Judge Approves $12.25M Settlement Over Botched Little Village Smokestack Implosion wttw.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wttw.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Meant to be a demolition, the malfunction took place at the former Crawford Power Plant just over four years ago, and sent a thick plume of smoke over the Little Village neighborhood of the city.
Developer Hilco and its contractors agreed to pay the money to neighborhood residents for the 2020 botched smokestack implosion. Mayor Brandon Johnson was urged to release a report on the city's "negligent" oversight.
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The money won’t go far among the thousands of residents who could receive payouts. But kudos to Little Village’s community activists for pushing to hold Hilco and the city accountable.