John Franklin Street is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3,2000,and was re-elected to a second term beginning in 2004. He is a Democrat and became mayor after having served 19 years in the Philadelphia City Council,including seven years as its president,before resigning as required under the Philadelphia City Charter in order to run for mayor. He followed Ed Rendell as mayor,assuming the post on January 3,2000. Street was Philadelphia's second black mayor.
Francis Lazarro Rizzo was an American police officer and politician. He served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) from 1968 to 1971 and mayor of Philadelphia from 1972 to 1980. He was a member of the Democratic Party throughout the entirety of his career in public office. He switched to the Republican Party in 1986 and campaigned as a Republican for the final five years of his life.
Hahnemann University Hospital was a tertiary care center in Center City Philadelphia. It was the teaching hospital of Drexel University College of Medicine. Established in 1885,it was for most of its history the main teaching hospital associated with its namesake medical school,Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital,founded in 1848 and named for Samuel Hahnemann,the founder of homeopathy. Hahnemann University Hospital was fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Thomas R. Frieden is an American infectious disease and public health physician. He serves as president and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives,a $225 million,five-year initiative to prevent epidemics and cardiovascular disease.
Maria Quiñones-Sánchez is an American politician and political activist who served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council representing the 7th district. The district includes the neighborhoods of Castor Gardens,Fairhill,Feltonville,Frankford,Harrowgate,Hunting Park,Juniata,Kensington,Oxford Circle and Wissinoming. A registered Democrat,she served in this position from 2008 to 2022.
James Francis Kenney is an American politician who served as the 99th mayor of Philadelphia from 2016 to 2024. Kenney was first elected on November 3,2015,defeating his Republican rival Melissa Murray Bailey after winning the crowded Democratic primary contest by a landslide on May 19.
The 2015 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 3,2015,to elect the Mayor of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,concurrently with various other state and local elections. Heavily favored Democratic party candidate Jim Kenney won.
Jeffrey Paul Escoffier was an American author,activist,and media strategist. He was a research associate at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research. He has taught at the University of California,Barnard College,The New School,and Rutgers University,Newark. He lived and worked in Brooklyn,New York.
Helen Gym is an American politician. She was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Philadelphia City Council. She was first elected to Council in 2015 and served until 2022,when she resigned to run in the Democratic primary of the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election. Gym finished in third place behind Cherelle Parker,who won the nomination,and Rebecca Rhynhart.
Danielle Outlaw is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023,chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon from 2017 to 2019,and deputy chief of the Oakland Police Department in California form 2013 to 2017.
Kelvin A. Jeremiah is President and CEO of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA). He oversees the day-to-day operations of the 4th largest housing authority in the country. His approach to housing communities expands beyond affordable housing. Jeremiah has an interest in creating communities that provide access to good education and are crime free.
Judith Persichilli is an American nurse and health care executive and the 22nd Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health for the State of New Jersey. Prior to her nomination she was interim president/CEO of University Hospital in Newark.
The 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election was held on November 7,2023 to elect the mayor of Philadelphia. Nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties were selected through primaries on May 16,2023.
The George Floyd protests and riots in Philadelphia were a series of protests and riots occurring in the City of Philadelphia. Unrest in the city began as a response to the murder of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25,2020. Numerous protests,rallies and marches took place in Philadelphia in solidarity with protestors in Minneapolis and across the United States. These demonstrations call for justice for Floyd and protest police brutality. After several days of protests and riots,Philadelphia leadership joined other major cities,including Chicago in instituting a curfew,beginning Saturday,May 30,at 8 p.m. The protests concluded on June 23,2020.
The 1985 MOVE bombing,locally known by its date,May 13,1985,was the destruction of residential homes in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States,by the Philadelphia Police Department during a standoff with MOVE,a black liberation organization. Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices from a helicopter onto the roof of a house occupied by MOVE. The Philadelphia Police Department allowed the resulting fire to burn out of control,destroying 61 previously evacuated neighboring homes over two city blocks and leaving 250 people homeless. Six adults and five children were killed in the attack,with one adult and one child surviving. A lawsuit in federal court found that the city used excessive force and violated constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Dave Ashok Chokshi is an American physician and former public health official who served as the 43rd health commissioner of New York City. He was the first health commissioner of Asian descent. Chokshi previously served as the inaugural chief population health officer for NYC Health + Hospitals and as a White House fellow in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Currently he is a practicing physician at Bellevue Hospital and the inaugural Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership,part of the City College of New York.
Andrei Doroshin is a former graduate student and was CEO of a now-disbanded vaccine distribution group. He is noted for being the CEO of Philly Fighting COVID,a controversial nonprofit organization in Philadelphia,that played a role in the city's COVID-19 response before its relationship with the city was terminated due in part to questions about Doroshin's qualifications,the organization's plans to transition to a for-profit model,and its handling of citizens' data.
Curtis J. Jones Jr. is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council. In 2007,he was elected to represent the 4th District,which covers parts of North,Northwest,and West Philadelphia. He has served as Majority Leader (2012–2016) and Majority Whip since 2020.
Ashwin Vasan is an American physician and epidemiologist serving as the 44th commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Vasan is also a public health professor and practicing primary care doctor at Columbia University,and was most recently the president and CEO of Fountain House,a national mental health nonprofit.
The 2023 Philadelphia City Council elections was held November 7,2023 for elections of all seats in the Philadelphia City Council. The Democratic Party maintained its super-majority on the council. The election took place on the same day as the 2023 Philadelphia mayoral election and other local elections in the Commonwealth.
