A 28-year-old man was arrested Thursday afternoon after Chicago police say he was identified as the person who spray-painted a city official’s office building in December.
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With carjackings through the roof and a 50% surge in homicides and shootings, Chicago aldermen are under renewed pressure from local police district commanders to use their precious aldermanic menu money on surveillance cameras and license plate readers.
Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) said each of her four police commanders overseeing the Wentworth, Grand Crossing, Englewood and Chicago Lawn districts have asked her to spend $36,000 of her $1.32 million in annual menu money on a camera and a license plate reader.
“I don’t want to use my menu money. I’ve got plenty of streets that I need to try to get fixed. And you know that menu is not enough to do my entire ward,” Taylor said.
Four food pantries are set to open this spring as part of a major grant from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which is shifting its funding strategy to focus on communities of color disproportionately affected by hunger and poverty.
I only know in the 26
th ward two places people can get vaccinated, 26th ward alderman Roberto Maldonado said. Humboldt Park Health and Eerie Family Center.
Sanchez said Humboldt Park Health is prepared to vaccinate more community members, but it isn t able to get the supply needed. We have the infrastructure. We could do a lot more than we are doing today if we have the vaccines we need here, Sanchez said.
Participants in a Zoom conference call, organized by the Puerto Rican Agenda, acknowledged the vaccine supply at the state level is limited but called on the mayor to distribute what is available more equitably.
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