BALTIMORE (AP) - After ex-Mayor Catherine Pugh's rapid collapse amid multiple public corruption investigations, Baltimore is quickly shifting into a new era with Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young at the helm.
Young is a fellow Democrat and a longtime leader of the City Council who automatically replaced Pugh after her resignation Thursday afternoon.
In a photo interview, Young told The Associated Press he's focused on reducing eye-popping rates of violent crime and tidying up the city's streets.
He says he wants to bring more investments and jobs, particularly to its most deeply disenfranchised neighborhoods.
Young had been Baltimore's acting leader for a month already, ever since Pugh departed on indefinite leave, saying she was physically ill and emotionally overwhelmed amid the scandal involving her self-published children's books.
