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The mayor highlighted new small businesses opening across the city and thanked long-time North Hartford business owner Yvonne Alexander, quoting her as saying \"this is the first time in 30 years someone has invested in my neighborhood.\" He said the administration is investing in commercial corridors and wants neighborhoods to have more everyday amenities so residents do not need to travel downtown for basic services.

To support walkable neighborhoods, the mayor cited community policing and walk beats that put officers into neighborhoods to build trust. He said the city has also begun discussions with regional partners on commercial vacancy and tax-base planning, and described a “historic agreement” between the city and the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) to meet MS4 clean-water requirements under the EPA.

The mayor said the agreement with the MDC resolved long-standing disputes that had previously left the city out of compliance with clean-water obligations. He said the Biden-appointed EPA administrator visited Hartford to applaud the agreement. The mayor also said Hartford formed a partnership with neighboring East Hartford to explore pooling services for economic development, housing, social services and transportation.

On cultural and economic innovation, the mayor announced creation of an Office of Arts, Culture and Entertainment intended to position Hartford as an arts hub in New England, and an AI institute that will pair corporate partners with higher education to prepare the local workforce for technological jobs.

These initiatives were presented as strategic and collaborative steps; the mayor did not present draft ordinances or funding line items in the address. Implementation details, governance structures and funding sources for the new offices and the AI institute were not specified.

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The mayor said he nominated a slate of five new members to the Board of Education last July and that Hartford's Blue Ribbon Commission on Education — co-chaired by representatives from the superintendent's office, the teachers' union, the council, the board of education, parents and state funders — released a full report after seven months of work.

\"We're gonna work together in the days and months ahead to make sure that we work to implement these findings,\" the mayor said.

He also said the new board of education supported 15 raises for Hartford Public School teachers over the next three years, and that the submitted budget includes investments in early-childhood education, including raises for early-childhood teachers on the Department of Children and Families roster. The mayor framed these steps as measures to make sure children arrive in kindergarten ready to learn.

The mayor underscored out-of-school programming as part of student safety and enrichment. He described a recent summer in which \"over 1,000 kids in our city were part of our sports and rec night gyms over the summer,\" and cited new lifeguards, improved pools and expanded swim classes as part of the city’s investments in youth services.

No formal board or council action on education items occurred during the address; the mayor said implementation would follow in collaboration with the Board of Education and other partners.

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\"With the help of this council, we invested $6,500,000 in housing in the city of Hartford that will lead to homeownership for Hartford residents,\" the mayor said, adding that the city will also work to make mortgages more affordable. He said the administration will make it possible for city employees — including firefighters, teachers and police officers — \"to purchase a home in the city of Hartford without having to pay a single cent for their mortgage.\" The mayor did not provide details on eligibility criteria, duration of the assistance or financing mechanics during the address.

The mayor also discussed rental housing enforcement. He described creation of a problem-landlords task force that compiled and published a list of landlords deemed \"worst landlords\" and said the city increased penalties and enforcement for property owners who fail to maintain safe, habitable units. \"We published their names and the cities they lived in,\" he said.

On renters' protections, the mayor said the administration will work with the council to make renters insurance more accessible and affordable and reiterated that the city will enforce property standards and penalties for noncompliant landlords.

He said one problem landlord threatened to sue him personally after tenants complained, and he framed the task force's work as part of a vow to residents that \"if you refuse to take care of your property, you will not be able to hide in the city of Hartford.\"

The address included no ordinance text, vote, or eligibility rules for the homeowner or employee-homebuying commitments. Those program mechanics, funding sources beyond the stated $6.5 million allocation and implementation timelines were not specified and would require council review and formal approval.

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The mayor said the city \"took over 320 illegal guns off the street last year alone,\" that 911 call times have been reduced and that Hartford recorded \"the lowest number of shootings that we've had in at least two decades.\" He described a new public-safety strategy that coordinates the police department with recreation, the Department of Children and Families, nonprofits and hospitals.

\"We created a hospital based violence intervention program that shows up at the scene,\" the mayor said, adding the program connects victims with immediate services to reduce the chance of future violence. He warned that the program is \"set to lose all of its federal funding in the next year,\" and said the city budget submitted to the council fills that federal gap for another year.

The mayor credited community policing measures, including new neighborhood \"walk beats,\" for strengthening trust between officers and residents. He described walking Albany Avenue with Officer Diana and Officer Russell as part of the launch and thanked officers by name for their work. He also said the police have added patrol officers and invested in new technology such as a remote-monitoring system to detect illegal ATV activity, with the goal of impounding offending vehicles.

City officials also created an Office of Violence Prevention, the mayor said, and described partnerships — including sports and recreation programs and nonprofit service providers — that the office uses to try to interrupt cycles of violence.

The mayor framed the city’s approach as a mix of law enforcement and prevention: \"Our police are essential partners in public safety... but we cannot ask them to do everything for society.\" He cited the hospital intervention program as an example of that coordinated response.

No formal vote or ordinance was presented during the address. The mayor asked the council to support the budget that includes continued local funding for the violence-intervention work.

Looking ahead, the mayor said the city will continue to combine enforcement (for example, removing illegal guns and impounding ATVs detected by new technology) with prevention programs, and requested council support for budget items tied to those efforts.

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