The man who represented Northeast Philadelphia for more than a decade on City Council will serve out his prison term at a minimum-security camp in Fort Dix, N.J.
The union previously appeared to be politically paralyzed amid an internal leadership fight following the conviction of its longtime leader, John J. Dougherty, on federal corruption charges.
Dougherty’s new lawyers argue that the defense provided to him by Center City law firm Ballard Spahr was compromised due to conflicts of interests with the firm’s other clients, including Comcast.
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