Thanks to the federal bribery trial of City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, “councilmanic prerogative' is back in the news. What is councilmanic prerogative? Here's what you need to know.
for helping Universal Companies, a community development charity and charter-school operator founded by Philadelphia music icon Kenny Gamble, with two South Philadelphia properties it owned.Councilmanic prerogative is a tradition under which the 10 district councilmembers representing geographic areas of Philadelphia have the final say on land-use decisions in their districts. . In that sense, it can give members of Council a great deal of power over how their neighborhoods look.
at the request of an area nonprofit that owned the building and offered a consulting contract to his wife. Prosecutors have described that contract as a bribe to buy the councilmember’s assistance.amended a bill that would have made the pandemic-era outdoor dining structures permanent citywide, opting instead to preserve Councilmembers’ control over their districts.