2 days ago · East Cleveland’s City Council President Lateek Shabazz said he should be next in line to serve as acting mayor after a panel of judges suspended Mayor Brandon King on Tuesday as he faces public ...

1 day ago · Council President Lateek Shabazz says the city has been unable to pass a 2025 budget, 'severely impacting our ability to maintain public safety services.'

2 days ago · The city won't have a mayor until a probate court rules who will take the reins, said City Council President Lateek Shabazz, who spoke at City Hall Wednesday. A special commission of three retired judges voted to suspend King. It's the latest in a series of upheavals for the Cleveland suburb of roughly 13,000 people.

City council appears to be viewing King's suspension as a "long-term absence," and a date for his trial has not been set. ... City Council President Lateek Shabazz admitted that the mayor's office ...

2 days ago · According to a statement from East Cleveland, the next in line to be mayor is City Council President Lateek Shabazz. Shabazz held a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. “I want you to know ...

2 days ago · According to East Cleveland's city charter, this has led to City Council President Lateek Shabazz stepping up as acting mayor, a decision that the city council appears to have based on viewing the ...

3 days ago · But City Council President Lateek Shabazz disagreed. Shabazz said King’s suspension following indictment on corruption charges is not a temporary absence. “I heard that Willa said she’s the ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Council President Lateek Shabazz said everything has been worked out, and people will be getting paid. There has been some confusion in East Cleveland on Thursday surrounding payroll...

Nov 21, 2024 · Martin attempted to override the majority of councilmembers who selected Lateek Shabazz in December 2022 to fill a vacancy. The Court’s decision affirmed an Eighth District Court of Appeals ruling denying the two men’s requests for writs of quo warranto and mandamus.

Dec 30, 2022 · The city's Law Director Willa Hemmons announced today that Councilmember Nathaniel Martin selected and swore in Mark McClain to serve as the ward three councilmember. However, the remaining three councilmembers had already sworn in Lateek Shabazz to the seat twice this month.