$300,000 in federal money for 'training' in CT was never spent

In early 2022, a state lawmaker wanted to launch a program to train minority contractors to install heating and cooling systems for schools — and he made it clear who he thought should be involved.

Doug McCrory, a Democratic state senator from Hartford, called several meetings with the leaders of three Connecticut state agencies to discuss the details, according to emails obtained by The Connecticut Mirror.

He also invited Jennifer Little-Greer, the director of the Minority Construction Council, and Sonserae Cicero , a nonprofit director who, along with McCrory, is now under federal investigation.

The state legislature then committed $300,000 in COVID relief funds for an “HVAC training agency” in May 2022 — at McCrory’s behest, one top state official said.

That money was never spe