Mayor Toni Harp discusses her push for longtime city control of Union Station, the city's response to the latest snowstorm, and the future of the expanded day programs at city schools.
Mayor Monday March 20, 2017
Mayor Monday March 13 2017
Mayor Harp weighs in on plans for the big storm, on the controversy at the City Clerk's office, prospects for increased state aid to the city, on the changing of the guard at the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Proprietors of the Green,
Mayor Monday | March 6, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp discusses plans for the Fort Nathan Hale fishing pier, the city budget, women's history month, and other events and issues around town.
Mayor Monday Feb. 27, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp previews the new proposed city budget, describes her goals as the new chair of a regional planning group, and answer listener questions about the mayor's race and about a proposed boy's-only charter school.
Mayor Monday | Feb. 13, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp weighs in on this past week's snow-plowing, a state proposal to allow cities to tax local hospitals' real estate, another proposal to raise taxes on cigarettes, and her budding efforts to brew kombucha at home.
Mayor Monday | February 6, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp updates listeners on New Haven's budding sister-city relationship in China, the protest that got out of hand on Saturday, steps to welcome refugees here, and her "State of the City" speech planned for Monday night.
Mayor Monday | Jan. 30, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp weighs in on sanctuary cities, police officers' starting pay, the wisdom of rejecting cop candidates who smoked pot over the past two years, and the upcoming unionization election for some graduate student teachers at Yale.
Mayor Monday | Jan. 23, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp discusses her trip to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, traffic improvements in the wake of last week's fatal crash at South Frontage Road and York, immigration policy in the age of Trump, and good news (in the order of $40,000 a year) for Cherry Ann Park.
Mayor Monday | Jan. 9, 2017
Mayor Toni Harp offers updates on police chase policy, "restorative justice" policies in the schools, and state education funding, while fielding a call about a police stop that a driver considered racially motivated.
Mayor Monday | 01.02.17
Mayor Toni Harp updates the city on school guidance counselors, property reassessment, the police chief search, garbage pick-up schedules, and other issues.
Mayor Monday | 12.13.16
Mayor Toni Harp updates listeners on state legislative goals, her political future, controversies at the police department, and small-business development efforts.
Mayor Monday | 12.05.16
Mayor Toni Harp tries out a housing pitch for the Trump administration, discusses the challenge of helping homeless people who campus out on city land, and discusses her recent trip to an economic development conference.
Mayor Monday | 11.28.16
Mayor Toni Harp offers updates on city zoning changes, economic development, and the city tree-lighting on the Green.
Mayor Monday | 11.14.16
Mayor Toni Harp promises to fight any effort to defund New Haven for its "sanctuary city" policies, calls for changes in how the city handles election day balloting and vote-counting, reviews plans for traffic-calming and new housing development.
Mayor Monday | 11.07.16
Mayor Toni Harp speaks about Halloween in Morris Cove, bus riders in Dixwell, and efforts to avoid a repeat disaster with same-day registration on Election Day
Mayor Monday | Halloween Edition
Mayor Toni Harp speaks out on prostitution stings, the FBI director's October Surprise, and the drought and the holiday tree.
Mayor Monday | 10.26.16
Mayor Toni Harp responds to the debate about recruiting more teachers of color, about election "rigging," and about IT innovation and the quest for a new fiber-optic network.
Mayor Monday | 10.19.16
Mayor Toni Harp speaks about the advantages of hiring a new police chief from within the ranks and about changes about the board of Ed,; and weighs in on Hillary's debate prep and Bob Dylan's Nobel prize.