After a yearlong conflict, the city of Albuquerque has asked a judge to declare a local bookstore a "public nuisance" due to health concerns and alleged illicit drug use by homeless people staying in the property's parking lot.

If granted, city Code Enforcement would be allowed to enter the private property, evict the people living there and forcibly close the bookstore if they return.

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