“Hot Spot” Locations Highlight CCSU Off-Campus Party Houses

By City Journal Staff at September 18, 2023 | 8:00 am | Print

Mayor Tim O’Brien said he will no longer tolerate loud parties near Central Connecticut State University that cause police to be called in.

“I’m not a mayor who is going to throw up my hands and say that’s the way it is,” said O’Brien. “If those are going to continue to be problem locations in the neighborhoods surrounding CCSU we are going to take aggressive action against the students that are living in them and the owners of those buildings. We are not going to tolerate this.”

O’Brien said they will shut them down if necessary. Most areas affected are on the west side of CCSU off Stanley Street. Another area is the south of the campus.

“I hear it from every fifth house in the south area that people are concerned about it,” said O’Brien. “This is an issue. There is a certain sense among some students that they think because this is a university in the City that somehow we should tolerate this behavior. That is unequivocally not true.”

There will be new fees called “Hot Spots” fees. This will allow places that have repeated police or fire calls (not including medical calls) to get a bill. A bill, which is about $600, will either go to the students or the owners of the property.

“It is possible we will use the anti-blight ordinance to go after the owner and also be sending the students bills every time they force us to call the cops,” said O’Brien. “This is something we will be pursuing.”

 

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