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Residents press council over housing conditions as tax abatements, redevelopment draw criticism
Summary
Multiple residents at the Oct. 22 Newark Municipal Council meeting urged enforcement on substandard housing conditions at New Community properties and criticized the city's use of long-term tax abatements for redevelopment projects, saying promised benefits have not reached tenants.
Dozens of residents and community leaders used the hearing-of-citizens portion of the Oct. 22 Newark Municipal Council meeting to press the council and the administration on housing conditions at New Community Corporation properties and to criticize tax abatements granted to developers as insufficiently benefiting tenants.
Speakers described mold, leaks, nonfunctional elevators, infestations and other long-running upkeep problems at properties including 225 Huntington…
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