The City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee Monday at 6 p.m will consider a “Proposed resolution committing to reallocating certain funds from the Police Department
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Mayoral Appointee Salaries Debated By City Council
The City Council Monday night will take up the Ordinance Committee report “re: Resolution for the City Attorney to draft language to amend Municipal Code Ordinance,
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“Lame-Duck” Appointment Ordinance On City Council Agenda
Historically one of the shortest meetings of the year, the City Council will meet Monday on the eve of election day to refer a number
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Newton Urges Merit System Hiring During Lame-Duck Mayoral Period
Shortly after he was elected mayor in 1933, Socialist Jasper McLevy implemented a campaign promise to limit the spoils system of hiring municipal employees. Basically
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Grant Supports Children Of Incarcerated Parents
Mayor Joe Ganim joined Congressman Jim Himes, Career Resources, The WorkPlace, City Councilmember Ernie Newton, and Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA) to announce that the children of 125 incarcerated
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City Council Members Suspicious Of Pereira’s Public Broadcast About FBI–Is She Secretly Recording Us? Pereira Says No
At the Oct. 6 Zoom meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety Committee, a body Maria Pereira had served on before her removal by Council
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City Council President Strips Pereira Of Committee Assignments, Cites Chaos And Disruption
On Saturday, City Council President Aidee Nieves called a caucus at the Margaret Morton Government Center to rally a united front in advance of Monday
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Officials Urge Public To Cooperate With Police Following Days Of Violence
News release from Mayor’s Office: This morning Mayor Ganim called a meeting with members of his administration, City Council, and Police leadership via Zoom to
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