New Haven Public School officials are investigating after 12 kids were served expired string cheese at lunch at a public magnet school on Monday.

School officials said string cheese with an out of date expiration was distributed during the first lunch service to 12 students at King-Robinson School.

The expired string cheese was reportedly picked as an alternative lunch by the 12 students, experts added.

When officials learned about the string cheese, they said all lunch packages containing them were removed.

One student went to the school nurse and reported not feeling well, school officials said. The school nurse examined the student and returned him or her to class, however, the student was picked up and left early. No other students reported any illness.

"The New Haven Public Schools wants to reassure the Board and our families that the health and safety of our students and families is paramount. The District has enlisted the assistance of the State Department of Education who will be providing on site training for Central Kitchen staff on food safety, food allergens, and food production," New Haven Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Atty. Michael Pinto said in a statement.

"Food Service managers are reviewing procedures with staff to ensure all food service protocols are followed. The State will also be conducting a review of Food Service processes and protocols and will be making recommendations for improvement," he added.

The school district is continuing to investigate the incident.

A police officer has been shot on Staten Island but she is expected to survive, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the investigation tell News 4.

The suspect, who was also shot, is dead, multiple law enforcement sources tell News 4. 

The officer, who was wounded in the wrist, was following up on a domestic violence report when gunfire broke out on Prince Street just before 9 a.m. Tuesday, a senior police official tells News 4, citing the preliminary investigation. The report had been filed a day earlier, a senior police official said, but the details of the case weren't immediately clear. 

The suspect opened fire on the officers who were following up on the call and hit the 30-year-old officer; other officers returned fire, a senior police official said. The shot cop joined the department in January 2016; it didn't appear any other officers were wounded in the fray. The suspect's gun was recovered at the scene.

Chopper 4 showed a flood of emergency vehicles in the intersection near Vanderbilt Avenue. Mayor de Blasio was heading to the hospital where the wounded cop was taken.

The City of New London is ending all city events and sponsored outdoor activities by dusk after the first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis was identified in Connecticut.

New London city officials said any and all city sponsored or supervised outdoor activities will end by 6:15 p.m. until further notice effective immediately.

This comes after an adult resident from a neighboring community tested positive for EEE on Monday, officials added.

Since that was the first case in the state this season, the city said they decided extra precautionary steps must be taken.

Any city employees associated with outdoor activities are advised against unnecessary trips into mosquito breeding grounds and marshes.

"Mosquitoes that transmit EEE virus are associated with freshwater swamps and are most active at dusk and dawn," Connecticut Department of Health officials said.

"Even though the temperatures are getting cooler, it is important to remember mosquito season is not over and residents should continue to take measures to prevent mosquito bites, including wearing protective clothing and using repellents.” state Dept. of Health officials added.

Residents are urged to avoid overnight camping or other substantial outdoor exposure in freshwater swamps in the city and in Connecticut.

The Daniel Jones era has begun for the New York Giants.

The team named Jones their starting quarterback for this week's game against Tampa Bay, replacing Eli Manning, according to a tweet Tuesday morning. 

"Daniel Jones has been named Giants starting QB," the team said in a tweet that had more than 1,000 likes in less than 3 minutes. 

The 0-2 Giants drafted Jones out of Duke with the sixth pick in this year's NFL Draft as the heir apparent to two-time Super Bowl winner Manning.

Manning started more than 200 straight games for the Giants between 2004 and 2017 before being benched for one game in favor of Geno Smith. He then resumed starting through the remainder of that year and the 2018 season.

But the clamor for Jones rose early, as the Giants offense has scored just 31 points in the two losses this season. The defense has allowed 63 and given up an average of 441 yards. Even Pro Bowl placekicker Aldrick Rosas missed a field goal attempt Sunday after making 32 of 33 last season. 

"When you lose, nobody likes to lose, everybody should be angry that we are losing," linebacker Alec Ogletree said. "We have an opportunity to continue to work and write our own story. Everybody is pretty much going to write us off after 0-2. We know what we need to do in this locker room, we have to get the job done and it's up to us to do that."

With weeks to go before a sales tax increase is set to go into effect for certain foods and drinks at grocery stores and restaurants, the governor is calling for a review of the interpretation of the law. 

The sales tax is set to go up 1 percent on Oct. 1, raising the tax to 7.35 percent.

When the Department of Revenue Services previously revealed the list of what will be affected Republican lawmakers raised concerns about how many things would be taxed at the higher rate. Items on the list include salad, macaroni salad and soup in containers that are 8 ounces or smaller, rotisserie chickens, and rolls and bagels when you buy five or less. See the full list below.

Their state party vice chair Sue Hatfield posted about the issue on Facebook. 

“Items such as chickens will be taxed an extra 1 percent. So I’m going to refer to this new tax as the chicken tax,” said Hatfield.

Republicans argued the tax will also target items most people consider groceries that should be tax-free and blasted the plan to also apply the roughly 7 percent tax to meal replacement bars, individual frozen desserts and snack bags weighing less than five ounces. 

Democrats previously pointed out the change was part of a budget that required closing a multi-billion-dollar deficit. 

On Monday, Democratic Senate leaders called on the state Department of Revenue Services to change its interpretation of the sales tax application to meals. 

"We were shocked to see that DRS has somehow interpreted the language in the budget (PA. 19-117) to significantly broaden the base on what meals and beverages would be covered by the sales tax. This interpretation goes against the legislative intent of the new law and against the interpretation of the new law by all three of our nonpartisan offices," Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to Department of Revenue Commissioner Scott Jackson.

Read the full letter here.  

On Monday, Senate Republican Leader Len Fasano (R-North Haven) issued a statement in response to the letter from Senate Democrats. 

“Democrats are so ‘shocked’ about the state’s interpretation of the policy they voted ‘yes’ on, then they need to clean up their mess in a Special Session. They made the mess by voting ‘yes’ on the state budget. They created the confusion and the public uproar. Now, amazingly, they are ‘shocked’ and trying to blame the state tax department for their damaging policies,” Fasano said. 

Gov. Ned Lamont Tweeted Monday that he wants to ensure that the budget that lawmakers approved is “enacted in the spirit in which it was passed” and the secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the commissioner of the Department of Revenue Services to look into it. 

This is the full list of affected items.  

A North Canaan man has been charged with intentional cruelty to persons following an investigation after his elderly mother, who was in his care, died earlier this year.

Police arrested 64-year-old James Madsen on Monday by arrest warrant.

State police received a request for a well being check on an elderly female on February 24 around 2:15 p.m.

Two grandchildren of 85-year-old Catherine Madsen arrived at Troop B and spoke with police in regards to their grandmother not being cared for. The grandchildren told police that when they visited their grandmother earlier on February 24, she was non-verbal and in poor condition.

According to the grandchildren, they found Catherine lying in her bed, soaked in urine with bedsores and bruises.

The grandchildren said the primary caretaker of their grandmother was Catherine's son, James. She required total care, health officials added.

Catherine had previously been diagnosed with hypertensive heart disease, chronic systolic congestive heart failure, Alzheimer's disease and morbid obesity, health documents state. 

When state police arrived to Catherine's home in North Canaan, they said they found the outside of the home appeared to be not well maintained with the yard and dirt driveway uncared for.

Inside, troopers said there was no heat in the entire home except for a space heater in Catherine's room and a space heater in a hallway and the home had no running water. The home appeared to be cluttered with items stacked along rooms and hallways and the bathrooms smelled of feces, police added.

State police said they found Catherine lying on her back with her mouth open in a hospital-style bed. She had a strong pulse and multiple bed sores. Authorities added that there were blankets and sheets as well as open containers of diapers and various medical supplies in Catherine's room.

Authorities called an ambulance to the scene and as crews moved Catherine from her bed to the stretcher, a trooper noticed Catherine covered in urine and in dirty sheets. Catherine was then transported to Sharon Hospital for further treatment.

While on the scene, state police said they spoke with James, who troopers said smelled of alcoholic drinks. During the interaction with James, police said he appeared to be disoriented, delusional, guarded, hostile and was rambling.

The day after Catherine was transported to the hospital, state police said she died overnight with a preliminary cause of death listed as congestive heart failure.

The doctor who worked with Catherine when she arrived to the Emergency Department told state police that she was in overall poor health and was not well taken care of. The doctor said she had several bed sores throughout her body and that he saw fungus on her skin.

Two days after state police were originally at Catherine's house, troopers conducted a search and seizure warrant. They said they found approximately 27.2 pounds of marijuana in a bedroom at the home. According to state police, the home remained cluttered with no heat or hot water and two toilets in the home did not work.

Family members said James was left in charge of Catherine since August 2018. From that point on, state police added that no services were sought nor was Catherine seen by a doctor until she was taken to the emergency room.

"Given the condition of the residence and Catherine's body, it was obvious some knowledge went into her caretaking by James. Medical supplies were present and she was not malnourished. However, Catherine's physical state also evidenced a significant lack of care, as Catherine was intentionally deprived of proper physical care," state police said in part in an arrest warrant.

After an investigation, James was charged with intentional cruelty to persons on Monday in connection to his mother's death. He was held on a $50,000 bond and is in court on Tuesday.

Climate change affects everybody. It doesn't care if you're black or white, rich or poor, male or female. Climate change affects everybody, and the notion that we can ignore it is just foolhardy. We are talking about the fate of our planet. 

We're seeing global temperatures rise at an alarming rate. We're seeing the world's oceans warming at an alarming rate. We're seeing a growing number of climate refugees — even though that term isn't yet broadly recognized in international law — whether they are on the South Pacific island of Kiribati, on the North slopes of Alaska or in the Sahara. We have farmers dealing with changing soil and growing conditions. We have folks who are running out of clean running water because of drought. 

There's not one part of the globe that's not being affected by this. Both on a national level and on a global level, there's nothing more pressing. 

The average person understands this; the average person knows that there's something going on. And, the average American is looking for more leadership from elected officials on the federal level. In frustration, they're turning to their state and local officials, and saying, We want action. And so states and local governments are picking up the slack and enacting local and statewide ordinances to combat climate change. 

I am optimistic — carefully optimistic — that we can make changes. Part of that is because I have found people to be receptive, when they have an open mind and don't come to these issues from an ideological viewpoint, that it can't be happening. Whether you're a conservative or a Democrat, a Republican or a liberal, people who are open to science and open to facts, they all agree that something's happening and that we need to address it. 

Beyond that, I think you can look back 30 years ago, when the big environmental concern was the hole in the ozone layer. Scientists discovered in the mid-1970s that the chlorofluorocarbons we used in spray bottles destroyed atmospheric ozone (earning a Nobel prize), but it wasn't until 1985 that scientists proved that there was a huge and growing hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica. And guess what? On a global scale, we reduced the emissions of the CFCs through the negotiation of a treaty, the Montreal Protocol, in 1987. And we reversed the damage we'd caused; the hole is expected to completely heal by 2050. 

With climate change, we've taken some steps. You can look at the Paris Accords from 2016; that was a great start. And no matter where we are from a federal standpoint — currently, we've withdrawn from the agreement — there are a number of states and local governments who have said that they're going to abide by the agreements and going to make a difference. And there are manufacturers that are saying that they want to abide by the accords, too. 

So, I think there is hope. 

From my perspective, on "Today," we've been trying to explain how climate change relates to your weather for the last 10 years. We are seeing these violent swings in weather and, while you can't point to one event and say that one was caused by climate change, the mechanisms that allow these violent weather events — rapidly intensifying hurricanes, major droughts, changes in the jet stream that are creating the never-ending fire seasons out West — make you sit up and take notice. We're not trying to preach to viewers, but just explain to them why this is happening. We can give people information as a tool, to allow them to be able to react intelligently and rationally. 

But people can and will look at this information about the enormity of climate change and its effects and be overwhelmed. And so, as we go forward as journalists, our job also is to point out the things we can do as individuals to have an effect, even if it's a small thing, like maybe eating a little less meat. 

I'm personally an avowed carnivore, but even I'm looking at how to reduce that carbon footprint of what I eat. I try to cut back on single use plastics: At work, I have a water bottle, a metal straw, and keep metal utensils around so I'm not using plastic. Or, when that's not possible, I'm using bamboo wood products, which are more environmentally friendly. Like everyone, I'm trying to find those little things that I can do as an individual, to help the sustainability of the planet as a whole. 

This is the defining issue of our time. We need to start acting like it, in ways both big and small. 

"Today" co-host Al Roker was recently named the head of NBC News’ climate unit, which is dedicated to covering the most important issues affecting the environment globally. The unit’s work kicked off Sept. 15 with a week-long series, “Climate in Crisis,” focused on climate issues. Roker is also a co-host of "Off The Rails" on Today Show radio on SiriusXM and the host “COLD CUTS with Al Roker” on YouTube. The CEO of Al Roker Entertainment, Inc., he made his Broadway debut in 2019 in “Waitress” and is the author of 11 books.

This article first appeared on THINK, a section on NBCNews.com for opinion, analysis and essays. As told to THINK editor Megan Carpentier, edited and condensed for clarity. 

The Connecticut Bond Commission has agreed to release the next $20 million in funding to assist people in north central and eastern Connecticut with defective concrete basements.

NBC Connecticut Investigates broke the story about the crumbling concrete crisis four years ago and recently told you how the hold up in the funding was leaving homeowners already scheduled to receive assistance in limbo.

Governor Ned Lamont, who chairs the Bond Commission, also said he still intends to eventually release the remaining $40 million in funding for crumbling basements.

A public act in 2017 set aside $100 million for homeowners with crumbling basements to replace the defective concrete in hundreds of homes in our state.

Replacing the basements involve raising a home off its foundation, and costs well over $100,000.

The assistance program in charge of the funding recently estimated that roughly 5000 structures in Connecticut may have the crumbling concrete, and replacing the basements will cost well over $100 million, but far less than the one to two billion dollars some had originally predicted.

Governor Lamont also said at the Bond Commission meeting that he wants other stakeholders, including banks and insurance companies, to get involved in the assistance effort.

Interstate 95 North is congested between the New York line and exit 4 in Greenwich after a crash and highway cameras show one vehicle nearly on its side by the median.

The crash is between exits 3 and 4 and the left and center lanes are closed.

The city of Norwich has announced it is ending all outdoor activities on any city fields by dusk after the first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis was identified in Connecticut.

The Norwich Recreation Department announced Tuesday that they are canceling any use of fields after 6:30 p.m. each night in response to the EEE threat. Norwich Free Academy is doing the same.

Officials said the city will work with groups to reschedule games and practices. Organizers can contact the city at 860-823-3791 to work out new reservations.

The city of New London also announced it was ending all outdoor city and city-sponsored events by dusk in response to the EEE threat. 

This comes after an adult resident from a neighboring community tested positive for EEE.

EEE is a rare disease, but 30 percent of people who catch it die, and survivors typically suffer ongoing neurological problems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The disease has been found in mosquitos in 12 towns, including Chester, Haddam, Hampton, Groton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Madison, North Stonington, Plainfield, Shelton, Stonington, and Voluntown. Horses have tested positive for EEE in Colchester and Columbia.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health urges residents to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites, and hold off on activities like camping around freshwater swamps, where the mosquitoes that transmit EEE are most active.

A Georgia homeowner fatally shot three masked teens, at least one of whom was armed, during a failed robbery attempt early Monday, authorities said, NBC news reported.

The three boys, one 15 and the other two 16, were shot outside a home in Conyers, about 30 miles east of Atlanta, according to Rockdale County Sheriff's deputies.

Two of the boys died at a hospital while the third was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. The teens, at least one of whom was armed, still had masks on when first responders arrived.

Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett said the incident could be a case of "stand your ground" defense "based on the preliminary (information) that we have learned so far."

For many scientists, Greenland is considered “ground zero” for climate change, a place where global warming’s impact is most apparent — and where the effects of rising temperatures, warming oceans and melting ice could have the most dire consequences. But for the 55,000 people who make their home on this massive, ice-covered island, an autonomous Danish territory, the realities of climate change are complex, bringing both unexpected benefits and acute challenges, NBC News reports.

Across the island, the unprecedented melting of Greenland’s glaciers is opening up new waterways for fishing and tourism. In Ilulissat, in West Greenland, these industries have thrived in recent years, bringing considerable wealth to the town.

But elsewhere, particularly in East Greenland, the shorter winters and longer, warmer summers have endangered hunting, dogsledding and other traditional ways of life for Greenland’s roughly 50,000 Inuits.

“We're seeing unprecedented melting of the ice sheet right now, and Greenland's ice sheet is at the center of everything,” said Thomas Juul-Pedersen, a scientist and education coordinator at the Greenland Climate Research Centre in Nuuk, the country’s capital. “That can potentially have a big impact on Greenland and a big impact on the livelihood of the people here.”

A man who is accused of stabbing his wife in a brutal domestic attack in Cheshire has now been charged with murder.

Police found the victim, Monica Dominguez, in a pool of blood on the floor of a home on Mountain Road in Cheshire when they responded to the house on Wednesday night. They said she had been stabbed as many as 30 times. 

Dominguez was transported to the hospital and police said on Sunday that she had died.

Dominguez's husband, 31-year-old Emmanuel Dominguez-VillaGomez, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree assault, risk of injury, reckless endangerment and unlawful restraint.

Charges have been upgraded after the medical examiner’s report.

The victim's two children were inside the home at the time of the assault - an 11-year-old boy who called 911 and a girl who is almost 2 years old, according to court papers.

The court document also say that police who responded saw several knives and a lot of blood at the scene.

Monica Dominguez had several cuts on her throat, but she was able to tell paramedics, “he tried to kill me and, “he say, I cheated on him,” referring to VillaGomez.

Dominguez-VillaGomez is due in court on Oct. 8.

Middletown police are trying to find a missing woman with dementia.

Police 55-year-old Celesta Ulle was last seen around 2 p.m. Tuesday near Court Street in Middletown.

She is 5-foot-4, 170 pounds, with brown shoulder length hair. She was wearing round gold classes, a white watch, pink medical alert bracelet, purple sweatpants, a green floral shirt and blue sneakers.

Anyone with information should contact the Middletown Police Department at 860-347-2541.

Presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn't support impeaching Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the wake of a new allegation of sexual misconduct from the justice's time in college at Yale, Yang told necn's "Primary Source" Tuesday.

Some Democrats believe that the new allegation, detailed in The New York Times this weekend, indicates that Kavanaugh lied under oath during a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, which they say is an impeachable offense. Yang's opposition comes from his belief that the process wouldn't succeed, he said.

"I did not think that he should have made it on the Supreme Court," he said. "I would support impeachment if I thought it had any chance of success but I genuinely don't and so I don't think it's a productive avenue to pursue."

Kavanaugh's confirmation process focused on a series of sexual misconduct allegations that Kavanaugh stridently denied. Some Democrats believe that backlash among Republicans shored up support for GOP candidates in close Senate races, helping the party retain control of the Senate.

The newly public allegation, which mirrors a claim made during the confirmation process about Kavanaugh exposing himself to a classmate during a drunken party, is detailed in a forthcoming book by two New York Times reporters that was summarized in an article published Saturday. 

Authorities were aware of the allegation for some time, as were some members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, NBC News reported. Kavanaugh has declined to comment about the allegation to NBC News.

Among the candidates who have backed impeaching Kavanaugh since the article was published are Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala Harris of California, as well as former Rep. Beto O'Rourke and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro. 

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota has said consideration of impeachment should only come after the House of Representatives acquires documents from the Justice Department that could be the basis for an investigation.

The Times article at first didn't include that the female student declined to be interviewed and that her friends don't recall the episode, but the story was updated Sunday with an editor's note. None of the Democratic candidates publicly adjusted their positions on Kavanaugh after the story was updated.

Watch the rest of Yang's interview with "Primary Source," tonight at 7 p.m. on necn.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., continue to top the Democratic 2020 presidential field after last week’s debate, according to a national NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday.

Despite all of the debates and all the campaigning, the candidates who gained ground since July were the Top 3 of Biden, Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., says Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who conducted this survey with Democratic pollster Peter Hart and his firm.

The poll also shows that just 9 percent of all Democratic respondents said their minds are definitely made up. As a result, these numbers could very well change between now and next year’s early nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

A North Carolina sheriff is accused of urging the murder of a former deputy who planned on going public with an audio recording of the sheriff using racist language, prosecutors said.

Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was indicted by a grand jury Monday on two counts of felony obstruction of justice following a 10-month investigation that involved the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, NBC News reports.

In August 2014, Wilkins was allegedly recorded encouraging someone he knew to "murder" former Deputy Joshua Freeman, according to the indictment.

Freeman planned to disclose to authorities an audio recording of Wilkins using "racially offensive language," the document states. The indictment does not reveal what was on the alleged recording, and Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman did not immediately return NBC News' request for comment.

During this week’s American Ninja Warrior finals, Hamden’s Drew Drechsel was a crowd favorite. Fans flooded the Las Vegas arena, chanting his name and he delivered.

The 30-year-old Connecticut gym owner became just the second $1 million winner on NBC’s popular obstacle course competition show.

Tuesday, he celebrated with Ellen Degeneres, who surprised Drechsel with the $1 million winner’s check.

“Oh my god, look at all those zeros!” he said, as Degeneres handed the prize. “That’s a lot of zeros!”

During his conversation with the talk show host, Drechsel explained how an early career injury provided motivation.

“I had a really bad knee injury and that was the fire under me to come back again and get a fair shot,” Drechsel explained, who won in his ninth attempt.

Those who work with Drechsel at his “Real Life Ninja Academy” never had a doubt their colleague would bring home the victory.

“I definitely knew it would happen at some time,” said Mike Elwell, who is one of two head coaches at the academy. “His drive. His motivation. It’s been a goal of his for so many years.”

Derek Mathews is also a head coach at the academy. In 2017 he competed on the show and knows just how good Drechsel is.

“Everyone thinks he’s not human and there’s some cases where I don’t think he’s human,” added Mathews.

Perhaps Drechsel will use some prize money, to further develop his “Real Life Ninja Academy,” a specialized gym, with three Connecticut locations, training the ninjas of the future.

“It’s different because in other sports you’re just running around,” said Jackson Stiles, a young teen from East Windsor. “Here, you’re swinging from stuff.”

The academy is not a normal gym. There are no weights, ellipticals or anything traditional. The exercises mimic that found on the show. While strength and endurance are gained thru training, technique is emphasized.

“You could be the strongest person in the world but if you don’t know how some of these obstacles or you don’t know how to operate your body on these obstacles, it’s going to be a struggle,” explained Mathews.

Instructors at the academy say they seen the sport explode in the past five years and wouldn’t be surprised if it one day became an Olympic sport.

“It’s definitely a sport that’s in its infancy,” says Elwell, “It’s gonna take a number of years to get there But definitely something that has a lot of potential.”

One person was hurt in a crash involving a school bus in Norwich Tuesday.

Police said a pickup collided with the bus and several other vehicles on West Town Street around 4 p.m. Witnesses said it appeared as though the pickup’s driver was having a medical emergency.

The pickup driver was taken to Backus Hospital in life-threatening condition. The person’s current condition is unclear.

No one else was hurt in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

At the Bloomfield library, they are considering doing away with the policy of if you don’t bring it back on time, you pay the fine.

“It leaves people with that unsettled feeling, but more importantly it also disproportionately affects members of our society that we most want to serve," said Elizabeth Lane, library director at the Bloomfield Public Library.

Lane said it’s a social justice issue after the American Library Association released new guidance urging local libraries to stop collecting fines.

"The library does not run on that money. The library is not about making money,” Lane said. “Really it's supposed to be just a little punishment, and it's become more than that. If you do have fines at the moment the Bloomfield Public Library invites you to come in. We'll figure it out it's no big deal. Moving forward again hopefully that will be a thing of the past."

Readers had mixed opinions.

"I think it's the library's right to charge for lateness,” said Perry Zanett of Waterbury. “It's their property they want it back. It's public property."

"You've got bills to pay you've got kids to take care of,” said Corabeth Whalen, also Waterbury. “Some people just can't handle the fees."

"I still think it's important because people need to learn to bring the books back on time," said Natalia Suchedina of Bloomfield.

"I think people would bring back books more often if there wasn't a fine,” Anisha Pitter of Bloomfield.

"A dollar hits some people differently than other people, so we really don't want them to have that negative impact," Lane said.