ALLENTOWN, Pa. — City lawmakers were eyeing funding so a nonprofit could serve homeless residents on weekends.
But Mayor Matt Tuerk on Wednesday withdrew his request for $50,000 that would have enabled the Lehigh Conference of Churches to expand beyond its weekday schedule.
Tuerk told council he spoke Dec. 6 to Conference of Churches Executive Director Abby Goldfarb about “the challenges that unsheltered people face in Allentown at the moment — including not having anywhere to go on Saturday and Sunday.”…