Blue State Blues: Philadelphia Mayor Starts Long-Awaited Process of Cleaning Out City’s Open Air Drug Markets
9th May 2024
Philadelphia’s new mayor Cherelle Parker may be succeeding with what seems like a relatively simple task that her predecessors were wholly incapable of performing: cleaning out the city’s open air drug markets in its Kensington section.
Pay attention, Democrats. There’s a chance it actually can be done.
During Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, City Council members pressed Managing Director Adam Thiel and other officials for details on the planned “encampment resolution” in Kensington and budget concerns at the Office of Homeless Services.