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City Council President Zeke Cohen on surging BGE rates and Baltimore's opioid approach

Zeke Cohen hugs a supporter on election night, May 14, 2024. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner)
Ulysses Muñoz
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The Baltimore Banner
Zeke Cohen hugs a supporter on election night, May 14, 2024.

Elected president of the Baltimore City Council on December 5, Zeke Cohen is the 24th person to occupy the seat since the beginning of unicameral city governance in 1923.

The president’s seat is an influential position which comes with the power of the purse through leadership over the city’s powerful Board of Estimates.

So what is Cohen’s plan for Baltimore now that he occupies the top spot on the council?

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