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Residents tell Paterson council: trash, rats and missing federal accounting demand action
Paterson Municipal Council · January 1, 2025
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Summary
Multiple public speakers raised sanitation and rodent problems, cited DCA monitoring and a recent audit, and urged the council to account for federal American Rescue Plan funds and to address payroll/accounting irregularities.
During public comment, residents described pervasive trash and rodent problems in several neighborhoods and asked the city to act. David Gilmore said he documented growing garbage on West Railway and reported seeing rats; he asked for urgent attention to refuse collection and pest control.
Victor Urbaias and Deborah Hannibal focused…
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