The American Italian Women for Greater New Haven have standing to complain about the removal of a statue of Christopher Columbus from a town square but have no claim sufficient to proceed with the case, the federal District Court in Connecticut has ruled. It has dismissed a suit brought by the women against the City of New Haven. The mayor of New Haven dedicated the statue in Wooster Square at a ceremony in 1892, 400 years after Columbus’s discovery of America. The group, which described itself as a charitable organization with 60 members in the area, has met in Wooster Square for many years, including to attend the annual Cherry Blossom festival, to recruit there, and to conduct an annual...