City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer will introduce a charter amendment banning the private sale of city property at tonight’s meeting.

The bill removes language in the city charter authorizing the mayor to make a private sale with permission from the Board of Estimates, which the mayor controls.

“This is probably the most simple thing you’re going to report on all year,” the Northwest Baltimore representative told The Brew. “One word: private.”

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