{"id":207975,"date":"2026-03-27T06:31:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207975\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T06:31:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T06:31:12","slug":"north-miami-beach-mayor-faces-possible-reprimand-after-report-alleges-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207975\/","title":{"rendered":"North Miami Beach mayor faces possible reprimand after report alleges misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 North Miami Beach Mayor Michael Joseph was set to be in the hot seat Thursday evening with a vote to censure him on the city commission\u2019s agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/17\/new-report-alleges-misconduct-by-north-miami-beach-mayor-michael-joseph\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/02\/17\/new-report-alleges-misconduct-by-north-miami-beach-mayor-michael-joseph\/\">investigators alleged<\/a> that his actions and behavior broke rules and put the city at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The report concluded that Joseph put the city in \u201csubstantial legal, financial and ethical risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was filled with evidence and corroborating testimony from a roster of city employees, shocking some of the mayor\u2019s fellow commissioners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Joseph planned to seek a deferment on the censure vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of things surprised me,\u201d Commissioner Lynn Su said. \u201cWhat I heard that were rumors have been substantiated by recorded interviews and testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The outside investigation documented thousands of dollars in public money on his first class travel upgrades and potential crime, asking the city\u2019s IT chief Ricardo Castillo to disconnect recording equipment and edit recordings of city manager interviews. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Joseph\u2019s preferred candidate was not chosen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI had heard from one of the employees, from the manager, that one of the employees was really upset because Michael threatened him,\u201d Commissioner Jay Chernoff said, referring to Joseph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The city\u2019s outside investigation finds Joseph was inappropriately influencing which vendors were picked for city business. Among the companies mentioned was Figgers Communications. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Coincidentally, the mayor\u2019s relationship with Figgers was in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/03\/26\/cherfilus-mccormick-faces-a-rare-public-hearing-on-ethics-charges-threat-of-expulsion-vote-looms\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/03\/26\/cherfilus-mccormick-faces-a-rare-public-hearing-on-ethics-charges-threat-of-expulsion-vote-looms\/\">Thursday\u2019s ethics allegations<\/a> against U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, for whom Joseph\u2019s fundraising activities were being questioned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Joseph\u2019s censure vote pertains strictly to city activities. His attorney called it premature and asked to defer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">If Joseph is censured Thursday night, that amounts to a formal reprimand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">But much more severe consequences could potentially come if Miami-Dade prosecutors that any of the allegations amount to a possibility for criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. \u2014 North Miami Beach Mayor Michael Joseph was set to be in the hot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-207975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}