Friends and neighbors,

Earlier this year, hundreds of you stood with The BLVD tenants by signing our petition to demand fairness, transparency, and dignity. We asked for protections against displacement, relocation support, and the right to remain in our community until real alternatives were available—not just for the tenants in deed-restricted units, but the residents relying on naturally occurring affordable housing ( apartments that are reasonably priced at market).

Since then, we’ve been given words, not action. Developers (read; the current administration’s donors) have made it clear this is not about negotiation, it’s about control. The City has stalled, hoping time would silence us and this election select would usher them in . Meanwhile, Stamford leadership approved the University Research Overlay District (UROD) and advanced the 2035 Comprehensive Plan — decisions that give UCONN carte blanche downtown while forcing density into neighborhoods like the Cove, Waterside, and Hubbard Heights. More pollution, more congestion, less accountability — exactly the outcomes so many of you warned about.

This is not leadership. This is not transparency. And it is not the Stamford we deserve.

I said months ago that BLVD displacement was part of a larger pattern. I was dismissed. But today, community leaders from every corner of Stamford are saying the same: the process has been dishonest, residents have been excluded, and our neighborhoods are being reshaped without us.

That’s why I’m running for the Board of Representatives. I’ve fought every day for my neighbors, and I will fight in office for transparency, for clean and livable communities, and for a city government that puts people ahead of developers and political insiders.

If you signed the petition, you’ve already taken the first step. Now I’m asking you to take the next: Join my Campaign as a volunteer. Together we can make sure Stamford’s future belongs to all of us.

Brittany Lawrence

Candidate for Stamford Board of Representatives District 10