Ethan Wolin
Staff Reporter
ethan.wolin@yale.edu
Ethan Wolin covers City Hall and local politics. He is a sophomore in Silliman College from Washington, D.C.
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ELIJAH HUREWITZ-RAVITCH & ETHAN WOLIN
Food aid groups seek city money to plug Trump gaps

New Haven food assistance advocates urged alders to budget nearly $1 million for food pantries and soup kitchens struggling due to federal spending cuts.

April 11, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
New Haven’s lawsuits against Trump echo Reagan-era fight over housing funds

In 1986, New Haven won a lawsuit against the Reagan administration challenging delays in housing funding. Now, the city is suing President Trump over environmental grants thrown into doubt.

March 31, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
Republican Steve Orosco enters mayoral race

The businessman and former MMA fighter is Mayor Justin Elicker’s first opponent in his run for a fourth term.

March 25, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN, TYSON ODERMANN & ELIJAH HUREWITZ-RAVITCH
Per new law, nearly no more smoke shops fit in New Haven

The Board of Alders passed and Mayor Justin Elicker signed new restrictions on tobacco and vape retailers, prohibiting almost any new shops for now.

March 24, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN & LILY BELLE POLING
New Haven sues Trump administration over climate funds freeze

With over $30 million in environmental grants in jeopardy, New Haven joined a coalition of five other cities and eleven nonprofits to sue the Trump administration over the potential withholding of appropriated federal funding.

March 23, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
In anti-Trump vanguard, New Haven backed by California group

The nonprofit Public Rights Project, founded by a Yale Law School alumna, is providing free legal support as New Haven takes on federal blows to sanctuary cities and research funds.

February 28, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
City Plan Commission elects new chair

Leslie Radcliffe stepped down from leading the City Plan Commission, yielding the top position on the busy volunteer board to her vice chair, Ernest Pagan.

February 20, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
DeLauro defends Congress’ funding power against Trump

New Haven’s Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, is making a constitutional case against President Trump’s spending cuts.

February 14, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
Facing uncertainty, Elicker stresses solidarity in annual speech

In his State of the City address, Mayor Justin Elicker ran through the typical set of policy priorities and celebrated New Haven’s liberal values in defiance of President Trump.

February 4, 2025

ETHAN WOLIN
Where do plans from Elicker’s last State of the City stand?

Ahead of Monday’s State of the City address, the News reviewed what became of the plans Mayor Elicker outlined in last year’s speech.

January 31, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ, MAIA NEHME, ETHAN WOLIN & LILY BELLE POLING
State, local leaders balk at Trump’s federal funding freeze

A White House budget office order to pause a litany of federal grants and loans sent New Haven recipients scrambling.

January 29, 2025