Residency Push Prompts Ricci Warning
December 5, 2011
by Thomas MacMillan, New Haven Independent
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As lawmakers considered requiring government workers to live in New Haven, a city lawyer voiced a warning: Remember Ricci? You just got out of eight years of costly litigation over discrimination; do you really want to head back for more?
That lawyer was Steve Ecker (at left in photo), a consulting attorney hired by the city to look into the possible legal pitfalls of creating a requirement that city workers also be city residents. He delivered his findings Tuesday evening to members the Board of Aldermen’s City Services and Environmental Policy Committee.
