YOUTH JUSTICE
There is an intentional misinformation campaign being promulgated by a group called “Safe Streets CT.” This group is a front for a political strategy in Connecticut designed to roll back recent and successful reforms in youth and criminal justice and to unseat politicians who appear weak on crime. “Safe Streets CT” is using recent spikes in car thefts to allege a major rise in crime rates in Connecticut’s suburbs, linking without data, urban youth (code for black and brown children) to these thefts. To learn more about this issue, view this video produced by GHIAA organizers and leaders.
On June 29, 2023 Governor Ned Lamont signed H.B. 6664 into effect which dissolves MIRA as of July 1. The bill calls for a new board to be commissioned to oversee the Southend trash-to-energy parcel into it’s next phase. The Hartford City Council will get to appoint 5 members to this new board, giving residents a say in their neighborhood.