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City Council passes $71M housing bill
- Thursday, October 4, 2018
- By Jake Blumgart
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City Council passed a package of housing bills on Thursday, after more than a year of debate. But even before the ink dried on the legislation, protesters argued that they…
Rebuild one step closer to final vote
- Friday, June 16, 2017
- By Malcolm Burnley
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City Council is making a habit of letting the clock run down to zero. On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the final passage of Philadelphia’s sweetened beverage tax, Mayor…
Council seeking significant changes to legislation structuring Rebuild
- Thursday, June 8, 2017
- By Malcolm Burnley
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Late Wednesday in City Council, the first public hearing devoted to legislation that would enable the Kenney administration’s plan to renovate parks, rec centers, and libraries, took center stage. The hearing on…
Councilman Henon proposes changes to RCO requirements and zoning notice
- Thursday, March 23, 2017
- By Jake Blumgart
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On Thursday Councilman Bobby Henon introduced legislation to tweak the regulations governing the city’s Registered Community Organizations (RCOs). A product of the 2012 zoning code, RCOs are geographically-specific organizations that developers…
Council supports Keystone Opportunity Zone expansions, called for greater transparency
- Thursday, September 15, 2016
- By Jake Blumgart
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Over the past week a bill to designate more than 80 properties as Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zones raced through City Council. Introduced last Thursday by City Council president Darrell Clarke and…
City Council advances pro-billboard legislation even after city stripped of authority to regulate highway billboards
- Wednesday, June 8, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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Following a contentious hearing, a city council committee approved a trio of bills that would bring one longtime illegal billboard into local code compliance and pave the way for the construction…
Councilman Johnson introduces bill to stop Bart Blatstein’s proposed Broad and Washington development
- Thursday, May 5, 2016
- By Jim Saksa
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Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has listened to the critics and he’s doing something about it. Not his critics, though: Bart Blatstein’s, who have lambasted the real estate developer’s plans for a massive…
Bill would require Philly businesses to disclose tax breaks, track jobs created
- Thursday, January 21, 2016
- By Jared Brey
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- City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Philadelphia could get a better understanding of the impact of various tax breaks and subsidies it hands out to private businesses if a bill introduced in City Council on Thursday becomes…
Council authorizes acquisitions for Delaware River trails
- Thursday, December 10, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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At its last session of the year on Thursday, City Council adopted two bills authorizing the city to acquire property for recreational trails along the Delaware River waterfront. One bill would…
After 16 years on City Council, Wilson Goode looks forward to moving on
- Monday, November 30, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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“Tuesday was Election Day,” announced Wilson Goode, Jr., from his seat in Council Chambers just a few days after the primary election in May. “I lost the race for the first…
Committee authorizes city to buy waterfront land for prison development, sell vacant lot on Kensington Ave.
- Monday, May 11, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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- 7777 State Rd., Philadelphia, Pa.
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Note: This article previously stated that the company that owns 7777-R State Road, the proposed site of a future prison facility to replace the House of Corrections in Northeast Philadelphia, purchased…
Meet the City Council candidates running on Vision Zero
- Thursday, April 30, 2015
- By Jon Geeting
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Last fall, when we first wrote about Vision Zero, the aggressive new approach to reducing pedestrian and cyclist injuries being employed in New York, San Francisco and Seattle, there was an…
Nutter won't sign 3-D billboard legislation, but supports version with more oversight
- Thursday, April 9, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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Mayor Michael Nutter has returned legislation allowing three-dimensional digital billboards in Center City to City Council without his signature, according to a letter Nutter released on Thursday. The bills become law…
Councilman hopes to empower city to repair roads and bridges it doesn't own
- Friday, March 20, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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- City Hall, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Councilman David Oh introduced a bill in City Council on Thursday that would empower the Streets Department to repair and maintain roads, bridges, and other byways outside its traditional jurisdiction. The…
Zoning code changes would help guide redevelopment of former industrial sites
- Monday, March 9, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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Two members of City Council are proposing changes to a new zoning classification that’s meant to encourage the redevelopment of former industrial sites into mixed-use residential projects. The category, Industrial Residential…
Azavea and PlanPhilly map Philly's most dangerous intersections for pedestrians
- Friday, February 27, 2015
- By Jon Geeting
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Since 2008, the number of Philadelphia pedestrians hit by cars has held steady at over 1,700 per year. The exact number has jumped around a bit from year to year, but…
Road to development reform should start at L&I
- Thursday, February 26, 2015
- By Ashley Hahn
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City Council President Darrell Clarke has spent recent months advancing a plan to reorganize the city’s planning and development functions into a new cabinet-level Department of Planning and Development through a…
Clarke to send planning and development re-org plan back to committee for more discussion
- Thursday, January 22, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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Council President Darrell Clarke said on Thursday that he would send his proposal to restructure the city's planning and development agencies back to committee for more discussion and amendments. The proposal, which would…
Civic groups ask Clarke to pull back charter change proposal
- Wednesday, January 21, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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A group of civic associations from across the city has sent a letter to all members of City Council asking for a proposed charter change to be removed from Council’s agenda…
VIDEO: Rep. Cherelle Parker talks about holding elected officials accountable
- Wednesday, January 14, 2015
- By Jared Brey
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Councilwoman Marian Tasco’s office confirmed on Tuesday that she’ll be retiring after her current term in City Council ends at the beginning of next year. The news was first reported by…
