Pittsburgh Mayor-elect Ed Gainey announces transition team goals, members

Mayor-elect Ed Gainey unveiled the goals and personnel for his administration's transition team on Monday afternoon. And while the long-expected move may have seemed upstaged by Gainey's disclosure that he had tested positive for COVID, the team's work could shape city government for years to come. Transition co-chair Silas Russell told reporters during an online press conference that the team would look at "issues like affordable housing, educational opportunities and worker voice, transportation and public safety reforms. ... We're undertaking this work through an equity and empowerment lens." To read more, click Here