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Brooklyn Park resident urges citywide eviction moratorium, cites federal immigration enforcement
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Resident Casey Kazatz urged the Brooklyn Park City Council to adopt a citywide eviction moratorium, saying federal immigration enforcement and economic hardship are increasing risks for vulnerable residents and disputing claims that prior moratoria raised crime.
Casey Kazatz, a Brooklyn Park resident, urged the City Council during public comment to enact a citywide eviction moratorium, citing what Kazatz described as federal immigration-enforcement activity that is creating fear and economic hardship for vulnerable residents.
Kazatz told the council that the eviction-moratorium topic was discussed at a Jan. 26 work session and asked officials to continue the discussion toward action. “I’m calling on the mayor and the city council to enact the citywide eviction moratorium,” Kazatz said. She argued the police chief’s earlier suggestion that a statewide eviction moratorium increased crime was misleading…
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