York officials remove homeless from park

YORK, Pa. (WHTM) — The City of York removed a homeless encampment in Bantz Park, describing it as a “compassionate clear-out.”

Officials told those living in the park they had to leave for over a month now. Tuesday was the final deadline.

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“You have neighbors who have complained, sent in multipled complaints about issues that were happening, so you have the quality of life that was being affected,” said Mayor Sandie Walker. “And so at some point, you have to make a decision. For us, we needed to make this decision because if we continued for a couple of months, it would have only gotten worse.”…

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