www.newhavenindependent.org
Open in
urlscan Pro
192.240.184.136
Public Scan
URL:
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/abrams_ricci_suit/id_128239
Submission: On September 07 via manual from SG
Submission: On September 07 via manual from SG
Form analysis 6 forms found in the DOM
Name: catmenu —
<form name="catmenu" id="ncLeft" action=""> <select name="selcat" onchange="location=document.catmenu.selcat.options[document.catmenu.selcat.selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="">choose</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/arts/">Arts & Culture</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/Crosswords/">Crosswords</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/film/">Film</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/funnies/">Op-Art</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/music/">Music</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/theater/">Theater</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/tv/">TV/Radio</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/black_lives_matter/">Black Lives Matter</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/businesslabor_economic_development/">Business/ Economic Development</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/citizen_contributions/">Citizen Contributions</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/city_hall/">City Hall</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/environment/">Environment</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/food/">Food</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/gay_rights/">Gay Rights</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/hamden/">Hamden</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/healthcare/">Health</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/higher_ed/">Higher Ed</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/hometown_heroes/">Hometown Heroes</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/housing/">Housing</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/immigrant_tales/">Immigrants</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/international/">International</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/labor/">Labor</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/legal_writes/">Legal Writes</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/lgbtq/">LGBTQ</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/media_books/">Media</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/neighborhoods/">Neighborhoods</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/opinion/">Opinion</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/parks/">Parks</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/politics/">Politics</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/real_estate/">Real estate</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/religion/">Religion</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/schools/">Schools</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/science_medical/">Science/ Medical</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/serials/">Serials</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/social_services/">Social Services</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/sports/">Sports</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/state/">State</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/2018_session/">2018 Session</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/transportation/">Transportation</option>
<option value=" /index.php/archives/category/wnhh_radio/">WNHH Radio</option>
</select></form>Name: catmenu2 —
<form name="catmenu2" id="ncLeft2" action=""> <select name="selcat2" onchange="location=document.catmenu2.selcat2.options[document.catmenu2.selcat2.selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="">choose</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/amity/">Amity/ Beverly Hills</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/beaver_hills/">Beaver Hills</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/bishop_woods/">Bishop Woods/ Q Meadows</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/cedar_hill/">Cedar Hill</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/chatham_square/">Chatham Square</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/city_point/">City Point</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/dixwell/">Dixwell</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/downtown/">Downtown</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/dwight/">Dwight</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/east_rock/">East Rock</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/prospect_hill/">Prospect Hill</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/edgewood/">Edgewood</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/fair_haven/">Fair Haven</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/goatville/">Goatville</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/jocelyn_square/">Jocelyn Square</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/kimberly_square/">Kimberly Square</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/long_wharf/">Long Wharf</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/mill_river/">Mill River</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/morris_cove/">Morris Cove</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/newhallville/">Newhallville</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/ninth_square/">Ninth Square</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/quinnipiac_river_village/">Quinnipiac River Village</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/the_annex/">The Annex</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/the_heights/">The Heights</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/the_hill/">The Hill</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/trowbridge_square/">Trowbridge Square</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/upper_state_street/">Upper State Street</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/west_hills/">West Hills</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/west_river/">West River</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/west_rock/">West Rock</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/westville/">Westville</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/whalley/">Whalley</option>
<option value="http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/wooster_square/">Wooster Square</option>
</select></form>Name: catmenu3 —
<form name="catmenu3" id="ncLeft3" action=""> <select name="selcat3" onchange="location=document.catmenu3.selcat3.options[document.catmenu3.selcat3.selectedIndex].value;">
<option value="">choose</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/obituaries">Obituaries</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/1_Day_3_Neighborhoods/">1 Day, 3 Neighborhoods</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/24_hours/">24 Hours</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2013/">Campaign 2013</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2017/">Campaign 2017</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2018/">Campaign 2018</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2019/">Campaign 2019</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2020/">Campaign 2020</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/campaign_2021/">Campaign 2021</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/chef_of_the_week/">Chef Of The Week</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/city_budget/">City Budget</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/community_management_teams/">Community Management Teams</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/cop_of_the_week/">Cop of the Week</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/covid_on_campus/">Covid On Campus</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/covid-19/">Covid-19</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/ct_bus_diaries/">CT Bus Diaries</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/jobs_pipeline/">Jobs Pipeline</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/news_from_the_pews/">News From The Pews</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/pandemic_diary/">Pandemic Diary</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/prison_diary/">Prison Diaries</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/todays_special/">Today's Special</option>
<option value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/category/true_vote/">True Vote</option>
</select></form>POST https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php
<form id="loggin" method="post" action="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php">
<div class="hiddenFields"> <input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="9"> <input type="hidden" name="RET" value="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/abrams_ricci_suit/id_128239/"> <input type="hidden" name="site_id" value="3">
</div>
<fieldset>
<div class="row">
<div class="large-16 columns logForm">
<h4 id="nh_loginTitle" class="form-title">New Haven Independent Login Form</h4> <label for="username">username</label> <input type="text" name="username" value="" maxlength="32" class="input" size="20"> <input class="checkbox" type="checkbox"
name="auto_login" value="1"> Auto-login on future visits
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="large-16 columns logForm"><label for="password">password</label> <input type="password" name="password" value="" maxlength="32" class="input" size="20">
<a href="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/participate/forgot_password/">Forgot your password?</a></div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="large-16 columns logForm"><button type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" class="logan">submit</button></div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>POST https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php
<form method="post" action="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php">
<div class="hiddenFields"> <input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="19"> <input type="hidden" name="XID" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="RP" value="search/results"> <input type="hidden" name="NRP" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="RES"
value=""> <input type="hidden" name="status" value="not closed|Pending"> <input type="hidden" name="weblog" value="not sponsors"> <input type="hidden" name="search_in" value="everywhere"> <input type="hidden" name="where" value="all"> <input
type="hidden" name="site_id" value="3"></div>
<div id="lookr" class="lookr row">
<div class="search-box btn-group"><label for="keywords">Search:</label><input type="text" name="keywords" id="keywords" value="" placeholder="search New Haven Independent" class="search-field"><span
class="clear-icon fa fa-times-circle"></span><button class="submit search fa fa-search" type="submit" value="submit"><span>submit</span></button></div>
</div>
</form>POST https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php
<form id="contact_form" method="post" action="https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php">
<div class="hiddenFields"> <input type="hidden" name="ACT" value="20"> <input type="hidden" name="RET" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="URI" value="/archives/entry/abrams_ricci_suit/id_128239/"> <input type="hidden" name="recipients"
value="1+tq6FTEn1O9OcR88yJdRv5RfMYEQDK3U/jd5t7jb1c="> <input type="hidden" name="user_recipients" value="7a44810c6a31cd13c20d2554443c0c5e"> <input type="hidden" name="charset" value="utf-8"> <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value=""> <input
type="hidden" name="replyto" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="site_id" value="3"></div><input type="hidden" name="to" size="40" value="tom.w.breen@gmail.com" readonly="">
<p><label for="from">Your Email:</label><br> <input type="text" id="from" name="from" autocomplete="email" size="60" maxlength="45" value=""></p>
<p><label for="subject">Subject:</label><br> <input type="text" id="subject" name="subject" size="60" value="Contact Thomas Breen Re:Judge’s Ruling Sides With City, Against Alders In Ongoing Ricci Suit" readonly=""></p>
<p><label for="message">Message:</label><br><textarea id="message" name="message" rows="18" cols="40">Sent: Sep 6, 2021 10:10 pm</textarea></p>
<p>Please enter the word you see in the image below:</p>
<p><img src="https://events.newhavenindependent.org/images/captchas/1630980618.7902.jpg" width="140" height="30" style="border:0;" alt=" "><br> <input type="text" name="captcha" value="" maxlength="20"></p>
<p><button type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit Form" class="logan">submit</button></p> <a class="close-reveal-modal" aria-label="Close">×</a>
</form>Text Content
WNHH
*
LISTEN ONLINE:
×
SECTIONS
chooseArts & CultureCrosswordsFilmOp-ArtMusicTheaterTV/RadioBlack Lives
MatterBusiness/ Economic DevelopmentCitizen ContributionsCity
HallEnvironmentFoodGay RightsHamdenHealthHigher EdHometown
HeroesHousingImmigrantsInternationalLaborLegal
WritesLGBTQMediaNeighborhoodsOpinionParksPoliticsReal
estateReligionSchoolsScience/ MedicalSerialsSocial ServicesSportsState2018
SessionTransportationWNHH Radio
NEIGHBORHOODS
chooseAmity/ Beverly HillsBeaver HillsBishop Woods/ Q MeadowsCedar HillChatham
SquareCity PointDixwellDowntownDwightEast RockProspect HillEdgewoodFair
HavenGoatvilleJocelyn SquareKimberly SquareLong WharfMill RiverMorris
CoveNewhallvilleNinth SquareQuinnipiac River VillageThe AnnexThe HeightsThe
HillTrowbridge SquareUpper State StreetWest HillsWest RiverWest
RockWestvilleWhalleyWooster Square
FEATURES
chooseObituaries1 Day, 3 Neighborhoods24 HoursCampaign 2013Campaign 2017Campaign
2018Campaign 2019Campaign 2020Campaign 2021Chef Of The WeekCity BudgetCommunity
Management TeamsCop of the WeekCovid On CampusCovid-19CT Bus DiariesJobs
PipelineNews From The PewsPandemic DiaryPrison DiariesToday's SpecialTrue Vote
WNHH RADIO
* Arts Respond! with Lucy Gellman
* Behind the Brand w/ Preston & EZ Bluez
* Cannabis Corner
* Dateline New Haven
* Economic Update
* Independent Project
* Jazz Haven
* Joe Ugly Show
* Kica's Corner
* La Voz Radio
* LoveBabz LoveTalk
* Northern Remedy
* The Municipal Voice
* The Pete Mezzetti Show
* The Tom Ficklin Show
* Urban Talk Radio
FOLLOW US
NHI NEWSLETTER
LEGAL NOTICES
* Agency On Aging
* Board of Alders
* Housing Authority
* City Clerk
* Other
* Probate
GOVERNMENT/ COMMUNITY LINKS
* ‘r Kids Family Center
* 1 City/ 60 Days
* Agency on Aging
* AIDS Project NH
* ALIVE
* All Our Kin
* Animal Shelter Volunteers
* Arte Inc.
* Arts Council
* Arts In CT
* Artspace
* Beth El Keser Israel
* Big Brothers Big Sisters
* Bike New Haven
* Black Infinity Collective
* Boys & Girls Club
* Cancer Support
* CASA of Southern CT
* Chabad of Westville
* Chamber of Commerce
* Children’s Museum
* Christian Community Action
* City of New Haven
* CitySeed
* Citywide Youth
* Clifford Beers
* Columbus House
* Community Action Agency
* Community Loan Fund
* Community Mediation
* ConnCAN
* Continuum of Care
* Continuum Recovery Services
* Cornell Scott—Hill Health Center
* Creative Arts Workshop
* CT BAEO
* CT Best Restaurants
* CT Tech Council
* Data Haven
* EcoWorks
* Elm City Cycling
* Elm Shakespeare
* Elmseed
* Empower NH
* Fair Haven Community Health
* Fellowship Place
* Friends Of Wooster Sq.
* GAVA
* Gay Men’s Chorus
* GNH Community Chorus
* Grassroots Deli
* Habitat For Humanity
* Hamden CERT
* Historic Wooster Sq. Assn.
* Info New Haven
* INFO NH Calendar
* IRIS
* Jazz Haven
* Jewish Family Service
* Jewish Federation
* Job Finder
* Junta
* Labor History
* Lawyer Finder
* LEAP
* Legal Aid Network
* Liberty Safe Haven
* Life Haven
* Literacy Coalition
* LWV CT
* Magrisso Forte
* Mary Wade
* Music Haven
* Neighborhood Music School
* New Haven 828
* New Haven Chorale
* New Haven Farms
* New Haven Museum
* New Haven Reads
* New Life Corp.
* New Reach
* NH Bird Club
* NH Land Trust
* NH Symphony
* NH/Leon Sister City
* NHS
* On The Road To Greenness
* Orchard Street Shul
* Orchestra NE
* Parents Available to Help
* Pat Dillon
* Peace News
* PechaKucha
* Planned Parenthood
* Police
* Progressive Action Roundtable
* Promoting Enduring Peace
* Public Allies CT
* Public Library
* Public Schools
* Public Works
* Rainbow Girls
* Register Calendar
* REX
* ROOF
* SAMA
* SCRCOG
* SCSU Events
* Share Our Voices
* Shubert
* Solar Youth
* Soul-O-Ettes
* Squash Haven
* Students for Educational Justice
* United Way
* Urban Design League
* Urban Resources Initiative
* W. Square Blossoms
* Water Authority
* West Rock Trails
* Westville Renaissance
* Westville Synagogue
* What Now New Haven
* Wooster Sq. Watch
* Workforce Alliance
* Yale Events
* YMCA
* Youth Continuum
menu Login Register
NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT LOGIN FORM
username Auto-login on future visits
password Forgot your password?
submit
×
* Info & Contact
* About
* New Haven Independent
* Online Journalism Project
* Contact
* Site Policies
* Subscribe to our Newsletter
* Donate
* Donate
New Haven Independent
Valley Independent Sentinel La Voz Hispana
Search:submit
* NHI Info & Contact
* About
* New Haven Independent
* Online Journalism Project
* Contact
* Site Policies
* Donate
* Extra Extra
* Sections
* Arts & Culture
* Crosswords
* Dining
* Film
* Op-Art
* Music
* Theater
* TV/Radio
* Black Lives Matter
* Business/ Economic Development
* Citizen Contributions
* City Hall
* Environment
* Food
* Gay Rights
* Hamden
* Health
* Higher Ed
* Hometown Heroes
* Housing
* Immigrants
* International
* Labor
* Legal Writes
* LGBTQ
* Media
* Neighborhoods
* Opinion
* Parks
* Politics
* Real estate
* Religion
* Schools
* Science/ Medical
* Serials
* Social Services
* Sports
* State
* 2018 Session
* Transportation
* WNHH Radio
* Neighborhoods
* Amity/ Beverly Hills
* Beaver Hills
* Bishop Woods/ Q Meadows
* Cedar Hill
* Chatham Square
* City Point
* Dixwell
* Downtown
* Dwight
* East Rock
* Prospect Hill
* Edgewood
* Fair Haven
* Goatville
* Jocelyn Square
* Kimberly Square
* Long Wharf
* Mill River
* Morris Cove
* Newhallville
* Ninth Square
* Quinnipiac River Village
* The Annex
* The Heights
* The Hill
* Trowbridge Square
* Upper State Street
* West Hills
* West River
* West Rock
* Westville
* Whalley
* Wooster Square
* Features
* 1 Day, 3 Neighborhoods
* 24 Hours
* Campaign 2013
* Campaign 2017
* Campaign 2018
* Campaign 2019
* Campaign 2020
* Campaign 2021
* Chef Of The Week
* City Budget
* Community Management Teams
* Cop of the Week
* Covid On Campus
* Covid-19
* CT Bus Diaries
* Jobs Pipeline
* News From The Pews
* Pandemic Diary
* Prison Diaries
* Today's Special
* True Vote
* Obituaries
* WNHH Radio
* Arts Respond! with Lucy Gellman
* Behind the Brand w/ Preston & EZ Bluez
* Cannabis Corner
* Dateline New Haven
* Economic Update
* Independent Project
* Jazz Haven
* Joe Ugly Show
* Kica's Corner
* La Voz Radio
* LoveBabz LoveTalk
* Northern Remedy
* The Municipal Voice
* The Pete Mezzetti Show
* The Tom Ficklin Show
* Urban Talk Radio
* Legal Notices
* Agency On Aging
* Board of Alders
* Housing Authority
* City Clerk
* Other
* Probate
* Government/ Community Links
* ‘r Kids Family Center
* 1 City/ 60 Days
* Agency on Aging
* AIDS Project NH
* ALIVE
* All Our Kin
* Animal Shelter Volunteers
* Arte Inc.
* Arts Council
* Arts In CT
* Artspace
* Beth El Keser Israel
* Big Brothers Big Sisters
* Bike New Haven
* Black Infinity Collective
* Boys & Girls Club
* Cancer Support
* CASA of Southern CT
* Chabad of Westville
* Chamber of Commerce
* Children’s Museum
* Christian Community Action
* City of New Haven
* CitySeed
* Citywide Youth
* Clifford Beers
* Columbus House
* Community Action Agency
* Community Loan Fund
* Community Mediation
* ConnCAN
* Continuum of Care
* Continuum Recovery Services
* Cornell Scott—Hill Health Center
* Creative Arts Workshop
* CT BAEO
* CT Best Restaurants
* CT Tech Council
* Data Haven
* EcoWorks
* Elm City Cycling
* Elm Shakespeare
* Elmseed
* Empower NH
* Fair Haven Community Health
* Fellowship Place
* Friends Of Wooster Sq.
* GAVA
* Gay Men’s Chorus
* GNH Community Chorus
* Grassroots Deli
* Habitat For Humanity
* Hamden CERT
* Historic Wooster Sq. Assn.
* Info New Haven
* INFO NH Calendar
* IRIS
* Jazz Haven
* Jewish Family Service
* Jewish Federation
* Job Finder
* Junta
* Labor History
* Lawyer Finder
* LEAP
* Legal Aid Network
* Liberty Safe Haven
* Life Haven
* Literacy Coalition
* LWV CT
* Magrisso Forte
* Mary Wade
* Music Haven
* Neighborhood Music School
* New Haven 828
* New Haven Chorale
* New Haven Farms
* New Haven Museum
* New Haven Reads
* New Life Corp.
* New Reach
* NH Bird Club
* NH Land Trust
* NH Symphony
* NH/Leon Sister City
* NHS
* On The Road To Greenness
* Orchard Street Shul
* Orchestra NE
* Parents Available to Help
* Pat Dillon
* Peace News
* PechaKucha
* Planned Parenthood
* Police
* Progressive Action Roundtable
* Promoting Enduring Peace
* Public Allies CT
* Public Library
* Public Schools
* Public Works
* Rainbow Girls
* Register Calendar
* REX
* ROOF
* SAMA
* SCRCOG
* SCSU Events
* Share Our Voices
* Shubert
* Solar Youth
* Soul-O-Ettes
* Squash Haven
* Students for Educational Justice
* United Way
* Urban Design League
* Urban Resources Initiative
* W. Square Blossoms
* Water Authority
* West Rock Trails
* Westville Renaissance
* Westville Synagogue
* What Now New Haven
* Wooster Sq. Watch
* Workforce Alliance
* Yale Events
* YMCA
* Youth Continuum
* Subscribe to the NHI Newsletter
JUDGE’S RULING SIDES WITH CITY, AGAINST ALDERS IN ONGOING RICCI SUIT
by Thomas Breen | Sep 3, 2021 2:00 pm
(2) Comments | Post a Comment | E-mail the Author
Posted to: City Hall, Legal Writes
Thomas Breen photo
Judge Abrams: The court can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.
A state judge agreed to strike two key counts and a request for an injunction
from the Board of Alders’ ongoing lawsuit against the mayor over former fire
union President Frank Ricci’s pension benefits.
One of the lawyer’s attorneys promised that the case is far from over — and that
the alders will seek a new remedy to stop Ricci from continuing to get the
pension enhancement.
Those decisions came down from State Superior Court Judge James Abrams on
Thursday.
Abrams found that the court cannot reverse a retirement perk that’s already been
paid in the case Board of Alders v. City of New Haven. The alders filed the suit
to try to stop the city from paying out retirement benefits because the legal
process to approve it hadn’t been followed.
Abrams found that the court cannot “put the toothpaste back in the tube,” as it
were, because the city has already paid the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
for a $386,659.92 annuity for Ricci. The injunction sought by the alders is in
vain, he wrote, because the action in dispute has already occurred.
“The defendants are alleged to have already negotiated and purchased the annuity
for the benefit of Ricci without the plaintiff’s authorization,” Abrams wrote.
“The requested injunction cannot remedy what has already been done. To the
extent this injunctive request is concerned with possible future pension
negotiations with Ricci, such a concern is speculative, predicated on fear and
apprehension rather than fact. There are no facts alleged to suggest the
defendants plan to unilaterally negotiate any further pension deals with Ricci,
or any other city employee for that matter.”
Abrams subsequently granted motions to strike filed separately by the city and
the fire union, Local 825.
Click here and here to read his decisions.
Attorney Steve Mednick, a former alder who is representing the Board of Alders
in the matter along with fellow attorney and former Westville Alder Jonathan
Einhorn, told the Independent Friday afternoon that these decisions do not spell
the end of the lawsuit. Far from it.
“We can’t enjoin the city” from paying Met Life for the annuity, he said, but
the alders can still enjoin Met Life from continuing to pay out that annuity to
Ricci. He said the alders intend to seek other remedies to make sure that they
get to sign off on the pension enhancement, as it is worth more than $100,000
and therefore passes a local legal threshold requiring aldermanic approval.
“We still have a case against the city,” Mednick said. He said the alders plan
to submit new filings in the case within the next two weeks.
Youtube
A virtual court hearing in the Ricci pension case in June.
The two rulings granting the city’s and the union’s motions to strike
nevertheless represent a setback for the alders in the an
intra-local-governmental legal dispute that has been making its way through
state court since June 2020.
The core of the original complaint was the alders’ contention that Mayor Justin
Elicker allegedly overstepped his local authority when he struck an agreement
with the former fire union president in May 2020 that required the city to pay
for a $386,659.92 annuity on top of Ricci’s existing pension benefits.
The mayor has defended his actions as legally required per a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) first signed in 2006 between the DeStefano Administration
and the fire union, then amended in 2019 by the Harp Administration to provide
specifically for Ricci.
In subsequent hearings in state court, the two sides have argued over whether or
not the court can stop, or even reverse, an annuity payment that’s already
occurred.
In his decisions Thursday, Abrams sided with the city and the fire union against
the alders, arguing that the original lawsuit was lacking in two key areas: It
did not adequately argue that the alders face “irreparable harm” because of the
annuity payment. And it did not show that the alders lack an adequate “remedy at
law” to resolve the dispute.
“To determine whether a particular harm is irreparable, courts focus on the
nature of the right injuriously affected rather than the pecuniary measure of
the loss endured,” Abrams wrote in his decision granting the city’s motion to
strike.
A plaintiff must allege that, if not for the injunction, there is a “substantial
probability” that they will suffer irreparable harm.
“The plaintiff’s complaint is devoid of any allegation that it would face a
substantial probability of irreparable harm unless injunctive relief is
granted,” Abrams found. “There are no facts alleged from which such an
allegation could even be implied. The injunction the plaintiff seeks in counts
one and two is to prohibit the defendants from circumventing the authority of
the plaintiff to enhance Ricci’s pension. This circumvention, however, is
alleged to have already occurred.”
Abrams similarly granted the fire union’s motion to strike a section of the
original lawsuit that argued that the union should have known at the time that
the alders needed to sign off on Ricci’s pension enhancement agreement.
“The plaintiff’s complaint is devoid of any allegation that it would face a
substantial probability of irreparable harm unless injunctive relief is
granted,” the judge wrote in his decision on the fire union’s motion. “There are
no facts alleged from which such an allegation could even be implied.
Furthermore, because the complaint does not even specify the type of injunctive
relief it seeks against the defendant, it is impossible to establish that the
plaintiff would be irreparably harmed but for the issuance of the injunction.
This, alone, renders count three legally insufficient. Therefore, the motion to
strike count three of the complaint is hereby granted.”
Other counts of the lawsuit that remain to be decided are directed against
Metropolitan Life Insurance, and against Ricci and his wife Christine.
Correction: A previous version of this article stated that Judge Abrams’s
decisions threw out a majority of the alders’ lawsuit. The article has been
corrected to reflect that the case is still active and the alders plan on filing
motions requesting different remedies than just the now-struck injunctions.
TAGS: JAMES ABRAMS, BOARD OF ALDERS, FRANK RICCI, LAWSUITS, PENSIONS, JUSTIN
ELICKER, FIRE UNION
Your Email:
Subject:
Message:
Sent: Sep 6, 2021 10:10 pm
Please enter the word you see in the image below:
submit
×
Share this story with others.
AddThis Sharing Buttons
Share to MoreAddThisMoreShare to FacebookFacebookFacebookShare to
TwitterTwitterTwitterShare to LinkedInLinkedInLinkedInShare to
EmailEmailEmailShare to PrintPrintPrint
POST A COMMENT
YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO COMMENT
If you already have an account, please log in here | If not, please Register.
COMMENTS
POSTED BY: SEAN2356 ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 11:19PM
If the City has learned anything over the years you would think it would be
don’t mess with Frank Ricci. UGH
POSTED BY: DENNIS.. ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2021 8:58PM
The BOA knew about the MOU wit Richie because I told them. Elicker knew he was
going to sign it. Had he not wanted to sign it, or didn’t agree with the pension
kicker for whatever reason, he should have telegraphed to the BOA that he was
going to sign it. The BOA could have then sought an injunction.
The attorney’s in this case ought to be asking to what extent then candidate
Elicker and then union president Ricci we’re talking prior to the Nov 2019
election.
We should also be looking at the communications btw then Mayor Harp and then
union president Ricci.
Not many politicos agree to a $400K pension sweetener and not many sign-off on
it unless they want to.
EVENTS CALENDAR
Thu Sep 9, 2021 9:30am – 12:30pm Creative Arts Workshop
80 Audubon StreetNew HavenCT06510
Working From A Model- Candace Klein
Drawing + Painting Open Studio: All...
view event details » Thu Sep 9, 2021 10:00am – 12:00pm Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History On-Line
170 Whitney AvenueNew HavenCT06511
INTERMEDIATE FIELD SKETCHING AND NATURE JOURNALING
Explore, sketch, and journal as we...
view event details »
VIEW THE FULL CALENDAR »
SEECLICKFIX »
Public Space, Streets and DrainsSep 6, 2021 9:50 pmAddress: 1096 Quinnipiac Ave
New Haven, CT, 06513, USA Rating: 1Private Property IssueSep 6, 2021 9:48
pmAddress: 18 Pond St New Haven, CT, 06511, USA Rating: 3
POSTERWALLADD YOUR POSTER
NEWS FEEDS
N.H.I. RSS 2.0 Feed N.H.I. Atom Feed
SPONSORS
N.H.I. SITE DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
smartpill design
©2005 – 2021 New Haven Independent
site: smartpilldesign