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Middletown residents press council for stronger Gaza ceasefire resolution and tenant protections
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Middletown Common Council to strengthen a recently passed 'global peace' resolution to call for an immediate, permanent ceasefire and to advance a strong good-cause eviction ordinance with a one-unit exemption to protect tenants.
Dozens of Middletown residents used the council's public-comment period to press for firmer action on international and local issues, urging the Common Council to adopt a ceasefire resolution that explicitly calls for an immediate, permanent ceasefire and to advance strong good-cause eviction protections.
Jason Eachman, a city resident, told the council the existing resolution "calls for global peace" but lacks language demanding a permanent ceasefire and stopping military funding; he said Middletown should "add our city to the list of municipalities calling on our federal…
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