Briceyda Landaverde is a reporter for NBC Connecticut. She can be seen during the early evening weekly newscast.
Briceyda has a passion for storytelling and connecting with the community. She covers general assignments and some of the biggest stories in Connecticut.
Briceyda, also known as Bri, joined the team in June of 2022 as a bilingual reporter. Previously, she was a weekend morning anchor and reporter in Springfield, Massachusetts, where she helped launch an online news update in Spanish. The New York native started her career on Long Island as a photojournalist.
In 2016, Briceyda graduated from Stony Brook University. As a student journalist she traveled to Cuba, during the brief period when the travel ban was lifted, and reported on Wi-Fi accessibility on the island.
During her free time, Briceyda enjoys finding new adventures in Connecticut. When the weather permits, you can find her outside taking a walk or hike. She also likes to travel across the Long Island Sound to visit her parents, sisters and friends.
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UConn Storrs bookstore will serve as early voting polling location
Students at UConn’s Storrs campus will be able to walk from their dorms to the bookstore to cast their ballot during the 2024 president election. “Young people can make a huge difference in Connecticut, provided they make their voice heard by voting,” Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz (D-Connecticut) said. The town of Mansfield and the university approved the bookstore as...
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UConn student group calls on university officials to meet after updating protest policies
Dozens of UConn students had a clear message for school leaders on Monday. “Meet with us, meet with us,” students chanted outside of Gulley Hall. The student organization, UConnDivest, is asking the president’s office to meet in-person to discuss the new updates to the university’s protesting policies. Some of the changes include limiting amplified sound. “We are doing our...
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Ansonia thrift store helps support domestic violence victims
It’s shopping with a purpose. For about 40 years, the items on the racks at My Sister’s Place in Ansonia have helped domestic violence victims. “When you come here, you are making a difference in someone’s life,” store manager Nancy Cahoon said. The thrift store is a sister program of The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services. Through the partnership,...
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Invasive water species Hydrilla found at Gardner Lake in Salem
Back in mid-July, Hydrilla, an invasive species, was found at Gardner Lake State Park in Salem. “It spread significantly in a month and a half,” advocate Kate Johnson said. Now, the Hydrilla is almost reaching the shoreline. “There is a whole clump of it,” First Selectman Ed Chiemlewski (R-Salem) said. Hydrilla negatively impacts fish, plants and water activities. “As...
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Waterbury mural honors former enslaved man
Mr. Fortune is free at last. “Fortune was a formerly enslaved man here in Waterbury. He was enslaved to a doctor by the name of Preserved Porter,” Alex Breanne Corporation President John Mills said. Fortune died in 1798. His bones traveled through the years. First, they were used by Dr. Preserved Porter for medical research for over 130 years. Then,…
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Family and Hartford police honor Det. Bobby Garten one year after tragic death
Out on the Connecticut River, the Garten family was thinking of their beloved son, brother, uncle and friend to many, Hartford Det. Robert ‘Bobby’ Garten, who was taken too soon. “I think today, especially being in a place he loved being so much and connecting with some of his coworkers on the water, is just really meaningful for my entire…
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New mixed-income apartments in Waterbury are move-in ready
There is new vision for the Hillside neighborhood in Waterbury. “What a glorious day it is for the community because we celebrate this ribbon cutting for units that will accommodate over a hundred Waterbury citizens in high quality housing,” Jim Smith of the Harold Webster Smith Foundation said. Forty-four new apartments are on the housing market. The units located...
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State leaders survey flood damage in several towns, promise to push for federal help
Business owners are trying to pick up the pieces more than a week after that historic flooding in Connecticut. “We are trying to get the place cleaned up, so it looks good when people drive by. I don’t want for the next five years to have a big hole here, it looks terrible,” business owner Albert Turcott said. Turcott...
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Local cities and towns prepare to implement new bus safety laws
Thousands of cars were caught on camera falling to stop for school buses in Bridgeport last school year. “I don’t think we can afford to lose our precious young people due to folks violating the rules of the road,” said Sen. Herron Keyon Gaston (D-Bridgeport). Sen. Gaston pushed for the legislation that now allows cities and towns to fine...
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Oxford home and business owners asked to report damages for federal aid
Oxford Town Hall was packed on Friday with people looking for answers on how to get federal aid after their homes and businesses were destroyed during Sunday’s historic storm. “Hundreds and hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s land that is gone,” Jayne H., of Oxford, said. Jayne said six cottages on her 4-acre property were washed away. “It’s devastating,...
