City Council

While it’s only March 3, more than 300 people have been shot in Philadelphia so far this year. Now city council is working on a plan to help reduce the violence. NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez has the details.

For more than five years, the NBC10 Investigators have put a spotlight on hit-and-run crashes in Philadelphia, showing us millions of dollars in property damage and families who are coping with devastating losses. On Wednesday, Philadelphia city council began hearings based on our reporting. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher explains.

For more than five years, the NBC10 Investigators have put a spotlight on hit-and-run crashes in Philadelphia, showing us millions of dollars in property damage and families who are coping with devastating losses. On Wednesday, Philadelphia city council began hearings based on our reporting. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher explains.

Philadelphia’s City Council is meeting on Friday to discuss the vaccination rollout plan as well as the fallout over Philly Fighting COVID. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details.

The city cut ties with ‘Philly Fighting COVID’ over concerns about how the group could use private information collected from people who were scheduling coronavirus vaccinations. Now seven city councilmembers will call for hearings during Thursday’s council session to address those concerns. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher has the details.

Nearly 100 members of the public called into a City Council hearing Wednesday to testify about the need for public input into the union contract with Philadelphia Police. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors reports.

Philadelphia’s City Council voted to ban the police use of “less lethal” munitions in response to demonstrations and other activity protected by the first amendment, officials announced Thursday. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

Philadelphia’s City Council passed a ban on the police use of “less lethal” munitions in response to demonstrations and other activity protected by the first amendment, officials announced Thursday.

Philadelphia city council held a hearing on legislation that would ban police from using “less lethal” munitions in response to demonstrations and other activity protected by the First Amendment. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has the details.

City Council passed legislation Thursday that would mandate the city only hire people — including aspiring police officers — who have been living in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the job appointment. NBC10 Investigative Claudia Vargas has the story.

The Philadelphia police department is asking for a $14 million raise but the majority of city council says giving police more money is off the table. What decision will be made? NBC10’s Mitch Blacher investigates.

Amid a national debate over police departments across the country, members of Philadelphia’s city council voted against a proposed $14 million increase to the police budget. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the details.

Protests were expected in Philly and across the suburbs

Before taking to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Thursday, a group marched around City Hall while another urged the National Guard to leave the city. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville reports.

The members opened a Zoom meeting with a silent remembrance of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis police custody.

Peaceful protesters holding Black Lives Matter signs and the name of George Floyd, who was killed while in Minneapolis police custody last week, marched along the the Main Line in the Philadelphia suburbs Thursday morning. People joined the march as it proceeded through Radnor Township, Delaware County.

Looting and rioting occurred hours after peaceful protests in Philadelphia over the weekend. City Council President Darrell Clarke spoke to NBC10’s Erin Coleman about the continued unrest.

The Philadelphia City Council has unveiled initiatives aimed at reducing the number of people living in poverty in the city by 25%. The hope is to lift at least 100,000 people out of poverty by 2024. A special committee released its poverty action plan Tuesday. It proposes initiatives to address housing, education and guaranteed income for the city’s poorest residents....

After more than three decades with the Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police David O. Brown announced his retirement Thursday, ending a six-year tenure.