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Residents urge action on nuisance rental property, infrastructure costs, leaf program and park accessibility at Newark council meeting
Summary
Residents told the Newark City Council Oct. 20 about a nuisance rental property, mounting infrastructure costs, a citizen letter urging discontinuation of the leaf-removal program and a student's request to connect on park accessibility.
Several Newark residents used the public-comment period at the Oct. 20 council meeting to raise neighborhood and budget concerns and to request city follow-up.
Francis Young, 413 Townsend Road, District 3, told council he previously asked for help abating a criminal-nuisance property and thanked Sergeant Micolucci for outreach. Young said he discovered that 416 Townsend Road "underwent and surprisingly passed an annual property rental permit inspection in May 2025" despite multiple complaints and city resources expended on the property, and he asked the…
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