New regulations on mobile units that provide medical care, food, water and harm reduction supplies in District 7 include limits on where and when they can operate.
Kensington residents said people in the encampments on Kensington Avenue had spread out to the neighborhood’s side streets after officials swept the area on May 8, 2024. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) From ...
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Kensington now has fewer shootings and people on the streets. But the open-air drug market persists.
Gloria Cartagena Hart vividly remembers the scenes and sounds of her Kensington block just three years ago: The streets filled with trash. The sidewalks lined with dozens of people openly using drugs.
When she took office in January 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made cleaning up the embattled Kensington neighborhood a priority. The community has long been plagued by violent crime and one ...
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