Governor Dannel Malloy has made the creation and retention of
manufacturing jobs an administration priority, and he left no doubt
Friday that he is willing to risk the loss of firearms jobs to win a
stronger assault-weapon ban that he sees as inevitable.
Malloy spoke a day after three Connecticut manufacturers of AR-15s, the military-style rifle used to kill 26 people in Newtown, began airing commercials warning that a ban could cost hundreds of jobs.
Malloy reached out two days ago in letters to the manufacturers, saying he hoped they stay, despite their differences. He wrote, “It is my hope that as you plan for the future, you consider Connecticut’s high quality of life, the availability of a skilled and educated workforce, and an administration that has been consistently dedicated to supporting the kind of precision manufacturing that takes place at your company.”
Legislative leaders are scheduled to resume negotiations Monday on a gun-control bill that Malloy thinks should include a broader ban on military-style weapons and a restriction on large-capacity ammo magazines.
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Many public housing developments on the Connecticut shoreline have a history of flooding in big storms.
One example is Washington Village in Norwalk. The oldest public housing complex in the state is one of the most vulnerable structures on Connecticut’s coastline.
Short-term, officials say, there’s little anyone can do to protect the complex, short of shutting power off and evacuating residents in case of a threat like Hurricane Sandy. Blueprints for a replacement show colorful, townhouse-style buildings built above the floodplain, with bigger apartments and more services. They’re a far cry from the current drab, brownish-red brick buildings in the complex.
The housing authority is banking on a $30 million federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help finance the $100 million project. HUD only gives out five such grants each year nationwide. It’s not even clear the agency will have the money to offer any this year of fiscal uncertainty.
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Ashley Murray, the Peconic teen who went missing February 25 appeared with a friend at Southold police headquarters Friday afternoon.
Her disappearance touched off a massive search that lit up the social media world and involved the FBI.
Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said Ashley was interviewed by police for over an hour before being taken to a “regional hospital”
He said “She said little about where she was during her absence. She didn’t give a lot of information, she was reluctant to say where she was.”
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The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a new gun safety control measure last week aimed at keeping weapons out of the hands of involuntary psychiatric patients.
The measure requires Suffolk Police to crosscheck the names and addresses of individuals transported to Stony Brook University’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program against the county’s pistol license registries.
A New York State law adopted In January allows for cross checking potentially unstable individuals against a not yet created statewide pistol license database.
The county’s legislation takes this one step further by requiring police officers to make immediate referrals to the licensing bureau. This is common practice in handling domestic violence-related calls.
The bill will go to Suffolk County Executive Bellone for his signature. If signed, the new law will impact the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown that have Suffolk Police precincts. The law would not affect the five east-end towns which have independent police departments.
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Riverhead Town officials have banned booing at Town meetings.
The board voted to approve new legislation that prohibits any demonstration that lawmakers would consider disruptive to meetings, specifically booing, but agreed clapping would still be permitted.
The first draft of the legislation banned both booing and clapping. But, after protests that the law was restrictive of free speech,” the board agreed to ban only booing.
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Malloy spoke a day after three Connecticut manufacturers of AR-15s, the military-style rifle used to kill 26 people in Newtown, began airing commercials warning that a ban could cost hundreds of jobs.
Malloy reached out two days ago in letters to the manufacturers, saying he hoped they stay, despite their differences. He wrote, “It is my hope that as you plan for the future, you consider Connecticut’s high quality of life, the availability of a skilled and educated workforce, and an administration that has been consistently dedicated to supporting the kind of precision manufacturing that takes place at your company.”
Legislative leaders are scheduled to resume negotiations Monday on a gun-control bill that Malloy thinks should include a broader ban on military-style weapons and a restriction on large-capacity ammo magazines.
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Many public housing developments on the Connecticut shoreline have a history of flooding in big storms.
One example is Washington Village in Norwalk. The oldest public housing complex in the state is one of the most vulnerable structures on Connecticut’s coastline.
Short-term, officials say, there’s little anyone can do to protect the complex, short of shutting power off and evacuating residents in case of a threat like Hurricane Sandy. Blueprints for a replacement show colorful, townhouse-style buildings built above the floodplain, with bigger apartments and more services. They’re a far cry from the current drab, brownish-red brick buildings in the complex.
The housing authority is banking on a $30 million federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help finance the $100 million project. HUD only gives out five such grants each year nationwide. It’s not even clear the agency will have the money to offer any this year of fiscal uncertainty.
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Ashley Murray, the Peconic teen who went missing February 25 appeared with a friend at Southold police headquarters Friday afternoon.
Her disappearance touched off a massive search that lit up the social media world and involved the FBI.
Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said Ashley was interviewed by police for over an hour before being taken to a “regional hospital”
He said “She said little about where she was during her absence. She didn’t give a lot of information, she was reluctant to say where she was.”
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The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously approved a new gun safety control measure last week aimed at keeping weapons out of the hands of involuntary psychiatric patients.
The measure requires Suffolk Police to crosscheck the names and addresses of individuals transported to Stony Brook University’s Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program against the county’s pistol license registries.
A New York State law adopted In January allows for cross checking potentially unstable individuals against a not yet created statewide pistol license database.
The county’s legislation takes this one step further by requiring police officers to make immediate referrals to the licensing bureau. This is common practice in handling domestic violence-related calls.
The bill will go to Suffolk County Executive Bellone for his signature. If signed, the new law will impact the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown that have Suffolk Police precincts. The law would not affect the five east-end towns which have independent police departments.
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Riverhead Town officials have banned booing at Town meetings.
The board voted to approve new legislation that prohibits any demonstration that lawmakers would consider disruptive to meetings, specifically booing, but agreed clapping would still be permitted.
The first draft of the legislation banned both booing and clapping. But, after protests that the law was restrictive of free speech,” the board agreed to ban only booing.
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