The explosive allegations, including double billing, backdated documents and mismanagement by an overpaid, unqualified employee with City Hall connections, were never mentioned yesterday as the Board of Estimates approved the payment.

Mayor responds after Comptroller Bill Henry urges him to require Baltimore City employees to get vaccinated or to provide weekly proof of a negative Covid-19 test.

Up to 70% of residents in some neighborhoods remain unvaccinated. “When and if the time comes when we have to put mandates and things back in place, we will not hesitate to do so,” the mayor says.

In denying its permit to use a building in northeast Baltimore, CMDS says, the city the misread zoning law and violated the U.S. Constitution and the ADA.