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It is very sad when going to select a "Category" to post here and our poor little street suffers all the issues but two. There have been a number of posts from a number of people living on this street and nothing has been done to correct ANY of the issues.
I contacted our Alderman via email, phone, and text and have not received so much as a peep. Every single person on this street is sick of the trash, noise, crime (drugs, prostitution, etc), blight, condemned property, that plague our street on a daily basis.
Since my first posting there have been no less than six used condoms in front of our homes (not to mention the piles of drug paraphernalia), on the streets and sidewalks where our children walk and we get out of our cars. I had company over and her son stepped on a used condom and it stuck to his foot and went into their car -- that is unacceptable.
I think a street meeting with some city officials is due.
12 Comments
Lewis St Res (Guest)
Anonymous (Guest)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
"I contacted our Alderman via email, phone, and text and have not received so much as a peep."
Is that a problem elsewhere in the Ward? Maybe the first intervention is needed at that level. Aldermen are supposed to be responsive to constituents.
libbymj (Registered User)
LCI Citywide Helper (Verified Official)
Matthew (Guest)
I will very likely be running against Gabe for Alderman next round.
Matthew
Matthew (Guest)
XX_New_Haven (Registered User)
CT Livable Streets Campaign (Registered User)
Has anyone looked into whether local residents could be hired to help clean the streets? Litter seems to be a major problem in many neighborhoods.
In the past, the City had programs to hire local youth, long-term unemployed, ex-offenders, and others who have difficulty finding jobs in disadvantaged neighborhoods to help clean the streets.
Maybe the unions opposed that? I think our problems are so bad that we need to throw out the old rules, and start making every effort to keep our streets clean and safe, and employ local residents.
Justin Elicker (Registered User)
Hi all,
I just reached out to Gabe. I think the suggestion of having a small meeting to discuss the specific issues and come up with specific action items to address them would be appropriate. (ie. LCI's suggestion about the lighting is a good one.) It seems from this post that people would like to focus primarily on this block of Lewis Street, correct? If that is the case, perhaps one or two of the folks on this post would be willing to help set up a meeting?
Justin Elicker
Ward 10 Alderman
justin.elicker@gmail.com
LCI Citywide Helper (Verified Official)
Closed City of New Haven (Verified Official)
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