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Residents urge bigger Yale contributions and ask aldermen to fund climate office permanently
Summary
During a Board of Alders finance public hearing, residents urged the committee to press the mayor for a larger voluntary payment from Yale and to move the Office of Climate and Sustainability from expiring ARPA dollars into the city’s general fund.
Chair Adam Marchand opened the Board of Alders Finance Committee’s public hearing on the mayor’s proposed FY2026–27 budget on March 31, and dozens of residents spoke about how budget choices affect neighborhoods.
Justin Etheridge, a research analyst at the state Office of Policy and Management who said he lives in Ward 7, told aldermen that Yale’s tax exemptions shift the burden to homeowners. "If they paid the same rate as every homeowner and business, they would owe $180,000,000 a year," Etheridge said, and he cited a figure—attributed in testimony to New Haven Rising—that Yale and Yale‑affiliated…
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