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Public commenters press housing and campaign mailer concerns, and raise EMS fleet problems at Pittsburgh council meeting
Summary
During public comment at the April 15 council meeting, residents criticized campaign mailers attacking the mayor, raised fair housing and housing-displacement concerns, recounted an ambulance breakdown while responding to a call, and pressed for assistance with an individual worker's-compensation and ADA complaint.
Public speakers at the Pittsburgh City Council meeting on April 15 used their allotted three minutes to raise a range of concerns: several speakers criticized campaign mailers that attacked the mayor and alleged corruption in housing decisions; one called attention to an ambulance that broke down while responding to a cardiac arrest; others flagged long-term real estate speculation and its effects on the city, and a resident described an ongoing workers’ compensation and ADA complaint that he said has not been addressed.
In a brief public comment, a woman identified as Bernadette (Beachview) said she researched the developers backing criticisms of the…
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