Groups Say City Council Was Too Quick To Pass Preliminary Vote On COVID Relief Fund Spending
CBS Pittsburgh 3 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The talk on Grant Street this week is all about how the city of Pittsburgh should spend $335 million from the American Rescue Plan.
On Wednesday, council members passed a preliminary vote 7-2 for the spending plan, but some local groups feel the vote happened too soon.
Leaders in the Black community want transparency, more public participation and a postponement of the allocation of those COVID relief dollars.
On Friday, members of the Black Political Empowerment Project, Western Pennsylvania Black Political Assembly and others gathered in Homewood.