FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:                                                                                                                                                  October 18, 2016 FITCH RATINGS UPGRADES NEW BRITAIN’S RATING NEW BRITAIN—Mayor Erin E. Stewart announced today that Fitch Ratings has upgraded the City’s general obligation bond rating from “BBB+” to “A-” and improved the outlook from “negative” to “stable.” This is the second time in 10 months that a rating agency has positively upgraded the…