Connecticut cities will be left to make their plans as they choose, an official there said.
No offer was made by a Connecticut city.
Other Connecticut cities are also caught between the two laws.
At 44, he's the first Latino mayor of a Connecticut city.
For many scholars, the level of crime in Connecticut cities came as a shock.
By the turn of the century the city had 12 breweries - more than any other Connecticut city.
"I don't think Connecticut cities get the 20-something crowd because, let's face it, they are boring," he said.
History in this battered eastern Connecticut city has long been both a curse and an opportunity.
He was a long way from being a boy in a Connecticut city who had dreamed of stars.
Stamford's unemployment rate, according to the census data, is less than half that of the other large Connecticut cities.