UPDATE: Eric Holder, the nation’s top law enforcement official, joined Governor Dannel Malloy and a coalition of service providers today to announce the year-long planning effort “Project Longevity,” a strategy to curtail gang violence in Connecticut cities. The program was launched in New Haven and will carry on in Bridgeport and Hartford. Bridgeport Police Chief [...]
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Law Enforcement Leaders Launch Effort To Attack Gang Violence
November 27th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Tags: Dan Malloy·David Fein·Eric Holder·Joe Gaudett·John DeStefano·Quinnipiac University
Holder: ‘Front-Line Approaches For Combating Gang Violence’
November 27th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Cops, News and Events
Prepared statement by United States Attorney General Eric Holder during Tuesday’s announcement of Project Longevity, a law enforcement campaign against gang violence. With the launch of Project Longevity, we’re opening a new chapter in the fight against violent crime here in New Haven. We’re signaling our renewed commitment to working collaboratively–across levels of government and [...]
Tags: Dan Malloy·David Fein·Eric Holder
Countrywide Settles Lending Discrimination
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments · News and Events
From Department of Justice: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES $335 MILLION SETTLEMENT TO RESOLVE ALLEGATIONS OF LENDING DISCRIMINATION BY COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL CORPORATION More than 200,000 African-American and Hispanic Borrowers who Qualified for Loans were Charged Higher Fees or Placed into Subprime Loans
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Could We Really Get A New Harding? Plus: Law Enforcement Swarm, And Are Votes Transferable?
May 4th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, Development and Zoning, Education, State Politics
Update: Harding High School is a mess. The good news is at least now city and school officials are talking about replacing it at a cost of roughly $80 million.
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Tags: Auden Grogins·Dan Malloy·Eric Holder·Harding High School·John DeStefano·John Ramos·Maria Pereira·Mary Glassman·Morgan Kaolian·Ned Lamont·Sauda Baraka