New Haven

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.newhavenct.gov/ (City of New Haven, Connecticut)
• Board of Alders legislative portal (agendas, minutes and meeting detail for the Board and its committees): https://newhaven-ct.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx
• Weekly meeting schedules: https://www.newhavenct.gov/government/boards-commissions/boards-commissions-listed/board-of-alders/-folder-464; 2026 Board of Alders schedule: https://www.newhavenct.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/27812/639053790847630000
• Meeting video: Board of Alders YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzL3Hv9xzwe7XK3Vqeu8qxg (streams tab). These are the full Board and its committees only.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor Justin Elicker
• Board of Alders (30 wards; regular meetings 7:00 PM, normally the 1st and 3rd Monday, Board of Alders Chamber, 165 Church St): President Tyisha Walker-Myers (Ward 23); Director of Legislative Services Albert Lucas
• Committee chairs: Finance Adam Marchand; Youth Kimberly Edwards; Community Development Carmen Rodriguez; Tax Abatement Troy Streater; Aldermanic Affairs Evette Hamilton; Public Safety Brian Wingate; Legislation Richard Furlow; Education Gary B. Hogan
• City and Town Clerk Michael B. Smart
• City Plan: Executive Director Laura Brown; Deputy Director of Zoning Abdul-Razak Zachariah; Assistant Director of Comprehensive Planning Esther Rose-Wilen
• Other officials in agendas: Controller Michael Gormany; Deputy CAO Rebecca Bombero; Community Services Administrator Eliza Halsey; Parks and Recreation Director Max Webster; Livable City Initiative director Liam Brennan
• Other boards: City Plan Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals and Board of Education (meeting pages are built from schedule listings only)

Data quality notes

• Board of Alders agendas are drafts annotated with outcomes; no journals or minutes are posted for full Board meetings after 8/3. Committee minutes exist for only some meetings; where minutes are missing, committee outcomes are inferred from the full Board's later agendas and marked as such.
• The amount of the litigation self-insurance bond ordinance is uncertain: the 11/5 draft agenda prints a different figure from the earlier $27,000,000 version.
• The City Plan Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals and Board of Education agendas and minutes were not read, and their meetings have no video found. Dates for committee meetings after 2026-11-05 are not yet posted and are not listed.
• Ward-to-name mapping for most alders was not captured, so most alders are named by surname in meeting notes and have no People page.
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. Videos of the full Board and committees are YouTube auto-generated captions pending transcription.