Tong Says Close Relationship with Harp is No Conflict in Tweed Litigation.

The controversy over legislation regulating Tweed-New Haven Airport continues. In a letter to Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano, the first-term attorney general declines to recuse himself from handling the matter despite his close ties to beleaguered New Haven Mayor Toni Harp. Fasano and Senate President Martin Looney have urged Tong’s office to appeal a 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down a statute limiting the length of a runway at the airport.

Tong’s August 1st letter to Fasano suggests he is willing to mediate the dispute. A mediator usually has not taken a side in a controversy, which Tong appears to have done.