In response to residents’ complaints over substandard living conditions in city apartment buildings earlier this month, the Hartford City Council on Monday passed a resolution to develop an action plan to address housing issues.
With the city of Hartford and the Hartford Police Union continuing contract negotiations, the Hartford City Council on Monday referred a resolution seeking an update on negotiations to a council subcommittee.
The Hartford City Council on Monday evening approved a resolution recognizing June 19 annually as “Juneteenth Independence Day” and making it a legal holiday.
Hartford’s City Council on Monday advanced plans for converting portions of the downtown Hilton Hotel into apartments to one of its committees as unionized hotel workers pushed back against the proposal.
“If the Council approves the plan as it currently stands then most of us will lose our jobs forever,” Kim Davis, a Hartford resident and 30-year employee at the hotel, told council members.