July 2026
Mayor Sanchez Announces City’s Credit Rating Upgraded to ‘A+’
Editor’s note: The cover photo is by Dr Frank Gerratana Mayor Bobby Sanchez (D) announced today that S&P Global Ratings has upgraded the City of New Britain’s long-term general obligation bond rating from ‘A’ to ‘A+’ with a stable outlook. According to the Mayor’s announcement, the upgrade will lower future borrowing costs for municipal infrastructure, […]
Reader: New Britain opposed its urban highways—and it can do it again
By Thomas Broderick During the 1950s, 60s, and 70s the state of Connecticut disastrously gutted its cities by ramming urban freeways through their cores. Interstate 91 and Interstate 84 in Hartford, Interstate 95 (originally known as the Connecticut Turnpike) and Route 8 in Bridgeport, and Interstate 95 and the Oak Street Connector in New Haven […]
Mayor Sanchez Says Former Mayor Erin Stewart Missed Restitution Deadline
The deadline for former Mayor Erin Stewart (R) to make her initial restitution payment to the City of New Britain came and went on Wednesday without payment, according to a statement released by current Mayor Bobby Sanchez (D). The funds are intended to reimburse the city for legal expenses incurred as a result of Stewart’s […]