Philadelphia City Council

Amid the ongoing deadly gun violence crisis, Philadelphia City Council is pushing for $100 million in spending. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on details about the plan.

With less than half of Philadelphia’s population having at least one dose of a COVID vaccine, Philadelphia City Council wants to give residents a bit of an incentive for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.

With FEMA’s two COVID vaccine sites closing and supply outpacing demand, Philadelphia officials are working to get more people in the city vaccinated. NBC10’s Danny Freeman explains.

At least four people were killed during several shootings in Philadelphia Wednesday. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports on City Council’s plan to stop gun violence.

City council is taking action after the NBC10 Investigators reported that families of city employees who died from COVID-19 were not getting equal treatment.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley faced hours of questions from City Council Friday, after the department gave nearly nearly 7,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to a health provider run by a 22-year-old grad student. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports.

In a marathon council committee hearing Friday, Philly’s health commissioner told City Council that former deputy Dr. Caroline Johnson and her staff made the call to work with Philly Fighting COVID.

As Philadelphia continues to unpack the response to the spring and summer George Floyd protests, City Council is calling for a hearing and testimony on police action in the aftermath of officers’ killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

On Friday, Philadelphia City Council will hold a hearing on how Philadelphia came to choose Philly Fighting COVID to administer coronavirus vaccines. NBC10’s Pamela Osborne explains what events led to this point.

There are two independent reports chronicling Philadelphia’s response to May and June George Floyd protests. Now, City Council is calling for a hearing on the response following the killing of Walter Wallace Jr., including a violent traffic stop that separated a mother from her son for hours.

Council, along with Philadelphia’s top health officials, were still playing catch up on Monday after last week’s public embarrassment over the city’s partnership with a group called Philly Fighting COVID.

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin defends his group and points to the city of Philadelphia’s “dirty power politics” as the reason why the city cut ties with the group. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports.

Philadelphia City Council is seeking answers as to how Philly Fighting COVID, an organization run by a 22-year-old without medical experience, was given thousands of coronavirus vaccine doses to administer. The City ended its partnership with the startup after Philly Fighting COVID changed its status.

The city is moving toward a huge investment in affordable housing, home repair grants and more that could help stave off inequity made worse by the pandemic.

A previous NBC10 Investigators report found that debt and credit checks in the Philadelphia Police recruitment process led to disproportionate hiring of white recruits over people of color. Now Philly is making a change. Claudia Vargas has more.

Through the end of 2020, landlords in Philly are required to go to mediation with a tenant before eviction. Now the city wants to extend that requirement into 2021.

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.

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports ahead of Philadelphia City Council voting on a ban of non-lethal munitions by law enforcement during First Amendment-protected activities. The ban is one of the considerations being made in the aftermath of police using tear gas on protesters earlier this year.

Philadelphia’s police union is filing a lawsuit to block a measure allowing the public to discuss their next contract. The union believes the measure unfairly targets police officers. The city says however that the purpose of the measure is to improve community and police relations. NBC10’s Brandon Hudson has the reactions from both sides.

Representatives for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 claim they are “unfairly targeted” by a city law that would require public input on the police contract.