🧇 Philly’s best waffles

🏠 City Council Examining Anti-Blight Law

City lawmakers want to create a task force exploring how to improve Act 135, a state law that created an avenue for neighbors, nonprofits, and municipalities to take over abandoned buildings. [WHYY]

• This act has resulted in some neighborhood conflicts, like one case in Fishtown late last year. [City Cast Philly 🎧]

🚗 Parker Recommits to Vision Zero

Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order last week directing the Office of Multimodal Planning to set goals for safety improvements on the city’s deadliest streets by 2030. [NBC10]

📽️ New Show Films in Philly

The upcoming HBO series “Task” did some filming in the Italian Market last week. The show is a Philly area-set crime drama starring Mark Ruffalo and directed by South Philly native Jeremiah Zagar. [PhillyVoice]

🧀 Hot Cheesesteak Takes

ICYMI, yesterday was National Cheesesteak Day — celebrate belatedly by listening to some cheesesteak experts make some bold assertions about where and how you should eat the Philly-born sandwich. [City Cast Philly 🎧]

Councilmember Lozada Wants Change in Kensington

New city policies are rolling out in Kensington, a neighborhood that’s long been the center of the opioid epidemic and a hotspot for homelessness. City Cast Philly podcast host Trenae Nuri talks with the neighborhood's relatively new city councilmember, Quetcy Lozada, about her vision for the area.