Stamford, CT – The City of Stamford’s Below Market Housing Rate Program has received an award in the topical category of Innovation in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. The award is given to municipalities recognized for utilizing effective methods which establish lasting change and diversity through preemptive inclusion measures. Stamford…
Stamford, CT – The United States Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office has awarded Stamford’s Youth Initiative through the Community Policing Development (CPD) program a grant in the amount of $124,994. According to a release issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs, CPD program funds are used to “support…
Stamford, CT – The annual FBI analysis report of crime statistics has been released for the calendar year 2020. The report indicates that the City of Stamford is the safest City in Connecticut and New England and one of the safest in the Nation based on population. Overall crime was down by 7 percent with…
STAMFORD, CT – Stamford Mayor David Martin announced today that the he will be formally requesting the Connecticut State legislature to give Stamford and other CT municipalities the option of postponing their required property re-assessments by one year. Municipalities are required by law to conduct a re-assessment, also known as a revaluation, of properties every…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has issued a proclamation calling the Connecticut General Assembly to meet in a limited special session beginning Monday, September 27, 2021, for the sole purpose of approving a renewal of the declaration of public health and civil preparedness emergencies that were issued in response to…
HARTFORD, CT – On Wednesday Governor Ned Lamont announced that his administration has developed plans with leadership at the Connecticut Department of Correction to close the Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville by December 31, 2021. It is one of three correctional facilities that are included for closure under the FY 2022-2023 state budget that was…
Stamford, CT – On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Stamford received approximately 8.1’ inches of rain, the most significant amount of rainfall that the City has seen in a short amount of time since 1955. As reported by the National Weather Service, the majority of the rainfall occurred over a 3-hour period. As a result, Mayor…
Hartford, CT – Attorney General William Tong today called on the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to significantly reduce Eversource’s rates. Following the passage of the Take Back Our Grid Act last year, PURA opened a rate review proceeding and is evaluating electric companies’ rates to see if an interim rate reduction is appropriate. The…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that the first round of the $1,000 bonus payments authorized through the Back to Work CT program are being mailed this week to more than 1,500 eligible applicants who are among the initial group of workers participating in the program. Established by Governor Lamont in May, the…
HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont announced that – in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Joe Biden directing flags to be lowered throughout the country as a mark of respect for the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack today in Kabul, Afghanistan – U.S. and state flags in…