Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposal to tackle the harms of segregation by spurring residential and job development along Chicago’s public transit lines was approved during Wednesday’s City Council meeting. Aldermen voted 36-10 in support of the ordinance.
Chicago aldermen attempted Wednesday to address equity in housing, justice in police settlements and the ethical rules that govern their own behavior.along Chicago’s public transit lines was approved during Wednesday’s City Council meeting.Aldermen voted 36-10 in support of the ordinance, with scant discussion. Council members Marty Quinn, Raymond Lopez, Nicholas Sposato, Anthony Napolitano, Brendan Reilly, Brian Hopkins, Silvana Tabares, Jim Gardiner, Edward Burke and Michele Smith voted no.
The legislation does not change existing procedures for approving development, including the practice of aldermanic prerogative, which grants the City Council member who represents that ward an unofficial final say over projects there. A bus stops at the CTA Belmont station in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue on July 19 2022, in Chicago.
Among the provisions in the package are a much-higher $20,000 fine cap for those who violate the ethics ordinance and a ban on non-Council members, including former aldermen, from lobbying on the floor.
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