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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WFSB) - Federal lawmakers are calling for an investigation into J.R.K. Property Holdings as the state continues its probe into the owners of Concierge Apartments, where hundreds of residents remain displaced in hotels following burst pipes that condemned the buildings.
BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut lawmakers are working to ensure first responders are prepared for active shooter situations, beginning with $3.15 million in federal funding that was announced Tuesday.
“Even though we don’t have a building and a facility, we have vision,” U.S. Rep. John Larson (D, CT-1) said.
The funding will support the construction of a two-story active shooter training facility in Bristol, equipped with a 50-yard indoor police firing range and other mentoring and training opportunities.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut lawmakers are applying pressure toward an out-of-state property ownership group after dozens of tenants were evacuated from a Rocky Hill Apartment building.
For two weeks, tenants of the Concierge Apartments have been living out of suitcases in hotel rooms due to water damage, no heat and other issues. JRK Holdings, the Los Angeles-based company which owns the complex, has been paying for their stays.
Rep. John Larson and Sen. Chris Murphy stopped by the Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill on Tuesday afternoon to get a better look at the damage.
“This place was in disarray to begin with,” said Murphy after taking a walk inside. “I mean, this hadn’t happened at this scale before.”
At the beginning of the month, a broken heating and hot water system, burst pipes, flooding, and a failing fire suppression system led to the evacuation of approximately 2,000 people, according to the town. Larson and Murphy say federal legislation is needed to prevent this from happening again.
Leaders at the Social Security Administration are reportedly instructing agency employees to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement with information about in-person beneficiary appointments.
ROCKY HILL, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s attorney general announced an investigation into the group that owns an apartment complex in Rocky Hill.
As of Monday afternoon, residents of the Concierge Apartments remained in hotels for a third day following what the town’s fire marshal deemed to be unsafe conditions.
Attorney General William Tong announced on Monday the investigation under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act into JRK Property Holdings.
Members of Connecticut’s Congressional delegation are pushing legislation that would reinstate the 2024 federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes.
The rule was repealed last December by the Trump Administration.
Having the federal minimum staffing requirements would enhance the quality of care for nursing home patients, said U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the lead sponsor of the bill.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — State and municipal leaders are expected to provide an update Monday on the apartment complex in Rocky Hill after hundreds were forced to evacuate following a pipe burst last week.
After flooding and damage from bursting pipes worsened over the past week and a half at the troubled Concierge Apartments in Rocky Hill, town officials officially condemned 200 apartments in the massive complex Thursday afternoon.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WTNH) — Hundreds of people were told they must find a new place to stay by midnight after the Town of Rocky Hill condemned five large apartment buildings due to problems with their heat, water and fire suppression systems.
Between 500 and 800 residents of the Concierge Apartments were helping each other put their belongings in their cars Friday night as they left for temporary accommodations. Volunteers helped residents wheel furniture, pets, food and clothes along the complex’s hallways, down elevators and into sub-freezing temperatures outside.