In the Year of Cities and Towns, Governor Leads Efforts to Aid Ailing Capital City

Last week, Governor Chafee organized a meeting with Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons and Mayor Angel Taveras at the State House to discuss solutions to the city’s fiscal crisis. Governor Chafee announced that he will file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island Supreme Court in support of the City of Providence’s efforts to move retirees into Medicare. Filing the brief will be the Governor’s latest action in his ongoing efforts to strengthen Rhode Island’s cities and towns.

“Given Providence’s dire fiscal condition, the reasonable and necessary measures Providence has already undertaken, and the important implications for the entire state involved in this case, I have decided to file an amicus brief with the Rhode Island Supreme Court articulating the state’s significant interests in this matter. The outcome of this case will not only affect Providence, but potentially all municipal and state efforts to achieve fiscal health through needed reforms,” Governor Chafee said.