Connecticut
CT Asian community condemns former New Britain mayor's Facebook comment
A former new Britain mayor’s comment on social media is drawing criticism for allegedly being offensive to the Asian community.
Politicians on both sides of the aisle are already condemning former mayor Tim Stewart’s words.
“This constant racist commentary is one that I’ve heard over and over again in my life,” Jenny Heikkila Díaz, co-chair of the Asian Pacific American Coalition (APAC), said.
Díaz was angered by Facebook comments made by Stewart. In a screenshot provided by New Britain Democrats, the former mayor responds to a post about the Trump campaign’s allegations of Haitian immigrants eating house pets in Ohio.
After the original poster writes, “So far they are leaving the dogs alone,” Stewart replies, “Need to bring in some Asians for that” with a laughing emoji.
Díaz said this only reinforces a harmful stereotype of Asian-Americans being seen as perpetual foreigners.
“It’s part of this continuous history of us being othered, marginalized, excluded, dehumanized,” she said.
Mike Keo, of West Hartford, said this rhetoric cuts deep for so many in the Asian community with bullying at school.
“I was called a dog eater. This is a reality that many of us have grown up with,” he said.
A number of local and state Democrats condemned the comment, calling for him to apologize and step down from the city’s school building committee.
“As a representative of New Britain’s diverse community, I am appalled by the racist rhetoric expressed by Mr. Stewart. His behavior is unacceptable, and he must take responsibility for his actions. He should step down from his role on the School Building Committee immediately,” Rep. Manny Sanchez (D-New Britain) said in a statement.
Republican Senator Tony Hwang (R-Fairfield) said the comment was offensive to Asian-Americans and marginalized groups.
“Particularly dangerous and impactful are the potential proliferation of demeaning stereotypes and baiting in this day and age of misinformation, social media and fake news. It sets a dangerous and repugnant path towards danger and harmful behavior,” he said.
Stewart responded to NBC Connecticut saying he had “no comment” on the Facebook post.
This isn’t the first time the former mayor got backlash for his Facebook comments. In 2019, while replying to a photo of women in Congress wearing white, he wrote a comment criticized as misogynistic. Mayor Erin Stewart called out her father at the time tweeting, “To all of those asking; I’m embarrassed and mortified.”
Díaz said aside from the ex-mayor’s post, the allegations about Haitian immigrants eating pets are equally as offensive and harmful.
Mayor Erin Stewart and the New Britain GOP town committee did not respond to requests for comment.
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Dave Matthews Band’s U.S. tour will make a stop in Connecticut this summer.
The band scheduled a show for July 25, 2026 at The Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Live Nation announced on Tuesday.
The band’s tour starts on June 10 in New York and wraps up Labor Day weekend in Washington State.
Online ticket presale for members of the DMB Warehouse Fan Association started Tuesday at 9 a.m.
General on sale for tickets begins on Friday, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. Check out LiveNation.com for more.
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NEW YORK – Track school closings and delays for Tuesday, Jan. 27 in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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List of school closings and delays
New York
- Byram Hills School District: 2-hour delay
- Central Islip School District: 2-hour delay
- East Islip School District: 2-hour delay
- Haverstraw-Stony Point School District: 2-hour delay
- Liberty Central School District: 2-hour delay
- Mattituck Jr. / Sr. High School: 2-hour delay
- Newburgh City School District: closed
- Poughkeepsie City School District: 2-hour delay
- Tuckahoe School District: 2-hour delay
New Jersey
- Barnegat Township School District: closed
- Bergenfield Elementary School: 2-hour delay
- Bergenfield Middle and High School: 2-hour delay
- David Gregory School: 90-minute delay
- Englewood City School District: 2-hour delay
- Essex Co. Vocational School District: 2-hour delay
- Fair Lawn Schools: 90-minute delay
- Hackensack School District: 2-hour delay
- Hoboken School District: 90-minute delay
- Jefferson Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Kinnelon Borough School District: 2-hour delay
- Livingston Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Memorial Day Nursery-Paterson: closed
- Middletown Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Mount Carmel Guild Academy: 90-minute delay
- Neighborhood Child Care Center: 2-hour delay
- Pequannack Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Ridgefield Park ATC: no transportation
- Riverdale Public Elementary: 90-minute delay
- Somerset Co. Educational SVCS. School District: 90-minute delay
- Springfield Adult Training: no transportation
- Springfield Township School District: 2-hour delay
- Tewksbury Township School District: 2-hour delay
- The Jardine Academy: 90-minute delay
- The Phoenix Center: closed
- Totowa School District: 1-hour delay
Connecticut
- Bridgeport Board of Education: closed
- Norwalk High School: closed
NEW YORK – Several inches of snow fell on Sunday across the Tri-State area, and observations from the National Weather Service are showing totals across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
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Final snow totals
By the numbers:
The agency is detailing snowfall measurements as of Monday morning.
- Astoria 10.1 in
- Battery Park 7.5 in
- Bay Ridge 10.2 in
- Bellerose 10.5 in
How much snow did NYC get this weekend?
- Central Park 11.4 in
- Crown Heights 8.0 in
- Elmhurst 9.0 in
- Flatbush 11.3 in
- Fordham 13.5 in
- Howard Beach 11.0 in
- Midwood 9.0 in
- NYC/JFK 10.3 in
- NYC/La Guardia 9.7 in
- Sheepshead Bay 10.5 in
- Sheepshead Bay 9.7 in
- Throgs Neck Bridge 12.5 in
- Washington Heights 14.9 in
- Whitestone 11.1 in
- Williamsburg 12.0 in
- Williamsburg 10.5 in
- Bergenfield 11.5 in
- Cliffside Park 14.4 in
- Cranford 11.2 in
- Englewood 15.0 in
- Franklin Lakes 13.5 in
- Glen Ridge 9.5 in
- Harrison 10.0 in
- Hoboken 9.8 in
- Kearny 7.4 in
- Leonia 14.7 in
- Linden 9.6 in
- Little Ferry 13.9 in
- Mahwah 14.5 in
- Montclair 9.5 in
- Montvale 12.5 in
- Newark 12.1 in
- North Caldwell 11.5 in
- Nutley 9.0 in
- Park Ridge 12.8 in
- Pompton Lakes 14.0 in
- Ridgefield 15.8 in
- Ringwood 15.0 in
- River Vale 13.3 in
- Secaucus 12.0 in
- Teaneck 15.5 in
- Tenafly 16.3 in
- Union 11.0 in
- Waldwick 12.5 in
- Wallington 10.2 in
- Wanaque 13.0 in
- Wayne 14.0 in
- West Milford 15.0 in
- Westfield 10.0 in
- Westwood 12.5 in
- Wood-Ridge 10.0 in
- Bethel 15.7 in
- Bridgeport Airport 15.1 in
- Danbury 15.5 in
- Easton 14.3 in
- Greenwich 11.0 in
- New Canaan 12.6
- New Fairfield 16.0 in
- Newtown 10.5 in
- Newtown 13.7 in
- Norwalk 13.5 in
- Ridgefield 14.0 in
- Shelton 15.0 in
- Stamford 11.0 in
- Stratford 12.0 in
- Weston 12.9 in
- Wilton 13.8 in
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