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Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie Pressed on Shifting Funding to Demolish McMillan Park to the Urgent Needs of Residents Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; McDuffie Not Replying to His Constituents Again<\/i><\/span><\/b> See the letters and responses here:<\/i> The Ward 5 constituents point to the thousands of DC residents impacted by the pandemic through loss of jobs, inability to maintain their current housing, and in many cases their inability to obtain unemployment assistance. Also, at the present time, this is occurring when local health officials are alarmed by an uptick in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the District.<\/p>\n During the budget hearings in July, the Ward 5 Councilmember pushed against the call by his constituents to defund the demolition of McMillan Park in the FY2021 DC Budget by issuing a statement but only after intense pressure from neighbors who wrote letters urging him to support Black residents seeking equity in the project.<\/p>\n McDuffie’s response said he had long supported the \u201cthoughtful, fiscal and socially responsible development at McMillan\u201d and that he is \u201cdismayed by the protracted development process.\u201d McDuffie reportedly lives on North Capitol Street, across the street from\u00a0the park.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Washington, DC <\/b>— A group of Ward 5 DC constituents has opened a dialogue with Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, their representative on City Council, about defunding the city\u2019s plan to spend almost $100 Million dollars to demolish and redevelop the 25-acre McMillan site at North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue, NW.<\/p>\n
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