2026-09-28 - Aldermanic Affairs Committee

00:29-2026-0406

00:34Order of the New Haven Board of Alders

00:37approving the reappoint of Michael

00:38Moscowitz to the Humane Commission.

00:4119

00:43LM-2-0373

00:49order of the new board of approving the

00:52reappoint of Nathan Earl to the youth

00:54commission

00:5720

00:58LM-2026-0374

01:05order of the new Hard of

01:09Jones to the youth committ

01:13peret.

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02:12All right, so we are going to start our

02:15meeting now. Thank you for bearing with

02:17me. I may have messed up a few of your

02:19names. I apologize. I may do it again

02:22until you correct me. But thank you all

02:25for being here. Um, just some

02:26housekeeping things. I just like to let

02:28everyone know that we need to have our

02:31phones on silent or turned off.

02:34This is a long meeting to make sure

02:38we're once

02:45and I'm gonna start with the people on

02:47the right. Elder Angeline

02:52Ward seven

02:56more 18

02:58>> Kimberly Edwards Ward 19 I had to catch

03:00my breath. So we are now going to get

03:04started and we're going to start number

03:06one

03:082026-0171.

03:12Is my vision right here?

03:29All right, we're going to go to item

03:31number two,

03:33which is

03:34>> Wingle.

03:42>> Thank you.

03:44And thank you

03:51And just um for the record, we just need

03:53you to state your name and address for

03:54the record, please. Kyle, 85

03:59board.

04:00>> Thank you. All right. So, we are going

04:02to start now. And it looks like you are

04:04up to be on the environment.

04:09Can you just tell us a little bit about

04:11yourself and why you think this is

04:24member

04:30patterns that are really concerned

04:34um and what have you and so

04:38that anxiety

04:42and I know we're probably

04:46doing and

04:53trying to

04:56um my job

05:01over

05:04and I get to work with amazing people in

05:08the

05:09sector. So I'd love to bring that

05:11knowledge to

05:15folks to come up with information

05:27from committee members at this.

05:32>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for um

05:34being willing to sign up and get

05:37involved civically in our city. Uh my

05:39question for you is have you uh attended

05:42any of the meetings

05:44so far and how many and

05:51>> some

05:56um I

05:59get a lot of everyone there. Um, and my

06:04former boss

06:09is to

06:19feel very comfortable

06:28and you have a lot of enthusiasm which

06:30is what we want to hear. So, thank you

06:32so much.

06:36>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Good evening.

06:41>> Um, you stated that you um

06:47can touch details on what have you on?

06:50>> Yeah. Um I have been involved

06:55with the

07:01um I've um I was a part of Irish the US

07:06and

07:10um I was a part of Washington growing up

07:12and all

07:16of that um and

07:23I've attended many protests and

07:25community

07:28events and um

07:34events and sort of climate movement as

07:37well.

07:39[laughter]

07:41Last question.

07:43Um [clears throat] why would you see

07:45yourself as a good fit for this

07:47committee?

07:49Um

07:51the environment

07:56to join this effort

08:07to engage

08:14for like change for good. Um,

08:28any other questions from

08:32being here today?

08:41>> Okay, we're going to call on number

08:43three now. L1-2026

08:48Elliot

08:50to the Peace Commission.

09:01I would like to

09:04accent [laughter]

09:07sorry

09:09Alt has joined us. Thank you. Hi. How

09:13you doing? Nice to meet you.

09:16>> What we would just have to do is just

09:17state your name and address for the

09:19record.

09:20>> Yes. My name is or go to 38 Clifton

09:24Street.

09:27>> Thank you.

09:31>> Um Oh, great. And can you just start off

09:33with just telling us a little bit about

09:35yourself and why you

09:39>> Yeah. Uh so for my career I worked as a

09:41community organizer um both in political

09:44and nonpolitical circles. I currently

09:46work for the state ofion

09:49grant as an administrative assistant

09:51working with the waterberry police admin

09:53police athletic

09:55um water is my hometown

09:58ago. I love both cities equally. Um I've

10:02always been a really strong

10:04environmentalist. Um I always like a

10:06strong passion for human rights. Um I'm

10:08an active member community. I

10:11particularly

10:24passionate about particular issues

10:30as well.

10:33>> Thank you.

10:37with us. [snorts]

10:44>> Thank you, Madam Chair. Why do you see

10:46yourself as a good fit for this

10:48committee?

10:49>> Yeah. Um, so as I mentioned before, um,

10:52one of my particular interests is

10:54nuclear disarmament. Um, also, um, I'm

10:57particularly passionate about

11:01Palestine right now.

11:04Um, I've always been

11:10veryware

11:14about keeping my community more informed

11:16and more involved in those efforts.

11:21>> Have you attended any of their meetings?

11:23>> I have not.

11:26>> Um, is there like a conflict?

11:29>> I I just been there a lot recently. I

11:32currently in three theatrical

11:34productions at the moment. So

11:38something that was on I have been

11:40approached about it but I incredibly

11:43consider it incredible.

11:45Would you if you are

11:49appointed to be on the committee would

11:51it be conflict?

11:54>> No. I previously spoke with chairman

11:57over the phone

11:59schedule.

12:10Thank you.

12:13The police activity league

12:15gun violence. Yes. Can you describe some

12:18of the things that you do in that

12:19position?

12:20>> Yeah. So, a lot of it is what I do is

12:22working on the data side. One of the

12:24most recent projects was compiling a

12:26list of in database non fatal violences

12:30within the greater water area

12:43in the city.

12:48>> My pleasure. Any other questions from

12:50members? All right, seeing none, we

12:53thank you for being here tonight.

12:54>> Thank you so much for having me.

12:56>> Thank you.

12:59Next, um number four, Colin Mororrow.

13:05>> Number four, Colin Moro.

13:16Okay, now we're going to item number

13:18five, which is 026 0320

13:24Jama.

13:40Thank you for being here. Can you just

13:41state your name and address for the

13:43record, please?

13:44>> Hi, my name is Jamea. My address is 114

13:48Avenue.

13:50>> Thank you. and we would just like you to

13:52just talk about um what your interest is

13:55in the youth commission. Um I'm

13:57interested in joining the commission

13:59because I am a youth and you know

14:03governing body that influences

14:07that are important to me.

14:20questionair

14:24that you would like to advocate for the

14:27committee. how

14:29>> um maybe by understanding like how

14:31policy affects us um as youth maybe

14:34trying to like create events that maybe

14:37the youth can bond because I feel like

14:40um in my like growing up but coming to

14:44New Haven I didn't

15:01part of it.

15:04>> No, I haven't.

15:08I'm just trying to understand your

15:10passion for this.

15:12>> What asset do you think that you can

15:13bring to the committee?

15:22>> Wait, could you repeat the question?

15:24>> That's okay. Take your time.

15:27So, I'm just showing I feel that you are

15:29nervous. That's fine. We're gentle

15:32giants here, [laughter]

15:34but um I know that you want to

15:36understand more of the committee. I'm

15:38just trying to get

15:49>> I'm currently a student and I don't

15:52think the

15:54students of college

15:57so like it's mostly high school

15:58representative. So maybe you're like

16:00bringing a idea of like how college

16:03students live in

16:22Yeah. [laughter]

16:26>> All right. And we're going to go to item

16:28number six. Um,

16:39Thank you for being here tonight.

16:42>> All right.

16:45>> Um, can you just state your name and

16:47address? Sure.

16:48>> Um, my name is Assan Ahmad. Um, my

16:51address is 630 Chapel Street, New Haven.

16:55>> All right. And just like you start off,

16:58tell us a little bit about yourself and

17:00why the Youth Commission is your

17:01commission.

17:02>> Sure.

17:03So, like I said, my name is I'm a

17:06researcher.

17:08Um, prior to that, well, prior to being

17:12here in New Haven, I was in Paul doing

17:14workology,

17:17human rights, and justice. And now that

17:20I'm back here, got married about a year

17:23and a half ago.

17:26I now live in

17:28vision is quite special near and dear to

17:30me because as we think about starting a

17:32family one of the key

17:37is my community safe and ready for me to

17:41have kids and for my kids to adjust and

17:43acclimate here as a potential parent in

17:46the future.

17:48So yeah that's that's me.

17:52>> Thank you.

17:52>> Sure. Any questions from committee

17:54members?

17:57>> Okay.

17:58>> Thank you and thank you for um

18:02to possibly serve on this committee. How

18:04do you think your background in public

18:06health and probably international public

18:09health will what perspective do you

18:11think that could bring to a youth

18:13commission that is really?

18:16>> Good question. Uh so a few goodness

18:21about a week ago um I had the privilege

18:23of organizing an event um I served as an

18:25adviser commission on policy which is a

18:28group of former heads of state um had

18:30the chance to bring those heads of state

18:32here

18:34former prime minister of New Zealand

18:40and we had Megan Ry doing exactly that

18:43which is localizing global

18:45recommendations for youth

18:48And by doing so, we're able to kind of

18:50put together and our youth

18:51representative who was actually quite

18:53critical conversation because we believe

18:56nothing about us without us. So talk

18:59about youth, we need whether that youth

19:02be in high school or that youth be in

19:04college. Um, prior to my work in

19:08infectious disease epidemiology and

19:10global human rights, um, I also served

19:13um, on the board for UNICEF, which is

19:16the United Nations Children's Fund, Next

19:18Generation, which is like the pipeline

19:20to the board of directors. Um, so with

19:22all of those things together and my

19:25home, I want to bring all those things

19:27here.

19:29>> Thank you for wanting to serve.

19:34>> Thank you.

19:35more.

19:36>> Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you

19:38for stepping up. I really appreciate the

19:42answer to the question, why are you

19:43interested? That you've benefited from

19:45mentorship and educational opportunities

19:47and community support and you want to

19:49give back and create pathways. I think

19:51it's a really powerful thing. Um, you

19:54seem also like a very busy person and so

19:57I just wanted to make sure you check

20:00if this will fit with your schedule and

20:02then attend all the meetings. Yeah,

20:04thank you. Good question. Um, so I've

20:06been attending the commission meetings

20:08regularly for the past two months now,

20:12two, three months now. And um, you know,

20:14I know they're once a Thursday every,

20:16you know, every couple weeks. So those

20:18have been perfectly fine thus far. I

20:21anticipate those fine forward. So it

20:25does, you know, the group is so

20:26fantastic and I think we have a really

20:29good chemistry

20:32in terms of the schedule itself.

20:38Well, thank you so much for stepping up

20:40and

20:45[clears throat]

20:46thank you.

20:48Thank you so much for your interest in

20:51stepping up, but um also thank you for

20:54answering these questions so thoroughly

20:57like you literally answer I've never

21:00seen this before. [laughter]

21:02>> Thank you for taking time to answer

21:05these questions the way so much. I will

21:09say, you know, one thing I had coming in

21:12was that these commissions are such

21:15incredible

21:17comprised

21:19people. It's a privilege to kind of

21:21serve with them. Um but most importantly

21:27locally.

21:28So I think

21:31to see that we have this ability um to

21:35kind of discuss the matters that are

21:38happening on the ground, organize those

21:41matters together, put them forward and

21:44then alliance locally. Um it's really

21:50Thank you. Alder Hubbert.

21:54>> Thank you. Um

21:57can you just touch base

21:59were you one of the organizers for the

22:02meeting that took place last Friday with

22:05all

22:06>> Yes. Yes. So I served as an adviser for

22:09the global for many years and with that

22:12when I came here I also serve as a I

22:15also was a graduate school public

22:16health. So I put all these various

22:19angles of my life together in a room.

22:25So

22:27I think my concern was

22:31is that I get that you're from death. Um

22:35but

22:41still not the one to be. [laughter]

22:43Um, so with your your meeting last week,

22:48um, I guess,

22:50what did you guys get out of that? Like

22:52what was besides talking about the youth

22:55and everything? Because I see it from

22:57like a perspective

22:59from the

23:04>> Yeah, that's a really good question and

23:06I'm sad to hear that we weren't able to

23:08make sure that everybody could attend.

23:10You know, originally we were trying to

23:12organize it here

23:15because we wanted it to be a city first

23:17initiative. Um, unfortunately because we

23:20had fortunately unfortunately we had

23:22about 200 registered people. So

23:24logistically we're a bit worried that

23:26okay hope enough people that could fit

23:29so we had to move it over to Patel

23:30Chapel. Um, but I think that's the

23:34beauty of being a resident of

23:37having the city be kind of a key part of

23:41the work that comes what we do. Um, now

23:45in terms of what was the key out from

23:49the meeting essentially was celebrating

23:52these global recommendations that were

23:54written by global commission and 140

23:58consultation around the world. Those

24:01discussions were around youth and drugs.

24:05Those two comments historically have

24:09never been in the same sentence with a

24:11clear strategy forward. You left the

24:14global kind of body for for youth. Never

24:17wanted to talk about it. Um but also

24:22the the youth angle didn't really feel

24:24comfortable having these discussions

24:27because it was something that you know

24:29the the larger the larger um the drug

24:33ecosystem wasn't really ready to talk

24:35about. So now that we had these first

24:39ever um it was very important for us to

24:41bring those here at local. So as our

24:45instead we worked with uh Mayor Eller to

24:48put together a subcommittee under the

24:50youth commission to focus on localizing

24:54these global recommendations.

24:57Now, what that means is for us to bring

24:59together local experts who understand

25:03the issues on the ground and for people

25:06with lived experiences, but also people

25:09that are impacted by punitive drug laws

25:12to come together and to talk about it

25:15and for us to come up with a game plan.

25:18How are we gonna attempt to address this

25:21issue? Because it's a very sensitive

25:23one. You know, a lot of people have lost

25:25a lot of um a lot of loved ones to this

25:28issue and it's a very serious one. But

25:31we can't ask for it without spending the

25:34time. So with the mayor, we had the

25:36privilege of putting together a now. I

25:39hope as one of my first things after

25:42hopefully

25:44would be to

25:48Okay. Who are the right people here and

25:50how do we do that

25:53for our city?

26:00Any other questions? Thank you for being

26:07>> Next up, we have number seven, which is

26:10LM2026-0361.

26:14Um,

26:22Hello.

26:24State your name and address for the

26:26record.

26:27>> Cruz.

26:30>> All right. And Mr. Cruz, would you be so

26:33kind as just to give us a little

26:35background of why the Youth Commission

26:38is the commission for you, please?

26:40>> Uh, yeah. So

26:43I go across high school there and

26:55represent

26:57who may not even be aware

27:00exist.

27:04>> Any questions from committee members?

27:09Next question from Baltimore.

27:12>> Have you been able

27:15to

27:16meet?

27:17>> No, not yet. Um I did look I

27:22sure if I put up

27:24and is there

27:29no

27:31past with the meetings was there

27:36>> uh no I just didn't really think too

27:38long. Well no thanks again. I mean, I

27:42think

27:43getting involved in this city, it it

27:46takes courage and it time and takes your

27:49energy and I think it's really important

27:50that young people are stepping up and

27:52[clears throat]

27:53doing this work because everyone's we

27:57have a lot of vacancies. So, um,

28:05thank you. Thank you, Mr. Cruz. I wanted

28:08to know from your perspective and I know

28:11um

28:13born and raised here. What are some of

28:15the major issues that you think are

28:18facing the the youth in our city that

28:20sometimes they um those with

28:26you become the youth representative um

28:28don't get overlooked or dismissed

28:32and

28:35>> yes I think a lot of the issues that we

28:37see come up a lot um so

28:42uh

28:46schools we have events

28:48like [clears throat]

28:49there's just a lot of infrastructure

28:51issues at the school

28:53funding um I was just think today it's

28:57going dressed up

28:59thank you um and it was I think on my

29:03list and how we can kind of address that

29:08and one of the things we talk about

29:09there is that look

29:11a lot ofation and a lot of people in

29:15power.

29:16So I think you know below any kind of

29:20issue that we can address we need to

29:22think about people just like that's how

29:25we're able to like understand these

29:27issues. Uh so I think you know make sure

29:31that the schools are wellunded and so

29:34also people understand what the

29:37opportunities are

29:39things like.

29:41>> Thank you. Thank you.

29:43>> Any further questions?

29:46Seeing none, we thank you for being

29:48here. Thank you. [laughter]

29:53We're gonna move on to number eight,

29:54Ellen-2026-362.

29:58Rachel Graiano,

30:06welcome.

30:16West Hazel Street.

30:18>> All right. And get right to it. Just why

30:21are you interested?

30:26I

30:27becoming the program manager

30:31for that long public school student. I

30:35benefited all

30:39and I feel that

30:45generation

30:50I feel that lived experience that

30:57my first job was actually at the bar

31:01with this more so I and honestly say it

31:06me in a way where

31:09options

31:11if I some of my friends kind of

31:15and

31:23>> thank you questions from committee

31:25members

31:30>> more ask my standard question

31:33[laughter] have you attended any of the

31:35meetings?

31:36>> I have not. Um, fortunately I realized

31:39that

31:41my moving back to New Haven formerly

31:44living in non

31:51I cleared my schedule because I also own

31:53barber shop

31:56and Henry.

32:00>> Yes. Yes. So, um, now that I'm closer

32:03and now that I'm back home, I do

32:09check for conflicts with the chair.

32:12>> Absolutely. 6 p.m.

32:21>> Excellent. Well, thank you for stepping

32:22up and and volunteering. I really

32:24appreciate

32:26>> all the work. Any other questions from

32:28committee members?

32:30No, thank you for being with us tonight.

32:34>> Thank you.

32:34>> Thank you.

32:36All right, we're gonna move on to

32:39065.

32:45>> All right, he's not required to be here.

32:47He has great attendance 100%. Okay. But

32:51what we'll do is some people

32:56[laughter]

33:13now we're going to move on to number 10

33:17and it is for Susan Clemens who is also

33:19also not required to be here. Susan

33:22Clement.

33:26All right.

33:29Number 11,

33:31who is also not

33:36Samuel Pierce.

33:40Number 12.

33:43Number 12 is Gillson.

33:48All right. Also not required to attend.

33:51Everyone I'm naming going forward is not

33:53required to attend.

33:55And number 13

34:04number 14.

34:13Number 15, Casey Pick. [laughter]

34:17Is Casey Pick here?

34:23Number 16, Corey Cedon.

34:27Is there Corey Cedon here?

34:31Number 17, Mary Wooy. Mary Wooy for

34:36Environmental Advisory Council.

34:41Number 18, Michael Mosowitz, Humane

34:45Commission. Michael Masowitz

34:5119

34:54Youth Commission,

34:57Nathaniel Earl

35:0120,

35:03Marcy Lynn Jones, Youth Commission.

35:06Marcy Len Jones.

35:14All right. And I'm going to go back up

35:16just to make sure um

35:19Mila Generette is not here. Mila Gerette

35:22for item number one, Commission on

35:25Disabilities.

35:27And I will revisit also item number

35:30four, which is commonal

35:41Now,

35:46are there any members of the public

35:48wishing to speak [clears throat]

35:49tonight?

36:00>> All right. Thank you. And we just

36:05My name is David Augusta. I live 431

36:08Orange Street. I object to any

36:11appointment to the commission on

36:13disabilities because I object to wasting

36:15anyone's time.

36:29I'll give you one specific example

36:32tonight.

36:34Commission complain that they were

36:37intentionally excluded from

36:38participation in the city plan by this

36:43board

36:44has60

36:46more than 560 mentions of bike or

36:49bicycle and two mentions of wheelchair.

36:52The actual population is about two not

36:57one. The commission was asked to provide

37:03was rejected was not included in the

37:05plan.

37:07And literally [clears throat]

37:08people ride wheelchairs in the roadway

37:10to get around sidewalks that they can't

37:13use

37:15facilities that have accessible.

37:19There's really no people to a commission

37:26much more efficient. You could dissolve

37:28this commission and nothing would

37:30change.

37:33They had

37:38complain that they [clears throat]

37:41have no ability

37:45that we don't care about. We just don't

37:51I don't waste time.

37:58Thank you.

38:07>> Anyone else? Here we go. Thank you.

38:18Thank you for being with us. And we just

38:20need you to state your name and address

38:21for the record.

38:26Um I'm here to provide testimony on

38:29behalf of Aaron Good for the democracy

38:32fund. Um I can

38:37this community who is more passionate

38:39and dedicated to ensuring that

38:46and the criteria has to do so and he is

38:52the most knowledgeable person

38:55and I think incredibly

38:59we should make sure that he is able to

39:02continue All

39:08right. And for the final time, are there

39:10any other members of the public wishing

39:12to testify or comment?

39:16Seeing none,

39:22we're going to close the public portion

39:23and get a motion.

39:29>> All right, we're going to vote on that.

39:30All in favor? All

39:35right. Thank you. Any oppose?

39:38Again, public.

39:41Thank you. All right. So, now we're

39:44going to just

39:47that

39:49before us today and that are on our

39:51agenda.

40:00I move items two,

40:05five, six, seven, eight

40:09for approval.

40:10>> Second. [clears throat]

40:14>> All right. All in. Well, we got to have

40:16discussion about [clears throat] this

40:17discussion.

40:19>> Thank you, Madam Chair. I think we have

40:20some enthusiastic qualified candidates

40:22here who are just, you [clears throat]

40:25know, exuberant about getting involved

40:27in civic life and city government and

40:30trying to better our mission here in the

40:32city of New and I think that's a

40:34wonderful thing. So I

40:37enthusiastic

40:39and I encourage my colleagues to do the

40:40same.

40:46Thank you madam chair

40:4918. Um it's nice to see that people

40:53volunteer

40:55participate in their specialty. There's

40:58so many of us that are very

41:00knowledgeable and they choose a

41:02condition that they can really

41:05make an advantage to that

41:08great opportunity and I thank all of

41:09you. Thank you madam.

41:12Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't think

41:15all of uh the people who are um

41:19nominated tonight uh we talk about how

41:21our democracy is in distress and this

41:25these boards and commissions are the

41:27root system of our democracy and showing

41:31up for things that you care about even

41:33though they might be very administrative

41:37commission meetings. Um but doing so

41:40transparently

41:42in public, putting your names out there

41:44for your time and effort um in order to

41:47work together as a city is very

41:50inspiring. Excuse me.

41:52>> Thank you.

41:54Discussion

41:56seeing none order. All in favor?

42:01>> Any oppos? Any abstensions?

42:04All right, it passes. Motion passes. Now

42:08we will move on to our next set.

42:10>> Madam chair, I make a motion to move

42:12items 9 through 20.

42:16>> Second.

42:17>> Second. Thank you. Um discussion.

42:21Discussion.

42:23>> All right. We will call this to a vote.

42:26All in favor of moving these forward for

42:30approval. I

42:33say I close. Any obstensions?

42:37See none

42:39forward.

42:49>> No.

42:51Okay.

42:55>> Thank you very much.

42:59>> Second.

43:01>> All in favor?

43:03>> All right. We are now adjourned.

43:05[laughter]

43:06Thank you for being here with us

43:08tonight.

43:26>> Thank you for

43:28[laughter]

43:31discussion public discussion.

43:33Definitely.