
City Council Defies Aldermanic Prerogative
Clip: 12/15/2021 | 4m 12s
The committee vote represents a nearly unprecedented rebuke of the decades-old tradition.
An apartment complex with 297 units — including 59 set aside for low- and moderate-income Chicagoans — will be built in one of Chicago’s wealthiest neighborhoods after the Chicago City Council voted Wednesday to defy the wishes of the area’s alderperson.
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City Council Defies Aldermanic Prerogative
Clip: 12/15/2021 | 4m 12s
An apartment complex with 297 units — including 59 set aside for low- and moderate-income Chicagoans — will be built in one of Chicago’s wealthiest neighborhoods after the Chicago City Council voted Wednesday to defy the wishes of the area’s alderperson.
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