Group Details Burdens on Connecticut Cities

An advocacy group for Connecticut's cities and towns is calling attention to what it describes as the disproportionate burdens on poor communities.

A report from the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities describes higher poverty rates, education disparities and increased crime rates in the state's distressed communities.

Nearly a third of Connecticut's municipalities are identified as distressed in the report released on Wednesday. It said they face public service costs that tend to be higher than other places in Connecticut and they have limited capacity to raise revenue to cover those expenses.

The state's top 25 most distressed areas include the biggest cities as well as some of the smallest municipalities, including Ansonia and Enfield.

The advocacy groups urges the state to provide increased assistance to distressed cities and towns.
 

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