Rebecca Rhynhart is running for mayor: What to know about Philly’s former fiscal watchdog
After almost five years as city controller, she resigned her position to set eyes on Philadelphia’s top office. Rebecca Rhynhart, who...
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- Oct 25
- 5 min
Philly City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart resigns to launch a run for mayor
The city's fiscal watchdog who was first elected as a political outsider is now running to lead the government she spent the last five...
- Oct 18
- 6 min
Philly Police Dept. has inconsistent strategies, slow response times, and outdated systems
The department has a lowest-in-class homicide clearance rate, slow 911 response times that are worse in communities of color, and a...
- Oct 18
- 3 min
Philadelphia Controller's review of police spending details staffing issues, varying 911 response
By Jeff Cole Published October 18, 2022 Philadelphia FOX 29 Philadelphia Philadelphia Controller's review of police spending details...
- Oct 18
- 5 min
Philly has spent $205 million on salaries for injured police since 2017.
An audit found little is done to prevent fraud. Oversight of a police disability benefit is inadequate, allowing abuse to go unchecked,...
- Sep 13
- 12 min
Philly’s gun-violence spending is surging, but many funded programs lack clear goals...
Some key city-run anti-violence programs, years in, lack required measures and goals to determine whether they are working. Hassan Butler...
- Sep 7
- 3 min
With 750 shootings since Memorial Day, Philadelphia records another summer of mayhem | Editorial
The most troubling aspect of the crisis? There appears to be no major new effort to combat the sharp rise in gun violence. Investigators...
- Sep 5
- 4 min
At Labor Day parade, leaders rally members to support Shapiro in governor’s race
By Aubri Juhasz September 5, 2022 Members of Philadelphia labor unions marched down Delaware Avenue at the annual Labor Day Parade,...
- Aug 30
- 5 min
Philly has a $208M antiviolence budget. Just a fraction addresses shootings in the short term...
A report written by the city's fiscal watchdog comes as the city is still seeing homicides and shootings continue at an unprecedented...
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Staffing shortage in the Philadelphia Police Department becoming a crisis
"The city has to fill these positions. We need to be on a major recruiting mission," said City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart. ByAnnie...
- Jul 19
- 1 min
‘Significant' Economic Impact of Gun Violence in Philadelphia
According to Everytown for Gun Safety, the cost of the mass shooting on South Street that killed three people and injured nearly a dozen...
- Jun 23
- 5 min
Cutting through the budget BS with Rebecca Rhynhart: 4 takeaways
Residents, activists, and officials tried to make sense of how to understand and impact Philly’s finances at a Billy Penn event. The...
- Jun 23
- 5 min
City reassessment hurting African Americans and seniors on fixed incomes
Stephen Williams Tribune Staff Writer May 26, 2022 In Penntown, a mostly Black Neighborhood in North Philadelphia, new million-dollars...
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Philly needs more police, but not a bigger budget | Opinion
Philly has enough money to hire police. Whether the Kenney administration can manage that money is a different problem. A sculpture...
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Rhynhart addresses NE Chamber
By Tom Waring March 31, 2022 From left: Dan McElhatton, Rebecca Rhynhart, Pam Henshall. City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart addressed...
- Mar 30
- 3 min
Hundreds gather at City & State’s inaugural Above & Beyond Awards
By: JUSTIN SWEITZER MAR 24, 2022 AT 11:42 AM The original article was published by City and State PA. You can read it here. The honorees...
- Jan 18
- 2 min
City Controller expresses urgent and needed voice on Philadelphia's gun violence epidemic
BY The Tribune Editorial Board January 18, 2022 On Sunday, we published an Op-Ed submitted by City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart on the gun...
- Jan 16
- 4 min
City Controller: Philadelphians deserve to feel safe
With 562 homicides, 2021 was the deadliest year in Philadelphia’s recorded history. Most of the victims were young Black men. — AP photo...
- Jan 14
- 3 min
Philadelphia's City Controller discusses 2022 projects
By Brian Saunders TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER This was originally published by the Philadelphia Tribune on Jan 6, 2022. “As we’re moving into...
- Jan 14
- 6 min
Rebecca Rhynhart Runs Philly
Rebecca Rhynhart's first term as City Controller reshaped how the office does its work. She expects more of the same to kick off 2022 and...