Wooster Square Alder Mandy Martinelli (second from right) and City Health Director Maritza Bond (second from left) in the crowd at Wednesday’s forum. ” data-large-file=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-1024×669.jpg” src=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-1024×669.jpg” alt class=”wp-image-224141″ srcset=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-1024×669.jpg 1024w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-300×196.jpg 300w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-768×502.jpg 768w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-1536×1004.jpg 1536w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-2048×1338.jpg 2048w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-1200×784.jpg 1200w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-2000×1307.jpg 2000w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-780×510.jpg 780w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-400×261.jpg 400w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th3-706×461.jpg 706w” sizes=”(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px”>Wooster Square Alder Mandy Martinelli (second from right) and City Health Director Maritza Bond (second from left) in the crowd at Wednesday’s forum.
Rafael Ramos (right) and Sammy Chamino (left) in the front row. ” data-large-file=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-1024×683.jpg” src=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-1024×683.jpg” alt class=”wp-image-224144″ srcset=”https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-1024×683.jpg 1024w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-300×200.jpg 300w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-768×512.jpg 768w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-1536×1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.newhavenindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/97th6-2048×1365.jpg 2048w,
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