East Cleveland is first city to be placed under receivership

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — East Cleveland is the first-ever town to be placed under a receivership, meaning that after years of fiscal emergency, a court appointed third party is going to be taking over their finances in order to find a viable long-term solution.

East Cleveland has long been in debt.

“Part of the problem is that we have a lot of debt that hasn’t been quantified yet,” new Mayor Sandra Morgan said…

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