Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson revealed more details of his budget plan in a virtual briefing with reporters Friday.
The mayor gave more insight into how he intends to close a more than half-billion dollar budget gap without raising taxes, while also offering major investments to help Chicagoans in need.
According to city data analyzed by the ABC7 Data Team, the city spent about $65 million on the migrant crisis through mid-September 2023, with a projected estimated cost of at least $320 million through the end of December."The number that we have appropriated is based upon our anticipation of the type of cost savings we will see over time," the mayor said Friday.
"The work authorization to move that faster, there are so many elements that will help us save in this regard and it's a shared responsibility as a sanctuary state," Johnson said."A hundred and fifty million dollars, if that's what's proposed is in in no way shape or form is going to meet the needs, and community-based organizations just don't have the funding to continue to operate in this way," she said.
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