Historical March 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
There is hope and help at hand. Drugs have taken a heavy toll in many neighborhoods.
If you live in one that’s been damaged you know all too well that one bad building can destroy a block—physically and psychologically.
If it hasn’t happened in your neighborhood it’s probably a sign that you’re well organized and active. But, even where there is constant vigilance, a problem building can fester up. Know what you can do to make yours a SAFESTREET!
The police need and use well the information phoned in to the GET TOUGH HOTLINE-621-4333. Ask the public affairs officer in your district to give a Get Tough training on your block. Know who is responsible for each piece of property on your block.
This is public information and can be obtained in Room 114 of City Hall or by calling the ConServ officer (622-4628) or neighborhood liaison officer (622-4661) for your area. Develop a relationship with the property owners, especially if they don’t live at the property they own. Whenever you can involve them, do so. Invite landlords to block meetings, to your Brightside Cleanup in the spring, and to your National Night Out party in August. Let them know when their tenants are damaging property, making a mess of the front or causing disturbances.
Some blocks have even gotten the good landlords to call the more negligent landlords. Good landlords are a great resource.
There is now a state law that can hold property owners and managers civilly and criminally responsible for maintaining a building where drugs are kept or sold. Property owners and managers, as well as occupants of the building, can be imprisoned and/or fined if they know about and do not abate the “public nuisance.” Call Operation Safestreet (622-3444) if we can help you.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, March 1991.
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