More properties have been declared public nuisances by Cleveland in the past eight months than those from 2021 to 2024 combined, public safety officials announced to City Council on Wednesday. The answer last year was a major rewrite of how police and City Hall suss out and reprimand nuisance properties (and their owners). Safety Director Wayne Drummond and Assistant Safety Director Jason Shachman announced success with the city’s nuisance laws since they went into effect last July. Out of the 14 nuisance properties, all but one worked with Public Safety to deal with whatever was pestering neighbors, Shachner said. Polensek, who’s led Council in pursuit of new nuisance laws in the past few years and co-sponsored the original legislation in 2024, was pleased.