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Board committee advances slate of civic appointments, including youth and housing nominees
Summary
The New Haven Board of Alders Automatic Affairs Committee on March 23 advanced several nominees — to commissions covering housing, development, disabilities, environment, food policy, youth and the Port Authority representative — to the full Board for confirmation, with one abstention on the Port Authority seat.
The New Haven Board of Alders Automatic Affairs Committee on Monday advanced a package of nominees to the full Board for confirmation, including appointees to the Affordable Housing Commission, Development Commission, Commission on Disabilities, Environmental Advisory Council, Food Policy Council, and the Youth Commission.
Chair Evette Hamilton opened the meeting with a reading of the public notice and the committee introduced members before hearing from each nominee. Crystal Fernandez, nominated to the Affordable Housing Commission, said affordable housing "is at the intersection of kind of every aspect of my life professionally and personally," citing 18 years of nonprofit experience, work at Common Ground High School and her role at…
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