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Resident urges action on 'the towers'; city attorney outlines enforcement tools
Summary
A resident told Meriden’s Human Rights Advisory Board that downtown public housing residents are living in fear at a complex known as 'the towers.' City Attorney Emily Holland said the towers are owned by the Meriden Housing Authority but remain subject to city housing and blight codes and described enforcement steps including inspections, citations, a $100‑per‑day penalty and, in rare cases, lien and foreclosure.
A Meriden resident, identifying himself as Dan Zabrowski, used the board’s public‑comment period to describe chronic safety and quality‑of‑life problems at a downtown housing complex he called "the towers," saying residents have faced drug use, violence and neglect.
"These towers is the most horrendous place in the city of Meriden," Zabrowski said, urging the advisory board to "get something done for these people" and to help them "live in dignity." He said…
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