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Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaks during a signing ceremony, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at City Hall in Philadelphia. Nutter signed an ordinance Monday that creates a municipal land bank. It’s a public agency that will be responsible for overseeing about 40,000 empty parcels citywide. By consolidating management under a land bank, officials hope to streamline acquisitions, speed redevelopment and reduce blight. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria D. Quinones-Sanchez speaks as Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter looks on during a signing ceremony, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at City Hall in Philadelphia. Nutter signed an ordinance Monday that creates a municipal land bank. It’s a public agency that will be responsible for overseeing about 40,000 empty parcels citywide. By consolidating management under a land bank, officials hope to streamline acquisitions, speed redevelopment and reduce blight. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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** FILE ** Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., center, flanked by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, left, and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, right, speaks outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, after an event hosted by President Barack Obama about the Promise Zones Initiative. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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**FILE** Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter speaks on Aug. 8, 2013, during a news conference at City Hall. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, accompanied by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, speaks Feb. 20, 2013, about the federal health care overhaul during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, center, flanked by Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence President Dan Gross, left, and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, speaks outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, following President Barack Obama's proposal to reduce gun violence. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Mayor Michael Nutter's purchases are scanned by a cashier at a ShopRite grocery story Monday, April 23, 2012, in Philadelphia. Nutter pledged Monday to live on the average food stamp benefit of five dollars a day for the entire week. The challenge takes place the week before the planned asset test for food stamps goes into effect in Pennsylvania, which critics say will disqualify thousands of low-income families from food assistance. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)