Residents raise nuisance property, bus‑stop removals and police harassment in public comment

Several residents used the Utica Common Council public comment period to press the city on enforcement of nuisance property rules, removal of neighborhood bus stops and alleged police harassment.

Lou Robertelli, a resident of Armory Drive, told the council the adjacent property had long been deteriorating, was placed on the city’s nuisance list in 2018 and that code enforcement action appeared stalled. “The last email I had from Mister Phillips was August 8. It sounds like it’s come to a grinding halt,” Robertelli said. He said a crushed‑stone driveway remains and that he worried stones would be tracked onto his lawn and could become a hazard when snow is plowed.

Daniel Correa, who said he lives in North Utica near Lorraine Avenue and works…