Mayor
Segarra is joined by community leaders at ceremonial ribbon-cutting of new Tower
Avenue sidewalk
This post will be shorton my commentary as I am actually posting it from my hospital room at mt sinai rehab. this story shows the priorities of the segarra administration. while homicide victims are piling up in the streets, even outpacing boston, 4 times hartford's population. pedro segarra is cutting ceremonial ribbons for a new sidewalk. it must be an election year
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NEWS AND
COMMUNITY STATEMENT---
(July
10, 2015) Today, Mayor Pedro E. Segarra
was joined by members of the Northeast Revitalization Association, the Blue
Hills Neighborhood Revitalization Zone (NRZ), the Upper Albany NRZ, the North
End Senior Center and Friends of Keney Park at a ceremonial ribbon-cutting for a
newly-installed sidewalk on the north side of Tower Avenue. The sidewalk was
installed in the winter and spring on a 3,000-foot stretch of road between
Barbour Street and Mayfair Road that previously did not have a sidewalk. The
City invested $380,000 in the project.
“Tower
Avenue is a busy street and the new sidewalk makes it more accessible to
pedestrians walking through Keney Park,” said Mayor Segarra. “I want to thank
all the community groups who advocated for and supported this project. This is
an example of what can happen when the community and the City come together to
make change.”
“This
new sidewalk is not just about safety, it is also about promoting the beauty of
the park inside and out,” said Henry Hester, Vice President of Friends of Keney
Park.
"There
are very few things more important to our seniors than public safety and this
new walkway has addressed one of them. I am very thankful that Mayor Segarra
signed off on this project to be completed because we love our seniors and want
them to be safe,” said Evelyn R. Richardson, representing the Northeast
Revitalization Association.
“Public Safety has always been a
passion of mine and I am happy that Mayor Segarra has listened to the community,
especially the seniors, by completing the sidewalk on Tower Avenue,” said Donna
Thompson-Daniel of the Blue Hills NRZ
FROM HPD:
FROM HPD:
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, Hartford Police Department Patrol
Officers, South Conditions Officers and the Shooting Task Force responded to 371
New Park Avenue for the report of a serious assault with a firearm. Upon
arrival, officers located a male victim on the ground suffering from multiple
gunshot wounds. EMS responded and transported the victim to Hartford Hospital
where he was pronounced deceased at 1802 hours. Major Crimes responded and
assumed the investigation. Crime Scene Division responded to process scene.
Victim: Daniel Sampel, 32, of Hartford, CT
