Despite layoffs and no-hiring provisions in other parts of city government, Baltimore’s outgoing mayor, Bernard C. “Jack” Young, is moving to create nine new positions for a political ally, incoming City Council President, Nick Mosby.

The new positions – unannounced and closely guarded by members of the administration – were ordered by Young’s chief of staff, Kimberly B. Morton, who was instrumental in advancing the career of Mosby’s wife, Marilyn Mosby, in the years before she became the city’s top prosecutor.

Morton has also been instrumental in a number of recent high-profile firings, including that of Housing Commissioner Michael Braverman.

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