Mayor Justin Elicker

06/04/2026

06/03/2026

Happy PRIDE month, New Haven! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

New Haven is PROUDLY a welcoming and inclusive city for all. This PRIDE month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ residents AND we also celebrate ‘s 30 years of service to the Elm City community! 🎉

An added point of PRIDE for our city: For two years in a row, New Haven has received a score of 100 on the Municipal Equality Index (MEI) — a comprehensive assessment of LGBTQ+ equality in the areas of municipal law, policies, and services that is conducted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization. In addition, New Haven had the added distinction of being one of four spotlighted cities of the 500+ cities that are evaluated in the MEI report this past year!

06/01/2026

Event: Mayor ElickerJoins the Juneteenth Coalition of Greater New Haven for Flag Raising Ceremony and Announcement of Juneteenth Events and Celebrations in the Elm City
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06/01/2026

Press conference | Mayor Elicker Attends Reopening of the New Haven Pride Center, as it Celebrates 30 Years of Service to the Community and Kicks Off Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

05/29/2026

Press conference | GOOOAL! Mayor Elicker, Superintendent Negrón Celebrate Completion of New Haven Counts Empower Soccer League and Accomplishments of the New Haven Tutoring Initiative for this School Year ⚽
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The New Haven Tutoring Initiative (NHTI) is a citywide collaborative effort between the City of New Haven, New Haven Public Schools, and 19 other nonprofit community and educational organizations dedicated to strengthening children's math and literacy skills by providing free high-dosage afterschool and summer tutoring that complements the instruction students receive at New Haven Public Schools. NHTI first launched in June 2023 and has grown every year having served nearly 2,900 students across 35 school and community sites this year to date. In addition, this school year, for this first time, academic tutoring was paired with extracurricular sports enrichment for participating upper elementary and middle school students through the creation of the New Haven Counts Empower Soccer League. Over 200 student athletes across 15 schools participated in the league, which included added day of weekly afterschool soccer practice and twice monthly soccer matches in the fall and spring. Friday marks the conclusion of the spring season with playoff matches among eight school teams.

In the newly approved city budget, Mayor Elicker and the Board of Alders allocated $1 million dollars to continue the NHTI program for next school year. Approximately 900 students are anticipated to be enrolled in summer tutoring with NHTI.

05/28/2026

Press conference | Mayor Elicker and Governor Lamont join Unilever in announcing the creation of the company’s new Global Innovation Center in New Haven

05/25/2026

Since the founding of our nation in 1776, there are those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our freedoms and country.

Today, we remember and honor the individuals and generations of Americans who have lost their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces.

We also hold close all our military families who have lost a loved one in service to our nation and those who are actively deployed and stand in harm's way today.

05/20/2026

Press conference | Mayor Elicker and City Librarian Maria Bernhey Kick Off the New Haven Free Public Library’s Readmobile Services for Spring and Summer 2026! 📖🚐
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Complimenting the New Haven Free Public Library’s five brick-and-mortar locations and 24/7 online services, the Readmobile is its “library on wheels” designed to expand more equitable access to library services by bringing books, materials, resources and library cards directly to residents in New Haven’s neighborhoods. The Readmobile’s refreshed collection includes materials for all ages and has been recently updated with new releases. Throughout the warmer weather months, the Readmobile will make regular stops at community events and locations, including parks, schools, early learning centers, and weekly stops at New Haven senior centers.

Today, the Readmobile is making its first stop of the season at the East Shore Community Center, which houses the East Shore Senior Center.

For the Readmobile’s full schedule, check out the library’s event calendar at nhfpl.org!

05/15/2026

Press conference | Mayor Elicker and New Haven’s Cycling Community Celebrate National Bike Month and Highlight Efforts to Promote Cycling as both a Recreational and Commuting Option for Elm City Residents
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At the event, participants will highlight new bikeways and bike infrastructure projects, a new citywide bike map and canal heritage trail map, new offerings from Ride New Haven e-bikeshare program, the expansion of physical education cycling program at New Haven Public Schools and other local bike activities, events and classes happening during National Bike Month and beyond.

National Bike Month is an annual coast-to-coast celebration, originally established in 1954 and led by the League of American Bicyclists to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and to encourage more individuals to giving biking a try as a fun, healthy, sustainable and practical community option.

05/13/2026

Pres conference | Mayor Elicker, Senate President Looney and New Haven State Delegation Celebrate Millions of Dollars in Additional State Funding and Other 2026 State Legislative Victories for the Elm City
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On Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Justin Elicker, Senate President Martin Looney and fellow members of New Haven’s State Delegation, Superintendent Madeline Negrón and other city leaders celebrated over $23 million in additional state funding secured for the City of New Haven and highlight other significant legislative victories that were achieved during the 2026 state legislative session on behalf of the Elm City and its residents.

The additional revenue secured in the State of Connecticut’s FY 2027 budget adjustment bill, includes $14.4 million in additional municipal aid, $7.6 million in supplemental education funding, and $1.2 million to support the Elm City C.O.M.P.A.S.S. crisis response team and Foxon Boulevard Emergency Shelter serving the city’s most vulnerable residents.

Other legislative victories include new accountability and enforcement tools to regulate under-aged Juice Bars (HB 5222); the extension of the city’s microtransit rideshare pilot program (SB 9); new funds and community improvements for the East Shore neighborhood related to the proposed new terminal at Tweed-New Haven Airport (SB 1); the strengthening of municipal zoning laws and fines to help ensure the proper use of properties (HB 5391); and new protections for residents from illegal actions by ICE agents (SB 397); among other items.