Three aides to Mayor Catherine Pugh, who also served as board members for a non-profit Pugh was involved in, have been placed on administrative leave with pay, sources confirm.

Poetri S. Deal, deputy director of the mayor’s office of government relations; Afra Vance-White, director of external affairs; and Gary Brown Jr., director of special projects in the mayor’s office, were placed on administrative leave in the wake of disclosure about their involvement with the Maryland Center for Adult Training Inc. (MCAT).

MCAT has received $19,900 in city funds – and another $20,000 has been pledged – under Pugh, who previously chaired the Park Heights-based organization, according to the Baltimore Business Journal, which broke the story on Monday.

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