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Meriden residents urge council to act on homelessness, drug activity and inaccessible sidewalks
Summary
Several Meriden residents used the public input period to press the City Council for action on homelessness and drug activity on Casimir/Cashmere streets and to raise concerns about sidewalk accessibility and tenant organizing. No formal council action resulted from public comment.
Members of the public at the Meriden City Council meeting pressed elected officials on a cluster of public-safety and quality-of-life concerns that residents say have grown worse in recent months.
"Homelessness is a problem in Meriden," said Jennifer Addy of 55 Willow, who told the council she attended the homeless commission’s third meeting and questioned what the commission will do as winter approaches. Addy said she has seen "about 15" people at a camp on Casimir and reported seeing open drug transactions on Cashmere during a morning visit to the farmers market.
"We're being held hostage in the city of Meriden," Addy said, describing sidewalks she…
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