NORTH HAVEN – On Tuesday July 17^th, State Representative Dave Yaccarino concluded a summer clothing and essentials drive benefitting homeless neighbors and in-need residents and families.

Rep. Yaccarino partnered with Columbus House, of New Haven and Wallingford, to organize donation sites at various businesses and community centers throughout North Haven. The effort focused on providing homeless and insecure residents in the North Haven area with new warm-weather essentials, like t-shirts, underwear,…

North Haven, we need your support! This summer, I am hosting a clothing drive with Columbus House and we are collecting donations of new shirts, shorts, underwear, toiletries, and more to benefit in-need neighbors and families.

To support the drive, you can visit any of our six (6) community partners who will have labeled drop-off boxes. Please visit:

Arnold’s Jewelers
117 Washington Ave

North Haven Memorial Library
17 Elm St

DiamondZone
360 Sackett Point Rd

North Haven Fire Department
11 Broadway…

Two state bonding allocations will benefit North Haven Memorial Library and Bailey Road Athletic Complex

NORTH HAVEN – On Thursday, State Representative Dave Yaccarino and State Senator Paul Cicarella celebrated the announcement of two state grants-in-aid to benefit projects in North Haven. The North Haven Memorial Library will receive $249,000 and the Bailey Road Athletic Complex will receive $500,000, both for facility upgrades.

“I am so thrilled to announce these grants to North Haven which will…

It was a great honor – and a harrowing reminder – on Friday to attend Connecticut’s 42nd Annual Holocaust Commemoration. The ceremony included traditional Jewish cantors, chants, and prayers as well as emotional testimony from Endre Sarkany, who survived life in the Budapest ghetto as a young child. I also met Ben Cooper, a WWII veteran of the 45th Infantry – “The Liberators of Dachau.”

The commemoration challenged a growing tide of antisemitism around the globe, the nation, and here at home with…

HARTFORD – On Tuesday April 30^th, State Representative Dave Yaccarino (R-North Haven) was among the principal co-sponsors and strongest advocates for new legislation which expands benefit eligibility for first responders who may be killed or disabled in the line of duty and their families.

The bipartisan effort to pass H.B. 5279 was led by North Haven lawmakers who witnessed the tragic loss of two firefighters in under one year.

Firefighter Matthias Wirtz was 46 on December 26^th, 2022, when he died…

Contains structural spending reforms, invests in local education,

stays under the spending cap

On Thursday, I joined my House Republican colleagues to release a plan to balance the second year of the state budget, keeping a promise to Connecticut residents by honoring the fiscal guardrails, focusing on affordability, pursuing structural spending reforms, and increasing funding for local education to help prevent more pressure on local property taxpayers.

Our plan was developed to balance the budget…

NORTH HAVEN – On Thursday, March 28^th, State Rep. Dave Yaccarino presented the winner of his annual Women’s History Month Essay Contest with a special state citation.

Virginia Tupper, a sixth-grade student at North Haven Middle School, was selected by her teachers as the winner of Rep. Yaccarino’s annual contest, acknowledging the excellence of her essay celebrating Ruth A. Lucas.

Participants were asked to write an essay on the prompt, “Important Women in Connecticut’s History and How Their Contributions…

This Wednesday, there will be two important public hearings debating key issues in Connecticut. I encourage you to register to speak or submit testimony.

 ELECTION SECURITY: With cases of fraud Bridgeport putting Connecticut’s elections on the national stage, it is overdue to sure up the integrity of our state’s elections. House Republicans’ proposal – SB 390 – is a mandatory one-year jail sentence for anyone convicted of criminal election law violations.

 Register to speak: https://tinyurl.com/mr2575m5…

It was a pleasure this week to join a few of Mr. Smith’s classes at North Haven High School and speak with Civics and United States History students. They were engaged and had excellent questions, ranging from a day in the life of a state legislator to my outlook on some national issues. Thank you all for having me!