The extraordinary move from Councilmember Jeffery Young comes a day after the Parker administration did not send a representative to testify during a City Council hearing about the use of the site.
City Councilmember Jeffery Young, Jr. speaks in Philadelphia City Council in January. He introduced legislation Thursday to compel the Parker administration to testify about its use of a facility at 2100 W. Girard Ave.and members of her administration to testify about how the city is developing a facility in North Philadelphia to house people in addiction.
The authorization to hold hearings on the use of the facility and to issue subpoenas related to it passed Council without opposition Thursday. A spokesperson for the Parker administration did not immediately comment.“We’re just looking for clarity on what the expanded services are, specifically, so we can mitigate some of the negative quality-of-life issues that can stem from a facility that intakes folks with opioid and other drug addictions,” he said.
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