🎃 Your guide to October in Philly

🤩 Tourists Love Us

Philly’s tourism economy appears to be on an upswing. Occupancy at Philly hotels this summer saw a 9.5% increase as compared to last year, and 24% as compared to 2022. [WHYY]

❌ Police Oversight Board Still Not Doing Oversight

Last week, the Citizens Police Oversight Commission voted out one of its own commissioners for allegedly sharing confidential information. That leaves just four (of nine) commissioners on the two-year-old CPOC, which also has still never conducted any independent investigations into complaints against police. [Inquirer 🔒]

⚖️ City Council Wants a Watchdog for Troubled Prisons

Amid issues with understaffing, escapes, and even deaths of inmates at Philly’s correctional facilities, all but two City Council members are co-sponsoring legislation to establish an Office of Prison Oversight and a Prison Community Oversight Board. [PhillyVoice]

👏 Philly Gets (Inter)national Plaudits

Little Walter’s in Kensington is one of 50 U.S. restaurants the New York Times chose to feature on its annual “Restaurant List.” [NYT 🔒]

• Meanwhile, the staff at TimeOut have decided that Philly’s Brewerytown is one of the 38 coolest neighborhoods across the globe. [TimeOut]