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Thomas Breen

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Thomas Breen

    Ex-Head Start Policy Director Pans Proposed Deregulation - New Haven Independent (opens the original)

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    Jess Bialecki spent a year and a half working as the director of policy and planning for the federal Office of Head Start. It was a dream job for the New Haven native — one where she could help set the national direction for a six-decade-old anti-poverty program that provides early learning, health, and parent-engagement services for low-income families across the country. (Head Start also has roots in New Haven, having been designed by the late Yale prof Ed Zigler.) Bialecki began her tenure as

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Thomas Breen

    Lawyer To Lawyers: Join Fight Against ICE - New Haven Independent (opens the original)

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    “My call is to every attorney,” Glenn Formica said at City Hall on Monday. “I don’t care if you do real estate. I don’t care if you do elder law. You need to step up now. You hold the line here or there’s no more line.” Formica issued that plea at a press conference decrying “unlawful detentions” and arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — including, recently, at Tweed New Haven Airport. Formica is one of 10 staff and volunteer attorneys at The American Immigrant Law Clinic,

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Thomas Breen

    City Works Thru "Glitches" After 911-Tech Transition - New Haven Independent (opens the original)

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    The New Haven Police Department and the city’s 911 call center transitioned to a new computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system this week — and are working through “glitches” as they get used to a new emergency-services technology that has been more than three years in the making. New Haven Police Department (NHPD) spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart provided that update in an email comment sent to the Independent on Friday. Bruckhart said that the city’s new CAD system “went live” with the compa

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Thomas Breen

    Gas Gaffe Earned Labor Relations Director One-Day Unpaid Suspension - New Haven Independent (opens the original)

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    The city’s labor relations director was suspended without pay for one day last September after she filled up her personal car’s tank with gasoline from the municipal pump at the city’s public works facility. That department head, Wendella Ault-Battey, wound up reimbursing the city for the cost of the gas — to the tune of $42.46. City Chief of Staff Sean Matteson and Mayor Justin Elicker provided those details in an email comment sent to the Independent on Thursday. They did so one day after this

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Thomas Breen

    Lamont Sends $45K Reimbursement To New Haven DTC - New Haven Independent (opens the original)

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    Gov. Ned Lamont’s reelection campaign paid the New Haven Democratic Town Committee (DTC) $45,292 to reimburse the local party for citywide canvassing efforts in the runup to the Aug. 11 Democratic primary, in which the two-term incumbent wound up winning 4,790 New Haven votes. According to the New Haven DTC’s treasurer, that payment helped cover the costs of 43 canvassers knocking doors and distributing literature for the Lamont campaign for roughly a month before the primary, at an hourly rate

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