Report: Erin Stewart received more than $120,000 in severance

A new investigative report shows former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart demanded more than $200,000 in unused time off as she left office.

Last July, as Mayor Erin Stewart of New Britain looked ahead to leaving office and beginning a gubernatorial campaign in November, she sent a stunning email to four officials — a demand for more than $205,000 she calculated the city owed her for unused vacation, holiday, sick and personal days as its elected mayor. On a spreadsheet, Stewart essentially submitted a bill to the city she had led for 12 years: $92,135 for 240 unused vacation days; $37,739 for 78 unused personal days; $54,502 for working on 126 holidays; $24,201 for 192 unused sick days. She also claimed $900 in “longevity pay.”…

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