FOR JOINING US FROM CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M IN TOLEDO, GREATEST FRIEDMAN HAS THE EVENING OFF ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

WE FINALLY MEDICARE.

MOUNTING CONCERNS OVER AGE IN THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT.

AND SOUTH SUBURBAN HOMEOWNERS ARE FACING THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASES.

HOW OFFICIALS ARE RESPONDING.

AND HOW AN ENERGY REVOLUTION AND BRONZEVILLE IS PAVING THE WAY TO SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENERGY FUTURE.

AND HAITIAN AMERICAN GROUPS ACROSS CHICAGO ARE WORKING TO HELP PATIENTS.

BOTH HERE AND ABROAD.

AND WE KICK THINGS OFF UP NEXT BY GETTING DOWN TO THE AGE OLD QUESTION THAT'S BEEN DRIVING THE ELECTION CYCLE.

CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES HE'S MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS IN DAMAGE CONTROL.

GOVERNOR JAY PRE PRITZKER ALONG WITH OTHER DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS.

RIGHT?

THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT.

NOW IT COMES AMID GROWING CALLS FOR PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TO STEP ASIDE FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S SHAKY PERFORMANCE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.

DEALING WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO DO FINALLY BEAT MEDICARE.

THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT BIDEN.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAYS.

THE END OF THIS AND SAID DON'T THINK HE KNOWS WHAT HE SAID.

HE THAT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

UNION, THE MORALS OF AN ALLEY CAT.

NOW CONCERNS OVER THE AGES OF BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IS NOTHING NEW AS IT HAS BECOME A FOCAL POINT OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

BUT WHAT ARE NORMAL SIGNS OF AGING AND WHAT COULD SIGNAL MORE SEVERE COGNITIVE HEALTH ISSUES?

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS DOCTOR JUDY MCCOY, A PROFESSOR OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

DOCTOR MCCOY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

SO WE JUST SAW IN THAT CLIP THERE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED OVER HOW WELL, BUT HE'S AGING FOLLOWING LAST WEEK'S DEBATE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS VOICE WAS RASPY AT TIMES HE SEEMED TO KIND OF TRAIL AWFUL ANSWERING QUESTIONS.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT TO BAIT NIGHT WAS A REAL CAUSE FOR CONCERN OR DO YOU THINK IT WAS JUST SIMPLY HIS PERFORMANCE?

I THINK THAT DEBATE NIGHT WAS SIMPLY HIS PERFORMANCE.

I DO NOT SEE AS A RENEWED CALL TO REMOVE A REASON TO REMOVE THE PRESIDENT OR TO ASK HIM TO STEP DOWN YOU KNOW, AS I WATCHED THAT DEBATE, I KEPT THINKING WHY IS THE PRESIDENT TO BE EATING?

HE SEEMED ILL. AND MAJOR.

I LEARNED THAT YOU HAD A COLD.

HE SEEMED AS YOU MIGHT'VE BEEN TIRED.

AND THOSE THINGS SINGLE BY THEMSELVES OR TOGETHER CAN MAKE OLDER ADULT UNDER THE STRESSFUL SITUATION APPEAR WORSE THAN THEY REALLY ARE.

AND WHAT ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP?

HE'S ONLY 4 YEARS YOUNGER THAN PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT HIS PERFORMANCE SEEMED TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

HE HAD A LOT MORE ENERGY.

YOU KNOW THE PROBLEM AGAIN, AS I SAID, I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS ILL AND I'M GLAD I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE HER THAT HE WAS BECAUSE I WAS INFLUENCED BY WHAT WAS IN THE MEDIA.

NOW LET'S GO TO A PARENT SAYS, YOU KNOW HOW SOME TIME TO SEE OLDER PERSON WALKING AND TONIGHT BEGIN THEIR HEADS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AGREE THAT WE GO WITH A FRAIL PERSON.

BUT WE KNOW THAT LOOKING AT SOMEONE DOESN'T DEFINE FRAILTY, DOESN'T DEFINE HOW THE OUR COGNITIVE IN TERMS OF DO THINKING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT, FORMER PRESIDENT LOOKED STRONG.

IT'S TALLER.

HE'S BIGGER NEEDS MORE GRUFF.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT HE IS BETTER CALLED WITH TO BILLY AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IS.

SO HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE WHAT COGNITIVE HEALTH LOOKS LIKE?

YOU KNOW, COGNITIVE HEALTH HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT AND NEW THINGS ABOUT IT.

WHEN IT COMES MENTION CALLED IN HEALTH.

I NORMALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PERSON WHO'S BEING MEASURED.

SOMETIMES PRESS WAS BEING MEASURED.

DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM AND THEN WE HAVE BYSTANDERS.

SO ONE 0ND YET.

BUT BYSTANDERS WHAT'S GOING ON?

A PERSON REPEATING SENTENCES IS THE PERSON WELL GETTING COMMON THINGS AND GETTING INTO THE WHOLE DID NOT RECALLING IT LATER I ALSO LOOK TO SEE IF THE PERSON HAVING DIFFERENT WAYS OF SHUTTING CAN JUMP AND THAT'S CHANGED BEHAVIOR PATTERNS HAVE TEAMED FOR THOSE AND THEN I START THINKING SIT SIT DOWN AND GET TO DOING OBJECTIVE AND THAT'S LITTLE EARLY.

I SAID LOOKING AT SOMEONE DOESN'T DEFINE WHO THEY LET'S GO TO OBJECT TO TESTING AND WE DO SOMETHING CALLED CALL EVALUATIONS.

WE USE AN INSTRUMENT CALLED THE THE MONTREAL ASSESSMENT PAST.

AND THAT WILL GIVE US OBJECT TO FINDING SOME NUMBERS AS A SCREENING TEST, THOUGH, NOT A CONFIRMATORY TEST AND THE CUT OFF.

IT'S GOING TO BE 26 OUT OF 30 BEING ON ANYTHING BELOW THAT.

25 24 GOING DOWN.

IT'S GOING TO DO NOT NORMAL.

THAT ONLY THE BEGINNING.

SO IT MAKES YOU SAY SOMETHING MIGHT BE GOING ON.

LET'S DIG A LITTLE DEEPER AND WE GO INTO DOING ON ABOUT BLOOD TESTS TO LOOK FOR ANY DEFICIENCIES IN CERTAIN VITAMINS LIKE VITAMIN B VITAMIN D TO SEE THAT MIGHT BE AFFECTING THE PRESENCE THINKING OR MEMORY.

AND THEN WE GOING TO DO SCANNING OF THE BRAIN, SAN MRI OR A CT BRAIN.

AND WE ALSO TEST PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT DEPRESSED, NOT ANXIOUS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DEPRESSED, YOU WANT TO DO WELL ON THE HE WILL BE UP TO FOCUS AND PAY ATTENTION.

HOW WOULD YOU WANT TO ASK IS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTING THAT YOU LOOK FOR, BUT HOW WOULD YOU SAY THAT TESTS FOR MAY BE SIGNS OF NORMAL AGING AS OPPOSED TO MAYBE SIGNS OF SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS, LIKE DEMENTIA.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE CALLED GIVE TESTING HELPS.

BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE BEEN OBJECTIVE INSTRUMENT.

WE HAVE A SCORE AND THEN WE CAN DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN TERMS OF THIS COURT WITH NORMAL AGING.

WHAT YOU SEE SOMEONE MIGHT BE STILL TO CALLED INFORMATION.

SO I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SOMETIMES GO OUT OF THEIR BEDROOM AND TO COME TO THE KITCHEN AND YOU LOOK UP IN THE CEILING AND BILL, WHY AM I HERE?

AND THEN THAT'S A LITTLE GIRL WILL KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT AND THEN GRAB MY WOULD GO BACK INTO A ROOM.

AND PUPPET I CAME TO GET A SPLIT OF SUGAR BECAUSE SHE WENT BACK INTO A ROOM AND SHE ASSOCIATED THAT'S NORMAL AGING.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU FORGET WHAT YOU REMEMBER SHORTLY THEREAFTER BECAUSE OF AN ASSOCIATION.

YOU MIGHT FORGET THE KEYS, BUT ULTIMATELY FIND THEM MIGHT GET TO PAY ONE BILL.

BUT WHAT PAYING BEGINNING TO PAY YOUR ENTIRE MORTGAGE FOR YEAR.

THAT IS OF SO WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAYBE LIKE A CHAIN JUST GENERAL SIGNS OF GETTING OLDER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF AROUND ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION SURROUNDING 3 AGE?

DO YOU THINK THAT THE PUBLIC'S DISCOURSE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, U.S.

AGENTS?

I THINK IT'S A JUST I I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

AND EVEN BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT IN TERMS OF THE POLITICS AND THE MOST RECENT DEBATE.

WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH AGES WE'VE SEEN AT THE AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE IS EVEN CONTEMPLATING HOW TO APPROACH IT WHEN TESTING DOCTORS TO SEE HOW DOCTORS ARE APPROACHING I THINK AGE IS WAS WITH STARTS.

IT STARTS WITH THE FRONT, A LOGICAL AND IT GOES TO THE PARENTS.

AND SO IF YOU'RE 4 YEARS OLD, THEN SOMEONE I KNEW UP HIT WERE FRAIL.

PEOPLE STOP GETTING WORRIED.

SO ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE GOT DEMENTIA OR NOT.

I WANT TO ASK BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I WANT TO TRY TO END THIS CONVERSATION ON MORE OF A POSITIVE NOTE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES OF A CHAIN?

WHAT IS A DISCOURSE SURROUNDING THIS CONVERSATION?

BUT YOU'RE NOT HEARING.

YOU KNOW, WE, YOU KNOW, HEARING ABOUT THE WISDOM THAT THIS THE OLDER PERSON BRINGS TO THE TABLE.

WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SERVED 2 TERMS UP TO 2 ADMINISTRATIONS AS VICE PRESIDENT.

THEN WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO ALMOST CONCLUDING ANOTHER TERM AS PRESIDENT.

I THINK THAT THAT PERSON BRINGS WISDOM TO THE TABLE.

I THINK YOU LOOK AT THIS SITE, MISTER TRUMP HAS LIVED A LONG LIFE.

DO YOU BRING SOME WITH THEM TO THE TABLE WAS STILL AS IT GOES TO A TWIST.

KNOWLEDGE THE ABILITY SIT BACK AND REFLECT HAD TO ACTUALLY MEASURE THINGS AGAINST THINGS FROM THE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT AS A COUNTRY.

THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD DEBATES ALL THE THE THE THE THE THINGS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW, THE MAJOR THINGS EVENTS OCCURRING IN THE WORLD I HATE TO CUT YOU THERE.

BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

BUT A GREAT NOTE TO END BLOCKS OF USE SHARE.

YES.

NOW, UP NEXT, A SMALL STEP TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

STAY WITH US.

IN CHICAGO'S HISTORIC BRONZEVILLE COMMUNITY, A PROJECT THAT COULD ULTIMATELY TO THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE IS QUIETLY TAKING SHAPE NOW THAT COULD PAVE THE WAY TO A SUSTAINABLE GREEN ENERGY FUTURE.

WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, MAKING THE NATION'S POWER INFRASTRUCTURE, MORE RESILIENT TO EVERYTHING FROM EXTREME WEATHER TO A TERRORIST ATTACK.

NOW IT'S A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THE CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY AND COMED CALLED THE BRONZEVILLE COMMUNITY MICROGRID AND CHARTING A PATH TO THE FUTURE BY TAKING AN OLD IDEA AND UPDATING IT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

61ST MICHAEL GRANT REAL, BUT IT ISN'T IN 18.

81, SO MUCH READ BY ITSELF IS NOT NEW TECHNOLOGY.

HAVE THE POWER PLAN.

TOLD WIRED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WAS ISOLATED ASSIST THEM.

SO THING, THE LIGHTS ON STREETS FOR WANTING TO SEE DUE TO THE NEIGHBORS PRIMARILY RICH PEOPLE WITH A 40 VICTORY SUNDAY AT THE TIME.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW IS THAT USING THE SAME IDEA OF THE MICROGRID.

HOWEVER, USING VERY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES.

ADVISE MAD THE STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, SO EVERYTHING HAS DEVELOPED TO BE, YOU KNOW, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT, MUCH COST THE AND ALL OF THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT FROM THE DAYS OF ADDITIONAL.

BRONZEVILLE IS A VERY IMPORTANT CHICAGO.

THAT'S GOT A LOT OF HEART.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF PASSION AND HAS REPRESENTED BY THIS MURAL.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF FORWARD THINKERS AND INNOVATIVE THINKERS AND MAKES IT THE PERFECT PLACE.

THE CENTER OF THE ENERGY TRANSFORMATION REALLY IN THE WORLD.

AS A BRONZEVILLE RESIDENT AND A BRONZEVILLE BUSINESS OWNER.

NO MATTER WHAT COMMUNITY YOU LIVE IN, YOU WANT TO LIVE IN A MODERN COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THE GRID REPRESENTS STATE OF ART TECHNOLOGY AS IT RELATES TO POWER AND POWER FAILURES.

SO IN LAYMAN'S TERMS TO ME, IT MEANS WHEN THEY ARE POWER FAILURES, THE WHOLE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO SUFFER YOU CAN DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS IN SECTIONS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISINVESTMENT.

AND WHEN WE TALK ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT CLEAN ENERGY IS SOMETHING THAT TEACHES ALWAYS PURSUING.

WE'VE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS WITH THE COMMUNITY WERE PART OF THE BETTER CLIMATE CHALLENGE WHERE WE'VE COMMITTED TO OF REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS BY 50% BY 2033.

AND WE'RE WELL ON TRACK.

HAVING REDUCED TO JUST ONE YEAR BY 5%.

BUT ALSO IT PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW JOBS.

SO THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WE HAD FOR RESIDENTS WHO WENT THROUGH TRAINING SOLAR INSTALLATIONS AND SO ON AND WHO ARE NOW CERTIFIED IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS ONLY GOING TO GROW.

SO IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE HAS WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS OVER AT COMED TO INSTALL SOLAR PANELS ON EACH OF THE 16 RESIDENTIAL MIDSIZED BUILDINGS HERE AT DEARBORN HOMES.

WE TYPICALLY USE ACROSS THE CAMPUS ABOUT 6 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS ANNUALLY.

THE SOLAR PANELS ARE SUPPLEMENTING THAT ENERGY.

I ABOUT 10%, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE GENERATING ABOUT 600,000 KILOWATT HOURS ANNUALLY THROUGH THE SOLAR PANELS THAT WE IN TURN DO NOT HAVE TO BUY FROM COMMENT.

BEHIND BEAUTIFUL MURAL IS WHAT WE CALL THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDE THAT RESILIENT POWER.

A MICROGRID REALLY IS A CONGLOMERATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT SMART DEVICES ALL CONTROLLED BY A MASTER CONTROLLER.

AND IT PROVIDES IT ANY NORMAL DAY.

THE MICROGRID IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THE MAIN GRID.

BUT THEN IN THE EVENT OF A IN A LARGE DISTURBANCE, THE MICROGRID WOULD BE ABLE TO ISLAND DISCONNECT ITSELF FROM THE MAIN GRID AND USE THE RESOURCES, THE GENERATION, THE SOLAR ENERGY TO STILL HAVE CONTINUOUS POWER SUPPLY.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS, THE POLICE STATION, THE FIRE STATION, THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES HERE AND AND BRONZEVILLE, BUT STILL REMAINED WITH POWER.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE GRANT AND THAT IF SEE THIS AND THE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE AN OUTAGE.

THEN YOU HAVE TO TURN EVERYTHING OFF BECAUSE WAS THE LINEMAN IS FIXING TO GRID.

YOU CAN ARGUE THAT TURN ON YOUR GENERATOR OR SONAR BECAUSE THAT RAIN IS GOING TO RUN INTO THE SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT IS GOING ELECTRIC.

YOU THAT.

THIS ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE WE HAVE STORMS OR INCLEMENT WEATHER WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES ARE STILL FUNCTIONING.

YOU KNOW, THAT FIRE AMBULANCE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS NECESSARY TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO SERVICES COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE.

AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS MICROGRID RIGHT HERE IN BROWNSVILLE.

AND COME STILL PLAYER SAYS WITH THE BENEFITS MICROGRID SPRING IN THE FUTURE, WE COULD SEE THEM IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

NOW WITH THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES DUE IN LESS THAN A MONTH, MANY HOMEOWNERS IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUBURBS ARE WORRYING ABOUT WHERE THEY'LL FIND THEIR MONEY.

THAT'S BECAUSE RESIDENTS SAW STEEP INCREASES TO THEIR BILLS.

SOME SOARING AT LEAST 30% WHEN RICK ONE PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS SHIFTED MORE OF THE TAX BURDEN AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

BUT SOME LOCAL LEADERS ARE PLEDGING TO NOT RAISE TAXES TO EASE THE IMPACT ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE MAYOR CHRISTOPHER CLARK OF HARVEY AND MAYOR JOSEPH WOOD'S OF PARK FOR US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING MAYOR CAR, I WANT TO START WITH US.

WE JUST MENTIONED COOK COUNTY REASSESS PROPERTIES IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SUBURBS.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE CITY OF US PREPARED FOR THE STEEP OF A CHANGE AHEAD OF REASSESSMENTS THIS YEAR?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WHO WE WERE IN A POSITION WHERE I WOULD SLEEP.

CHILLY NOTE OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE PREPARED AND TO HAVE SUCH STAGGERING BILLS.

AND 30 DAYS TO PAY.

WE SAW INCREASES WHERE PROPERTY VALUES DOUBLED SOMEONE TO LIKE 1.0, 2, 525% OVER.

SO THAT REALLY CREATED SOME PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NOW, THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER REPORTED THAT SUBURB THE SUBURB.

FORD HEIGHTS IS THE HIGHEST AT NEARLY 30% PARK FORCE AND HARVEY ARE NOT FAR BEHIND AT ABOUT 24 23%.

NOW, MAYOR, YOU SAY THAT PART FOR US TO HAVE THE HIGHEST TAX PERCENTAGE UNTIL NOW?

WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THIS?

ABSOLUTELY.

PRIOR LAST WEEK, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 46% TAX RATE.

AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW REGARDS TO WHAT THE SECOND INSTALLMENT WILL LOOK LIKE IS VERY CATASTROPHIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE COMMUNITY WHEREAS WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING WITHOUT AND WITHOUT THE EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR STAFF, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN WE WOULD BE LARGELY BECAUSE WE ARE A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE ADD TO THE AMENITIES THAT LEAD TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AS WE USED TO IN PARK IT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE HAVING BECAUSE MOST OF OUR THE A HAS DROPPED.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST AS THOUGH 40% OF AVI HAS ACTUALLY DROPPED TO A POINT WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A TORNADO JUST TOOK 40% OUT OF OUR YOU KNOW, FROM FOR BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO IT'S A CATASTROPHIC SITUATION.

WE ARE ENGAGING ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO REALLY COME TO A SOLUTION.

MAYOR O'CLOCK, I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOU.

CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF KIND OF LIKE YOUR COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS AND WHO EXACTLY WILL BE IMPACTED BY RULES GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE ONE OF THE TREASURE PARTS OF THE TREASURER'S REPORT WAS THAT OF THE 15 HARD-HIT MOST HARD-HIT COMMUNITIES IN TAX BILL THIS SEASON.

13 OF THEM WERE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK COMMUNITIES.

HARVEY IS A PREDOMINATELY BLACK COMMUNITY.

AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IS HOW IS THIS SUCH A DISPARITY THAT THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES JUST BY CHANCE HAPPEN TO BE.

TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL QUESTIONS HERE.

ONE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THE COMMUNITY CANNOT PAY ITS TAX THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, THE CITY OF HARVEY HAS A COLLECTION RATE WITHOUT THESE NEW ASTRONOMICAL BILLS.

SO IMAGINE WHAT THE COLLECTION RATE IS GOING TO BE WITH THE BILLS IN PLACE.

PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED THAN NOT READY.

THE COUNTY NEEDS TO PUSH BACK THE DATE PAYMENT.

NEED TO GET RID OF THE PERCENTAGE OF FINES, FEES AND PENALTIES AND THE STATE IN THE COUNTY NEEDS TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIX THIS THING.

NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE WE PUT TOGETHER THE NUMBERS AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT PEOPLE CAN'T IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW.

TELL ME ABOUT HOPE ATTACKS THAT INITIATIVE AND HOW YOU ARE HOPING THAT IS GOING TO LOWER THE TAX WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO WITHHOLD THE TAX DOT COM IS TOO GET ALL OF OUR TAXING BODIES WITHIN OUR TAX DISTRICT.

2 COMMIT TO A 0% INCREASE ON THE TAX FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE DOES THAT THAT DOES FOR THE NEXT TAX BILL IS IT GIVES THE TAX PEER AN IDEA OF WHAT THE NEXT BILL WILL BE LIKE SO THEY CAN PLAN.

IN THE MEANTIME, IT BUYS US A LITTLE TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR STATE AND COUNTY LEADERS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN FIX THIS PROBLEM.

BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST HARVEY PARK FOREST AND DIXMOOR AND PHOENIX RIVERDALE AND DALTON AND CAUSE YOU MIGHT SEE IN SO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE FACING THIS CHALLENGE THAT WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO FIX IT.

NOW, MAYOR WOODS, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT EXACTLY ARE PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING TOWARDS DAYS FOR SEE CUTS.

YOU DON'T INCREASE THE TAXES.

LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.

PARK FORCE FOR THE LAST 4 OUT OF 7 YEARS HAVE HAD A 0% TAX WE DID THAT AND HAVE PUT THAT BURDEN ON TO SAY AGAIN.

I MENTIONED EARLIER HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OFFSET HAVING A 0% TAX INCREASE WITH ACTUALLY GETTING STATE FUNDS AND LOBBYING FOR THOSE FRONTS THAT REALLY KEPT US AT A PACE OF, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE SENSE THAT I'M NOT THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATION OF BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE BUSINESS AS USUAL FROM A GOOD STANDPOINT, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO OUR SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

AND WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY CHANGE THE SYSTEM COOK COUNTY PARK FORCE.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS BOTH WILL AND COOK COUNTY.

WILL COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THAT SAME.

PROBLEM, IF YOU WILL, THAT COOK COUNTY HAS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ENGAGING ALL THOSE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.

WE FOR THE 3 HAVE REALLY BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.

2 NUMBER ONE REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEE WHAT WE SEE TO SEE THE INCONSISTENCY TO SEE THE LACK OF UNIFORMITY.

AND SO WE WORK TOWARDS THAT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER NOT ONLY FOR PARK FORCE BEFORE THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST NOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT I WANT TO AND WITH A QUESTION I'D LIKE BOTH OF YOU TO ANSWER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN?

HAPPENED TO ENSURE MORE STABILITY FOR HOMEOWNERS.

IN THE IN THE IN THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE OF THE DISPARITY.

WE KNOW THAT THE REASSESSMENT IS NECESSARY.

ALL LEVELS AND THEN WE NEED FOR OUR GOVERNOR TO ACTUALLY STEP IN AND TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, I'M GOING DO LEADERSHIP.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN HART LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT ALL PEOPLE FAIRLY FROM A TAX PERSPECTIVE.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE THING THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE IN THE SOUTH LINE IS THAT THE COMMON DENOMINATORS, THE SYSTEM IN THE COOK COUNTY SAID, HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT MONOLITHIC WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE FUNCTIONING OF RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITIES.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FIRST TO AGAIN PARDON, THE PUN REASSESS WHERE WE ARE AS AS A COMMUNITY PARK FORCE RESIDENTS, SOUTHLAND RESIDENTS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE.

GENERALLY FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS, MAYOR CLARK AND MAYOR WOODS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

UP NEXT, LOCAL EFFORTS TO AID REFUGEES.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

HAITI IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

AMID POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND GANG VIOLENCE.

MORE THAN 300,000 HAITIANS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED IN THE LAST YEAR.

NOW IN RESPONSE, THE COALITION OF HAITIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA HAS JUMPED INTO ACTION TO DO WHAT IT CAN HEAR.

I ALWAYS SEEN THE IMAGE OF HAITIANS IN HAITI IS BEING DESTITUTE.

THE MAN WE HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS ALL LIVING IN POVERTY.

WE HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES AND THOSE ARE TRUE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE CAN WE'RE NOT JUST WHAT'S ON WHERE DOCTORS LAWYERS THIS IS.

IS PHYSICIANS.

WE'RE PHARMA SAYS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUSINESS OWNERS.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFER IN THIS HERITAGE.

MUCH IS GOING TO SHOW NOW.

NOT THE OTHER SIDE OF US COMING TO THIS COUNTRY AND JOIN K WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST HERE FOR HANDOUTS.

WE HERE TO BUILD AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTRY BETTER BECAUSE AT THE END, THE DAY WE WANT TO STAND BY THE MODEL.

GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR.

YES, THEY COME HERE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THEM.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THE NOTION TO HELP HAITI BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTING THAT.

THESE GANGS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

NOT ONLY CHICAGO, BUT THE NEXT AT THE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WE'VE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE AND GET FOR THAT HAITIAN COMMUNITY HERE.

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR HAITI.

HAITI IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS THE AND IT WILL RETURN TO EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

NOW, JUST LAST WEEK THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION GAVE TEMPORARY LEGAL PROTECTED STATUS TO OVER 300,000 HAITIAN REFUGEES LIVING IN THE U.S. AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR TONIGHT.

ON A PROGRAMMING NOTE, WE'RE OFF TOMORROW FOR THE HOLIDAY, BUT WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK HERE ON FRIDAY FOR WEEK IN REVIEW AT 5.37 AND A SPECIAL NEW TIME AT 10 O'CLOCK.

NOW FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES.

I'M DO I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND THROW SOMETHING ON THE GRILL AND A GOOD NIGHT.

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