Christina Park eviction

Reminded Council it unanimously opposed the park eviction, said half a million dollars was spent to return things to square one, and urged members to vote down or table all administration legislation until the mayor does better.

Gave a firsthand account of the June 15 sweep — a man nearly shot by police, a nurse denied access to give an inhaler, a man in a wheelchair left without answers — and urged Council to pass Resolution 24O and hold the mayor to a July 4 transition-plan deadline.

A Pennsylvania-born Delawarean who challenged the mayor's claim that critics don't know the whole story, listing his firsthand knowledge of camp residents.

Chair of the homelessness subcommittee who took the mayor's 'don't understand the issue' comment personally and called June 15 arbitrary.

A 6th District resident who said the city needs low-barrier shelters and housing-first solutions, not displacement.

An activist who sat on the homelessness task force table and urged council to use its power and press the mayor to open vacant state buildings.

Suggested moving $1.3 million of CDBG street money into homelessness services and warned the 30-day shelter cycles won't solve the problem.

Pastor at First and Central Presbyterian with a homeless ministry, who endorsed the resolution and its call for a homelessness response coordinator.

Volunteers with the unhoused in District 4; her uncle, a Vietnam veteran, died of heat exhaustion on the streets in 2024. She urged passage of the housing measures.

A Christina Park volunteer who urged council to value park residents as much as constituents complaining about the park.

Urged residents to vote and speak out, and suggested using vacant acreage and unused trailers to house the homeless instead of leaving them in parks.

A former Wilmington resident who asked council to stop the June 15 sweep, invoking Matthew 25:40 on dignity for the least among us.

An 8th District resident who called the June 15 deadline artificial and urged council to pass the resolution.

A Christina Park resident who described guarding the camp at night, cooking for residents at St. Patrick's, and sharply criticized the mayor.

Described helping park residents the prior 24 hours, including someone forced to choose housing over a pet, and urged council to vote with their hearts.

Her statement, read by another supporter, backed the resolution and the housing trust, and criticized the eviction as a 'temper tantrum' by the administration.

Called the eviction cruel, said there aren't enough shelter beds, and asked for accountability on the administration's numbers.

Called the resolution common sense and warned of consequences if the eviction proceeds.

A 6th District lifelong resident who called the treatment of homeless residents morally reprehensible and urged passage.

A Delawarean socialist who pushed back on the 'New York transplant' label and urged support for the resolution and housing trust.

Urged the council to condemn the closure of the city's only sanctioned encampment and called the vote a minimum step.

A Saturday volunteer at the park who pleaded with council to visit the park and vote yes.

An 8th District resident who cited National Council on Health and Homelessness research showing sweeps do more harm than housing-first approaches.

Read the homelessness subcommittee's May 22 letter to Mayor Carney, which unanimously opposed the June 15 eviction for lack of a plan.

Recounted months of volunteers — not the city — aiding the park in winter, called the $100,000 tent spending wasted, and promised no one would be removed by force.

Said only four bus tickets to Wilmington were documented, accused the mayor of lying to scare council into developer payouts, and demanded council block the June 15 eviction.

A 21-year-old tent city resident who slept behind City Hall all winter said she has no plan for June 15 and won't leave her tent.

A Latina veteran and mother confronted council over the eviction, said she told Mayor Carney to his face to do right by the park, and vowed to keep fighting.

A first-district volunteer at the park accused the mayor of a photo op and then a 'temper tantrum' eviction, and urged passage of the housing trust.

Demanded council stop the June 15 eviction and then polled each member on whether they'd support the housing amendment — drawing a point-of-order scold from the president.

Asked council to stop the June 15 eviction and help residents with rent and repairs; called the Carney administration's treatment of the park residents disgraceful.