 for Concrete andinReplacement the rience and training may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Must maintain valid Smithfield Gardens Assisted Living Facility, 26 Smith Street Seymour. system operation certification from Connecticut Valley Exchange (CONVEX) or other approved agency or be able to obtain the same within 90 days of hire. Must posses and A pre-bid conference will be heldLicense. at the $34.63 Housing Authority Office 28excellent Smith maintain a valid State of CT Driver’s - $41.15 hourly plus an fringe package includeam, a defined benefit pension plan.2016.

Apply to: DepartStreetbenefits Seymour, CT to at 10:00 on Wednesday, July 20, ment of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Application materials can be emailed to wlfdhr@wallingfordct.gov. Application Bidding documents are available fromthetheDepartment SeymourofHousing Authority (203) Offorms will be mailed upon request by calling Human Resources, 294-2080 or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. fice, 28 Smith Street, Seymour, CT 06483 (203) 888-4579.

Fax #: (203) 294-2084. Closing date will be November 30, 2021. EOE.

SEYMOUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

The Housing Authority reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to reduce the scope of the project to reflect available funding, and to waive any

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Invitation for Bid Snow Removal Services 360 Management Group Co. is currently seeking bids for snow removal services. A complete copy of the requirement may be obtained from 360 Management’s Vendor Collaboration Portal https://newhavenhousing.cobblestonesystems.com/gateway beginning on

DELIVERY PERSON

NEEDED

Part Time Delivery Needed One/Two Day a Week, Must Have your Own Vehicle If Interested call

(203) 435-1387

Town of Bloomfield Custodian

$23.40/hourly (benefited)

Monday, October 25, 2021 at 3:00PM.

CLERK TYPIST Performs a wide variety of routine clerical duties requiring excellent computer and interpersonal skills. This position requires 1 year of office work experience of a responsible nature and a H.S., GED, or business diploma. Wages: $21.83 to $26.43 hourly plus an excellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed upon request form the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203) 294-2080 Fax: (203) 294-2084. The closing date will be that date the 50th application form/resume is received or November 10, 2021 whichever occurs first. EOE

LEGAL NOTICE RFQ 22-02: ON-CALL ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES

The South Central Regional Council of Governments (“SCRCOG”) will be accepting sealed Qualifications for On-Call Architectural Services. SCRCOG is seeking architectural firms to provide “On-Call” services to all fifteen municipalities in the region.

Specializations include, but are not limited to, preliminary studies, public outreach, renderings, drawings, specifications, estimates, scopes of work and other professional Invitation to Bid: services. Firms are invited to submit only on those types of projects they specialize in.

2nd Notice Seeking qualified condidates to fill Disadvantaged, minority, small, and women-owned business enterprises are encouraged to respond. numerous vacancies to include,

Old Saybrook, CT Deputy Assessor, Mechanic The complete request for qualification (“RFQ”) document can be obtained on the Buildings,SCRCOG 17 Units) website, www.scrcog.org/purchasing/.

Sewer Line, Public Health (4 Nurse Exempt & Not Wage Rate Project and more. For Tax information andPrevailing RFQs shall be submitted in the manner specified to the SCRCOG Regional Purchasdetailed application instructions, ing Consortium, 127 Washington Avenue, 4th Floor West, North Haven, CT 06473 New Construction, Wood Framed, Housing,until 12:00 Selective Demolition, Site-work, Castvisit www.ci.milford.ct.us P.M. local, eastern standard time on Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

Click on SERVICES, JOBS and in-place Concrete, Asphalt Shingles, Vinyl Siding,

TITLE. For questions Residential concerning Casework, this RFQ, contact Andy Cirioli, Municipal Services ManFlooring,JOB Painting, Division 10 Specialties, Appliances, ager at purchasing@scrcog.org.SCRCOG is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection.

Employer.

Pre-employment drug testing. AA/EOE. For Details go to www.bloomfieldct.gov

CITY OF MILFORD

SAYEBROOKE VILLAGE

Portland

This contract is subject to state set-aside and contract compliance requirements.

ASSESSOR

Bid Extended, Due Date: August 5, 2016 Youth Services Administrator Anticipated Start: August 15, 2016 full-time Project position.

Thisvia is aftpresponsible documents available link below: technical and administrative position involving the direction of Go http://ftp.cbtghosting.com/loginok.html?username=sayebrookevillage to www.portlandct. the Town of Wallingford property assessment office. The position has direct responsibility for the evaluation of real and personal property as well as for the preparation

org for details. of the annual Grand List. The qualifications are a bachelor’s degree in economics, Fax or Email Questions & Bids to: Dawn Lang @ 203-881-8372 dawnlang@haynesconstruction.com finance, real estate or a related area, plus 6 years of progressively responsible assessHCC encourages the participation of all Veteran,ment S/W/MBE & Sectionexperience 3 Certified Businesses appraisal which includes supervisory experience, or an equivalent Haynes Construction Company, 32 Progress Ave, Seymour, CT 06483 and experience. Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s combination of education license. Salary: $98,915 to $126,561 annually plus an excellent fringe benefit package.

AA/EEO EMPLOYER Application forms may be obtained at the Department of Human Resources, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. Forms will be mailed Go to www.portlandct. upon request from the Department of Human Resources or may be downloaded from the Town of Wallingford Department of Human Resources Web Page. Phone: (203) org for details 294-2080, Fax: (203) 294-2084. The closing date will be November 19, 2021. EOE

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Merceditas S. Villanueva, MD

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It may be treating pre-term babies and their sleep-deprived parents. Using tumor profiling to personalize cancer therapies. Or leading the way in advanced robot-assisted surgeries. Whatever the situation, and whoever the patient, all of our acclaimed doctors, nurses, and caregivers are committed to the same thing: doing their jobs with the greatest of care.

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New Haven Public Schools

Early Childhood Programs FREE and Sliding Scale 6-hour Programs for 3 and 4 Year Olds of low-income New Haven families Available in the following New Haven Public Schools:

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Contact:

NEW HAVEN

HeadStartNewHaven.com 475-220-1462 / 475-220-1463 24

How to Apply

Application begins with a phone call

What you will submit with your Application 1) Proof of Age

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2) Proof of Address

3) Proof of Income

4) Proof of a Physical (within one year-to-date)

5) Proof of a Dental Exam (within 6-months-to-date)