Malloy: Sandy Hook Funds Best Handled by Independent 3rd Party

Written by Cassandra Day.

At an export bill signing Monday, Mayor Dannel P. Malloy told reporters he's adamant that an independent third party handle the remaining fund disbursement for Sandy Hook shooting victims.

"It's better for the families if it was turned over to a third party," Malloy said. "This is not about the money. This is about how it's distributed and how that decision-making process is carried out. So, everybody has the best of intentions."

While the board overseeing the Newtown shooting fund prepares for disbursement of money to victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting, the governor is asking for an independent third party to handle what's left of the $11.5 million and not preclude the victims from getting more money, according to a story in theHartford Courant.

Malloy wrote a letter to the Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation sharing his displeasure with how the foundation decided $7.7 million would go to the victims of the shooting and the rest into a separate fund for long-term community assistance, the Courant reports.

None of the $7.7 million has been given out due to a battle with the Sandy Hook Community Foundation over the amount the families will get, how much goes to the community, and the process being used, according to NBC News. 

The Courant reported on July 11 that the families of each of the 26 victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings would receive $281,000 in donated funds under a draft proposal.