Mayor Parker pushes to slash business taxes and spend millions on housing
Philadelphia would cut business tax rates every year and begin spending hundreds of millions of newly allocated dollars on housing and drug treatment programs under a proposed 2026 budget Mayor Cherelle Parker presented Thursday.
Business owners in Kensington say the neighborhood is improving under Mayor Cherelle Parker, but more should be done.
When she took office in January 2024, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker made cleaning up the embattled Kensington neighborhood a priority. The community has long been plagued by violent crime ...
Since last May, there’s been a 57% reduction in shootings in Kensington, and police have seized 24,000 grams of fentanyl, according to city officials.
Business owners in the Kensington section of Philadelphia say Mayor Cherelle Parker's efforts to improve the neighborhood are working but there is still more to be done.
The campaign would receive $5 million in fiscal year 2026 and $30 million over next six years under new budget.
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