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New city buildings chief was found negligent in botched Little Village smokestack implosion

As Mayor Brandon Johnson continues to get rid of Lightfoot administration appointees at City Hall, he’s selected as interim head of the Chicago’s Department of Buildings a city official who was found negligent for her role in the botched 2020 implosion of a massive smokestack in Little Village that caused dust and debris to cover much of the neighborhood. Johnson promoted Marlene Hopkins, who . ....

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