Philadelphia got $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money that kept the budget afloat and allowed generous spending on new programs like free transpasses for low-income residents. But that money ends in December, which is halfway through Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first budget. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb tells us that means Parker will have millions of dollars less to work with.



(Photo credit: Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio) 

Philadelphia got $1.4 billion in federal stimulus money that kept the budget afloat and allowed generous spending on new programs like free transpasses for low-income residents. But that money ends in December, which is halfway through Mayor Cherelle Parker’s first budget. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb tells us that means Parker will have millions of dollars less to work with.
 
(Photo credit: Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio)

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