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Residents, councilors press city for action after videos show drug use and filth at Bishop Markham housing
Summary
Speakers and councilors described drug activity, human waste and safety problems at Bishop Markham and asked the city manager and housing authority for inspections, cameras and other remedies; council asked the manager to seek reports and work with partners.
Councilors and multiple public speakers urged city action after citizen David Prestopino and others showed video and described ongoing drug use, human waste and assaults inside Bishop Markham, a Lowell Housing Authority property. Councilors asked the city manager to request reports from the housing authority, inspect common areas and identify immediate steps to protect residents. The request, introduced during a motion from Councilors Robinson and Gitcheid, called for the Lowell Housing Authority to provide a report “on what preventative measures have been implemented at 227 Gorham Street in regards to vacancy and drug use situation in common areas as…
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