“The people of Kensington, and all citizens of Philadelphia, deserve for their government to take every approach, however novel, to secure resources that will address this humanitarian crisis,” the resolution reads.
People gather outside SEPTA's Allegheny Station on Thursday in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.City Council members are calling on Mayor Jim Kenney and Gov. Tom Wolf to declare an emergency over the opioid crisis in the Kensington neighborhood, saying the city needs more state and federal funding to address the community’s needs.
At-Large Councilmember Allan Domb wrote the resolution and introduced it with Councilmembers Mark Squilla and Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, whose districts both include parts of Kensington, the neighborhood at the epicenter of the city’s overdose crisis, among the nation’s most grave. Several other members also signed on to the resolution.
“We have to bring to the table the federal government and the resources they have available to get this situation under control and restore what Kensington was many, many years ago,” he said. In the resolution, he wrote that federal emergency funds could get more people into drug treatment; provide housing and other social services for longtime residents and people experiencing homelessness; and pay for neighborhood cleanups and harm-reduction efforts.
“We know Kensington is a disaster area. But what should be done should be determined by people who are here every day,” he said. “What has not worked, historically, are city folk, politicians, showing up and going, ‘Here’s the thing [we’ll do].’ And then it goes away, and it doesn’t work, and it creates more harm.”
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