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Unceremoniously abandoning these neighborhoods will create barriers to basic needs for thousands of residents, i call on Walmart to ensure that these soon-to-be-closed stores are repurposed with significant community engagement so they can find a new use to serve their neighborhoods.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Obviously, we didn’t win the election today, but I stand here with my head held high and a heart full of gratitude, you will not be defined by how you fall. You will be defined by how hard you work and how much you do for other people.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a person of faith, I believe we must see God's presence in all human beings, tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images's what being a good Christian is.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
So much for Chicago’s ‘Welcoming City Ordinance.’ These Democrat elites are absolute hypocrites, and now their hypocrisy is on full display for the entire nation. Governor Pritzker and Mayor Lightfoot have been complaining about a few hundred migrants being bused into self-declared sanctuary city Chicago, then turn around and dump them in the suburbs for Republican mayors to deal with. Instead of complaining about fulfilling their ‘welcoming city’ promises, these Democrat hypocrites should call on President Biden to do his job and secure the border—something the President continues failing to do.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are a welcoming city, we are always going to step up and do the right thing to make sure that migrants coming into our city are well received, that they're supported.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Let me say loud and clear to Greg Abbott and his enablers in Texas with these continued political stunts, Gov. Abbott has confirmed what unfortunately many of us had known already, that he is a man without any morals, humanity or shame.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is not something that we budgeted for, but it's something that we must do. So we will figure out the finances.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's no reason why everyone can't enjoy the holiday and every event safety. Parents, please, please know where your children are, don't leave them to government to be the parents of your kids. We need you, parents, please, to help us make sure your young people are safe.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We need to remember every single day on every single watch, our brave men and women of the Chicago Police Department are out there literally risking their lives for our safety.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The city feels vindicated in today’s ruling that he is being held accountable and that we will appropriately receive restitution for his actions.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And it's another call to action to all of us to get guns off the streets of Chicago and out of the hands of individuals who should not have them. Acts of senseless violence can not be the norm in our city.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am relieved to hear that both officers are in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries, and that a suspect has been safely apprehended.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
By adjusting our mitigation measures, based on these metrics, we’ve been able to protect and save the lives of our residents, as well as prevent our healthcare system from collapsing.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I've spoken to too many mothers in that community who have told me they're afraid, afraid to step outside of their homes, afraid for their lives, afraid the gangs have taken over.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We can not let fear cause us to lose our humanity. Please come forward so that Melissa's family will know that there is justice for her.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
To be clear, what the Chicago Teacher’s Union did was an illegal walk-out, they abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Do you feel safer knowing these numbers? I don’t think any sane person does.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We will shut you down, we will cite you, and if we need to, we will arrest you, and we will take you to jail.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Fundamentally what we can not do is abandon the science. We know that the safest place for kids to be is in-person learning in Chicago Public Schools, and we’ve spent hundreds of millions of dollars to make Chicago Public Schools safe. They are safe. We’ve got the data to demonstrate that. We’ve got to get the teacher’s union to get real and get serious about getting back into in-person learning.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
To be clear, what the Chicago Teacher’s Union did was an illegal walk-out. They abandoned their posts and they abandoned kids and their families, my team has been working every single day. They’re back at it again here Sunday.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
What it gets is they get to try to flex their power, but they do it at the expense of our children, they do it at the expense of our families. We know that when we were fully remote previously, 100,000 of our kids lost contact and would disengage from the system. We saw in the elementary schools the failure rate during remote learning triple from what it was. We saw the trauma and social emotional harm to students across our system.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I will not allow [the Chicago Teachers Union] to take our children hostage. I will not allow them to compromise the future of this generation of CPS students. That is not going to happen.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are not going to rob parents of their right and their obligation to tell us if they want testing or not on their children. It's not going to happen. It's morally wrong.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
In too many neighborhoods, gangs are targeting young boys – young boys with promise, young boys with a whole history and opportunity in front of them, but they’re targeting them with false promises of wealth, an easy life, and a sense of purpose and belonging.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Nobody signs up for being a home-schooler at the last minute, we ca n’t forget about how disruptive that remote process is to individual parents who have to work, who ca n’t afford the luxury of staying home.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The federal government remains uniquely qualified to help address the scourge of gun violence, we need these additional resources well in advance of next summer.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The unvaccinated are affecting the health, well-being, and livelihoods of all the rest of us, to control the spread, we have to limit the risk.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Finance Committee today voted unanimously to advance this to The Chicago City Council. The Finance Committee today is $ 2.9 million, and obviously I'm comfortable with The Finance Committee today, but importantly my understanding is Ms. Anjanette Young and Anjanette Young counsel are also comfortable with The Finance Committee today and then The Finance Committee today will go to the The Chicago City Council floor on Wednesday.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We also got to push retailers. Some of the retailers downtown and [on] Michigan Avenue, I will tell you, I'm disappointed that they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. For example, we still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night. Chaining high-end bags, these purses seem to be something that is attracting a lot of attention on these organized retail theft units.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night, chaining high-end bags, these purses can be something that is attracting a lot of organized retail theft units.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are going to take significant, swift action to quell any issues, [Saturday night] there were a large number of children that were down at Millennium Park. We followed the protocols that we put in place from the summer of 2020. When it was time for them to leave the park, we made sure they left the park without incident.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
These kids have to take responsibility, but I’m going to say the parents have to take responsibility, do you know where your kid is? Are you making sure that you’re talking to your children about how they should act in a large crowd?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Under our constitutional system, we must respect the jury’s decision.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are committed as a city to do everything that we can to bring these people to justice. But ladies and gentlemen, we need your help. Step up, have a heart for these families.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
At almost every single point in our city's history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and well-being of our residents of color – especially those who are Black, without formally acknowledging this detrimental impact, we will never be able to move forward as a city and fully provide our communities with the resources they need to live happy and healthy lives.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
President Catanzara has time and again deliberately misled our police officers by lying about the requirements of the policy and falsely claiming that there will be no repercussions if officers are insubordinate and refuse to follow a City and Department directive or order, catanzara is encouraging an unlawful strike and work stoppage which carries the potential to undermine public safety and expose our residents to irreparable harm, particularly during an ongoing pandemic.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If people don't feel safe, literally nothing else matters. We've made tremendous progress, our economy is opening up, we did a vaccine distribution and other Covid related mitigations, all of that is for naught if people can't walk down the street.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Too often, when we talk about community violence, we forget the victims. We know of them, but they are more than crime statistics, the lives deeply impacted by the violence that once it comes to their doorstep, it lives on in some form forever.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
That forces you to look at,' What are the root causes ?' And it's not one size fits all.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Having a strategy that relies exclusively or primarily just on law enforcement doesn't work. And we know that. We've spent billions of dollars across the city policing without other supports for communities and it's not moving the needle fast enough, deeply enough, or permanently enough.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I understand the fear that’s out there but I’m just calling upon people in these neighborhoods..., you’ve got to have your faith overcome your fear, you’ve got to step up.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I understand the fear that’s out there but I ’m just calling upon people in these neighborhoods..., you’ve got to have your faith overcome your fear, you’ve got to step up.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This new policy enhances the district’s comprehensive reopening plan and ensures that students and staff can confidently learn in-person, taking this step will further our citywide vaccination efforts and build on our progress in slowing and stopping the spread of COVID-19.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our Chicago Public School communities deserve a safe and healthy environment that will allow our students to reach their greatest potential.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Hat tip to all of our Lolla and city partners for prioritizing COVID safety.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Officer French is making small but positive progress, given what we feared on Saturday night, Officer French is getting great care, Officer French's surrounded by a family that's loving and praying on Officer French, and a lot of colleagues who are pulling for Officer French recovery, and Officer French is making some incremental progress.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We checked with [attendees] every single day, multiple times a day. We had our people at the screening checkpoints, every single day, they turned hundreds of people away, either who didn’t have the right paperwork or had an expired test that wasn’t [taken] within 72 hours. That tells me there is a rigor around the protocols that they were using to screen people.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
That’s on the mayor and that’s on every single alderman who didn’t pay attention when they passed a budget last October that clearly had only $100 million set aside for police back-pay, which was pretty short-sighted, since the Fire Department got the same amount.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I'm a Black woman and I'm a member of the LGBTQ community, it's not okay that systemic racism, homophobia, and sexism still exist but I'm going to play the cards that I'm dealt.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If people don't feel safe, literally nothing else matters, i know that, I own responsibility for that along with every other stakeholder in our city. We've got to be united and move forward together to address these issues.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There has been and will continue to be skepticism. Is this real? Are you just doing this for the cameras? No, it's real. And we're going to continue to be here rain or shine because I know that if we can change the fortunes of this neighborhood, we can do it anywhere in the city, we will move as fast as the trust builds.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day one of his presidency...my expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We need gun trafficking multi-jurisdictional strike forces to disrupt the flow of illegal guns that are coming into our city, i and other mayors across the country have been beating this drum since day 1 of President Joe Biden for assistance presidency. ... My expectation is that those strike forces will be at work here shortly.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
You tell them that you have these really restrictive gun laws where people can’t get guns to defend themselves, criminals would rather go and buy guns out of state and then commit crimes where the gun laws are really restrictive because no one else can protect themselves -- and yet liberals still think they are making an argument for gun control.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There's a flaw in the system, we need to work together to fix it, but we've got to acknowledge that there's a problem, because it is driving some of the surge in violence.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Meaning capacity limits gone, mask mandates not mandatory, and social distancing requirements lifted.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Here in Chicago, the word' Lollapalooza' has always been synonymous with summer, great music and four days of unforgettable fun -- which made last year's decision to postpone it all the more difficult, now, less than a year later and armed with a vaccine that is safe, effective and widely available, we are able to bring back one of our city's most iconic summer music festivals.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I understand, having investigated many of these shootings, that officers are in many instances called upon to make split second decisions, particularly in instances like this one where there's a gun, nonetheless, a traffic accident, a traffic incident should not result in the death of anyone. So, we have more work to do to be sure.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I am heartbroken and angered that a 7-year-old child was killed this afternoon on Chicago's West Side. This unthinkable act of violence has no place here. The epidemic of gun violence cutting our children's lives short can not go on.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
This is going to be one of most important policy decisions that is made by the city of Chicago in decades. ... Really recalibrating the relationship between the people and the police, we've got to get this right... so we are actually setting these proposals up for success and not failure.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We must do everything we can also to eliminate the scourge of firearms from our city, we have too many damn guns on our streets.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Foot pursuits put everyone involved at risk, the officers, the person being pursued and bystanders, we have to do better, and I charge the superintendent with bringing to me a policy that recognizes how dangerous this is. We can't afford to lose more lives.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Simply put, we failed Adam Toledo. And we can not afford to fail one more young person in our city.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't want to get into the real substance of this because the independent investigation is going on, but I've seen no evidence whatsoever that Adam Toledo shot at the police.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you're shooting an unarmed child with his hands in the air, it is an assassination. as a mom, this is not something Adeena Weiss-Ortiz want children to see.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
As a mom, this is not something Adeena Weiss-Ortiz want children to see.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Let’s be clear. An adult put a gun in a child’s hand. A young and impressionable child. And one who should not have been provided with lethal force. A weapon that could and did irreparably change the course of his life, this happens way too often in our city. And it’s way past time for us to say, ‘no more.’.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Gangs are preying on our most vulnerable, corrupting these young minds with promises of familia and lucre, none of us should accept that we have adults here and across Chicago preying upon vulnerable teenage boys.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I want (to) know what happened, i just want justice for my son. That’s all.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
When you have unions that have other aspirations beyond being a union, and maybe being something akin to a political party, then there’s always going to be conflict, i think, ultimately, they’d like to take over not only Chicago Public Schools, but take over running the city government.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
These past 11 months have been a whirlwind for our entire city, pushing us to limits countless times. We’ve lost jobs, we’ve lost loved ones… We have all been on a nonstop emotional rollercoaster that we have individually and collectively tried to navigate.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The parties have been in discussions throughout the course of the day to determine if there is a pathway toward a final, comprehensive deal, those discussions continue.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are failing those children by not giving them the option to return to school. Failing grades, depression, isolation and so much more.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
None of this is easy. The uncertainty and risk our educators, our students and our families confront all take a toll.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
This is a great disappointment, there is no question that students are persevering. But there is also no question that there is no substitute for in-person learning.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Our city is two-thirds people of color, yet we are falling woefully behind in the number of people of color who've been vaccinated today.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
We should all be disgusted, we should all feel hurt and betrayed in this moment of all moments.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Frustration, anger, unfortunately some of that is playing out in violence, a lot of things that are manifestations of trauma and mental health challenges have been in full bloom.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Over the past six months, we have asked so much of our business community, but each time, our businesses have stepped up to the plate, this next step in our reopening is good news for business owners as well as the communities they serve and the thousands of residents that work for them.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
No one should ever feel they can break into our businesses, destroy and steal property and get away with it, i also want those in particular, who have been shaken by this week, and the events of the summer, to know that I hear you loud and clear.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I also want those in particular, who have been shaken by this week, and the events of the summer, to know that I hear you loud and clear.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If those agents are here to actually work in partnership and support of gun violence and violent cases, plugging into existing infrastructure of federal agents, not trying to play police in our streets, then that's something different, but the proof is going to be in the pudding. It's too soon to say if this is a value add or not.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have great concerns about that particularly given the track record in the city of Portland. I spent a lot of time yesterday talking with the mayor or Portland to get a sense of what has happened there. We don't need federal agents without any insignia taking people off the streets and holding them, I think, unlawfully. That's not what we need.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If the President is truly sincere about wanting to help. There are a number of things that the federal government is uniquely qualified to do that we could use his help with. And they all revolve around the fact that we have way too many illegal guns on our streets.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Its not just on the police department. Not just on the fire department. Not just on elected officials, all of us have to embrace our notion of community and think about what we can do, each of us in our own way, to make our communities safe and healthy and vibrant.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
As a mother, I am tired of the funerals. I am tired of burying our children.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
It won't be tolerated. We are actively at work identifying the officers who are responsible.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
In my view, they forfeited their right to be Chicago Police officers.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is a call to action moment for all of us, when we talk about equity and inclusion, they are not just nice notions. They are an imperative that we must embrace as a city.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
If you know LA, you think of Watts, you think of South Central, he worked together to make those communities safe and engaged those communities. This is a guy who knows how to get something done.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We've given them a historic deal by any measure, the fact that our children aren't back in school tomorrow is on them.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We made some movement to try to get a deal done and I was deeply disappointed that with that movement ... they would not take the deal.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There is a finite pot of money. We don't have unlimited cash to keep funding the things that are aspirational and maybe things that, on values that we share, we have to live within our means. That's what the taxpayers expect of us, and that's what we're going to do.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm pissed at the fact that the kids have been out for so long, they need their class time.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
There should be a sense of urgency, we have been making progress, not enough, not fast enough.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed to me that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had a couple of drinks with dinner.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
They need to stop beautifying Lake Shore Drive and do something for these people. Lake Shore Drive is beautiful enough. [W]hat we need is for the union to come back to the table to bargain in good faith, spend the time actually getting a deal done, face to face with us, and not off to the side in a caucus.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I was disappointed by the CTU's decision to begin a work stoppage and force the cancellation of classes, we rolled up our sleeves and negotiated in good faith over a long period of time.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We walked into a staggeringly large deficit for next year and what was worse we were not left with any credible plan on how to fix this massive problem.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
While the study confirms our concerns about the tax structure that the legislature passed, we know that this can be addressed, and we look forward to working with the governor and legislative leaders to revise the legislation.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It wasn't a playground, it was a park. It wasn't seven dead. It wasn't 52 wounded in one incident, which is what this suggests. And it's misleading, it's important when we're talking about people's lives to actually get the facts correct, which one can easily do if you actually cared about getting it right.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Chicago has taken concrete steps to support our immigrant communities, chicago will always be a welcoming city and a champion for the rights of our immigrant and refugee communities.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
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