🍗 Philly’s flourishing fried chicken scene

🗓️ Mayor Marks 100th Day with Public Safety Plan

Yesterday, Mayor Cherelle Parker released a plan outlining her strategy for shutting down the open-air drug market in Kensington, reducing homicides by 20%, and cutting car and retail theft in half. [Inquirer 🔒]

📊 ‘State of the City’ Report Tracks Philly’s Progress

Philly’s economy is improving, the poverty rate has dropped to its lowest point since the 90s, and homicides decreased last year, according to a new Pew Charitable Trusts report. But overdose deaths remain high, property crime is on the rise, and economic growth hasn’t been equitable. [WHYY]

🏚️ Family Displaced After Rowhome Collapse

A family in Spring Garden experienced a partial home collapse Wednesday morning. The Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections declared their house immediately dangerous and did an emergency demolition on Thursday. L&I hasn’t specified the cause of the collapse. [6ABC]

• Unfortunately, building collapses are a real problem in Philly. The City Cast Philly podcast explored one of the causes of these tragedies in a previous episode: unsafe construction work. 🎧

Arena Workers Strike, New Deadly Opioid & 44 Aftershocks

It’s the Friday News Roundup! Today’s topics include a recent strike by concession workers at the Wells Fargo Center and a new synthetic opioid—stronger than fentanyl—that's showing up in Philly’s drug supply. City Cast Philly podcast host Trenae Nuri is joined by Lizzy McLellan Ravitch, workplace reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Aubrey Whelan, health reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer.