Business Owners In Philadelphia's Kensington Section Say City's Efforts To Clean Up Aren't Enough

CBS Philadelphia

June 10, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The owners of a restaurant in Philadelphia's Kensington section say that since last month's actions by the city, which included street cleaning and removing an encampment in the neighborhood, people experiencing homelessness and people using drugs have been pushed to an area near their business.

Mariangeli Alicea and her husband, Chef Dionicio Jiménez, are co-owners of Cantina la Martina at D Street and Kensington Avenue. They say that people who used to gather farther south have now been pushed to a spot near their restaurant.

"When we come in in the morning, now we have to remove people who are sleeping on our doorsteps … It doesn't feel safe," Alicea said.

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