Upcoming Immigration Community Forum

September 12, 2025



 

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Dear Neighbor,

On October 1, the Yale Institute on Incarceration and Public Safety is hosting an event titled Sentenced Young & Growing Old: Toward Second Chances, Not Extreme Punishments.

I will be joined by experts and advocates for a discussion about the future of youth sentencing in Connecticut. The main point of discussion will my proposed  juvenile sentencing reform bill, which aims to:

  • Raise the age threshold for early parole eligibility from under 21 to under 26, in alignment with developmental brain science and the Miller v. Alabama decision.
  • Eliminate the arbitrary October 1, 2005 cut-off that currently denies hundreds of young people the chance at parole.
  • Address racial inequities in sentencing: Over 85% of those excluded under current law are people of color, and Connecticut ranks second nationally in racial disparity in youth incarceration.

Please click here to sign up for the event. 
 

Join the City of Norwalk for their Immigration Community Forum on Monday, September 15, at 6:30 PM at City Hall. The forum will include a panel discussion with Mayor Harry Rilling, Norwalk Police Chief James Walsh, State Senator Bob Duff and Immigration Attorney Jane Renaud. Several community partner organizations will be tabling at the event, including Building One Community.

The majority of the forum will be a question-and-answer discussion where the audience will be invited to ask our panelists questions about how local and state officials are addressing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement situation. The meeting will be hybrid and take place in the Concert Hall as well as on Zoom. The Zoom link will be presented on social media and the City of Norwalk’s website ahead of Monday’s forum. The event will include Spanish and Haitian Creole interpreters who will be in person, as well as translating the meeting via Zoom.
 

The East Norwalk Train Station will be closed this weekend,  September 13-14 - no train service in either direction. The station will re-open Monday, September 15 for the first trains - both platforms.

Additionally, the parking lot on the north side of station will closed on Monday for construction and inspection. The station and the platform will be open for use. Drop offs permitted; ADA parking permitted; pedestrian access permitted. Permit holders may use lots at SOUTH NORWALK TRAIN STATION on the New Haven Side; or Westport Train Station or the 180 East Ave. Commuter lot.

Police and traffic flaggers will be directing traffic. 
 

Connecticut’s Town Aid Road (TAR) grant program is growing, with state support rising from $60 million under the previous state budget to $80 million in the current budget. This funding boost represents a 33% year-over-year increase that will directly support the cities and towns with the costs of local road paving, maintenance, and safety operations.
 
It is the program’s largest investment in more than a decade, and helps towns repair roads faster, improve safety, and respond better to severe weather.
 

Connecticut received notification from Moody’s and Fitch this week that both rating agencies are upgrading the state’s bond ratings.
 
Moody’s is upgrading Connecticut from Aa3 to Aa2. Fitch is upgrading the state from AA- to AA. These upgrades mark the seventh and eighth credit rating increases during the Lamont administration. Prior to that, the most recent General Obligation bond rating upgrade the state received was in 2001.
 
These ratings upgrades will result in even greater demand for state bonds, creating both immediate and long-term savings for taxpayers, while freeing up resources for Connecticut to make critical investments in programs and people.
 

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