May 21, 2024
Funds

Nonprofits rally at Capitol for more funding – NBC Connecticut

Nonprofit service providers rallied at the Capitol Wednesday to push for more funding next fiscal year. Democrats in the legislature say nonprofits are among their priorities, but they’re still negotiating how to spend leftover funds next year. Nonprofits say they’ve been underfunded for years and need additional funding to continue serving their clients.   Tracie

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Funds

Hartford community members advocate for more state funding for flood victims – NBC Connecticut

Residents in Hartford that have faced years of flooding are frustrated with the state. They say the flooding has caused thousands in damages. “I’m looking for them to come up with some way to give us more money,” Donna Thompson-Daniels said. “I’m sure there’s more people that have experienced this problem. Not just me.” Last

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Funds

Hartford Public Schools to cut nearly 400 positions, citing funding issues – NBC Connecticut

“We knew it, we predicted it, they are temporary positions but they are people,” Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Leslie Torres-Rodriguez said. Hartford Public Schools is in the process of notifying hundreds of staff members their positions will not be available next school year due to a combination of funding reasons. “There has been a modest

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Loans

CT Landlords obtained $50M in fraudulent mortgage loans

A New York man was fined more than $1 million and another has been imprisoned for orchestrating an elaborate fraud they used to acquire $50 million in mortgage loans and build an extensive residential real estate portfolio across Hartford. Federal prosecutors said the “sheer volume of false documents and material misrepresentations’’ concocted to deceive lenders

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Mortgage

Men sentenced for involvement in multimillion-dollar Hartford mortgage fraud scheme – NBC Connecticut

Two men from New York have been sentenced for their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud scheme in Hartford, Connecticut, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Authorities said 58-year-old Jacob Deutsch and 63-year-old Aron Deutsch were sentenced for their role in a wide-ranging fraud scheme involving 24 mortgage loans on several multi-family housing

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Property

Contemporary CT home with private FAA approved airstrip

There are times when words, such as unique, prove inadequate. The property at 1875 Perkins St. in Bristol is a case in point. This home, its location, and its amenities, which include a private 1,800-foot paved airstrip, prompted Ellen Sebastian of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty to say, “There is simply nothing else like it,

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