Mayor's Press Releases
-
Oct 21, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces New Strategy to Support Revitalization on City’s South and West SidesINVEST South/West aligns public, private, and philanthropic funding to create a network of communities for planned growth
-
Oct 18, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces Plans to Quadruple Funding for Bus Program to Alleviate Congestion on Chicago’s Most Popular RoutesCDOT-CTA Bus Priority Zone Program to receive more than $20 million to support Mayor’s commitment to relieve traffic blockage on Chicago’s Streets
-
Oct 18, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces New Regulations to Ease Traffic Congestion and Encourage Sustainable Transit Use Throughout ChicagoNew regulations built to mitigate congestion driven in part by ride-hailing companies, incentivize sustainable transportation, and raise $40 million in new revenues for the city
-
Oct 16, 2019Mayor Lightfoot and the Chicago Park District Announce Agreement with SEIU Local 73Four and a half year deal addresses wage increases, healthcare and pension crisis
-
Oct 15, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces A Projected $25 Million In New Revenues For 2020 Through Improved Accounts Receivable ProcessNew Accounts Receivable Effort Could Generate Up to $25 Million in Unaccounted Payments, Tax Remittances from Vendors
-
Oct 11, 2019Mayor Lightfoot Announces Proposal to Streamline Police, Fire and OEMC Administrative Units Under City's New Office of Public Safety AdministrationReforms will add more than 160 police officers and uniform fire members back to the streets, restructure area detective centers to streamline operations and improve safety across communities