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      Progressive Philadelphia mayoral candidate Helen Gym met with local educators at a campaign event on May 15, 2023, the day before the city's Democratic primary.

      Billionaire Spent Over $1 Million Trying to Defeat Public School Champion in Philly Mayoral Race

      Helen Gym's campaign manager has said charter school advocate Jeffrey Yass is "bankrolling a false smear campaign against the only candidate in the race with a real vision to invest in Philly's public schools."

      Jessica Corbett
      May 16, 2023

      Jeffrey Yass—Pennsylvania's richest man, a registered libertarian, and a charter school advocate—has given over $1 million to a group trying to convince Philadelphians not to vote for progressive mayoral candidate Helen Gym, a former teacher and public school supporter, in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

      Gym is one of nine candidates appearing on the Democratic ballot, though based on polling she is considered a top contender alongside two fellow former Philadelphia City Council members—Allan Domb and Cherelle Parker—as well as Jeff Brown, a supermarket chain founder, and Rebecca Rhynhart, Philly's ex-comptroller.

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      Toxic Fears, Confusion After Chemical Leak Hits Philadelphia Drinking Water Supply

      "There is no circumstance under which the city should announce that tap water may be unsafe two full days after they learned of possible contamination and without a plan to provide safe water to every resident," said Democratic mayoral candidate Helen Gym.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 27, 2023

      Residents of Philadelphia and the surrounding area demanded clarity about the safety of their drinking water from city officials on Monday, three days after chemicals leaked from a plant into a tributary of the Delaware River, which provides water for about 14 million people in four states.

      About 8,100 gallons of acrylic polymer solution leaked from a burst pipe at the chemical plant Trinseo PLC in Bucks County, Pennsylvania late Friday, entering Otter Creek, which flows into the Delaware.

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      Nina Turner, Sen. Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign co-chair, spoke at a demonstration outside Philadelphia's Hahnemann University Hospital, which is slated to close, on Thursday

      Union Leaders, Healthcare Workers Protest Private Equity Sale of Philadelphia Hospital

      "People will get hurt, and they will die as a direct result of this one man's action."

      Julia Conley
      Jul 11, 2019

      Sen. Bernie Sanders joined hundreds of union workers and Philadelphia community members on Thursday in decrying the planned closure of Hahnemann University Hospital, whose assets were recently put up for sale by Joel Freedman, the private equity executive who bought it last year.

      The 171-year-old hospital, which has served low-income residents since before the Civil War and which tens of thousands of people rely on for their primary care, will not simply be sold to another healthcare company, but will rather go to the highest bidder, with its real estate likely being taken over to develop luxury condos and hotels in a neighborhood that's considered a "gateway location" for gentrification.

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