[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> LORETTO HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES UNDER FIRE FOR DISTRIBUTING COVID VACCINES TO FRIENDS WHO JUMPED THE LINE.

>> THE SOUTHEAST SIDE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF POLLUTANTS.

>> CITY COUNCIL IS SET TO VOTE ON NEW RULES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS TOMORROW.

WE TALK WITH FOUR ALDERMEN AHEAD OF THE MEETING.

>> THESE REPARATIONS ARE ABOUT HISTORIC WRONGS.

>> EVANSTON IS GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR INSTITUTING REPARATIONS.

CRITICS SAY IT IS A MISNOMER.

>> WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE FACING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO?

>> THERE IS PENT UP DEMAND TO GET OUT.

>> EFFORTS TO BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN INCLUDING CLOSING PARTS OF STATE STREET TO TRAFFIC ON SUMMER SUNDAYS.

>> WHAT DOES A YEAR'S WORTH OF ARTWORK IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC LOOK LIKE?

I'M ANGEL IDOWU AND I WILL BE TALKING TO YOU THAT NEW EXHIBIT IN HE WAS TON COMING UP.

>> I DIDN'T KNOW IT BUT I STARTED GOING INTO A DEEP STATE OF DEPRESSION.

>> A BELOVED LOCAL MUSICIAN HIT BOTTOM LAST YEAR AND WE'LL FIND OUT HOW HE MADE IT BACK.

>> ANOTHER VACCINE PROVIDER IS FACING RETRIBUTION FROM MISS ALLOCATING COVID-19 DOSES.

INNOVATIVE EXPRESS CARE OR IEC CONTRACTED WITH CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO VACCINATE C.P.S.

EMPLOYEES ALLEGEDLY GAVE 6,000 DOSES TO PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT DISTRICT EMPLOYEES.

AS A RESULT CHICAGO'S PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS IT'S RECLAIMING ALL OF THE VACCINE DOSES GIVEN TO IEC AND CANCELING DELIVERY OF MORE.

CDPH IDENTIFIED NEW PROVIDERS TO TAKEOVER THOSE ADMINISTERING VACCINE DOSES.

AND PARIS HAS MORE ON THE FALLOUT FROM THE DISCOVERY HAT LORETTO HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES MISS ALLOCATED VACCINE DOSES.

>> CHICAGO'S TOP DOC IS NOT LIKING THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY'S COVID-19 CASE NUMBERS.

>> THE BIGGEST THING DRIVING THIS IS INCREASES IN CASES IN OUR YOUNGER ADULTS.

AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THESE SORTS OF INCREASES ARE JUST WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN OCTOBER.

AS WE WERE STARTING TO SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF WHAT BECAME OUR HUGE SURGE, IT WAS REALLY THE SAME CASE RATES IN GRUNGER ADULTS THAT -- YOUNGER ADULTS THAT STARTED THIS.

>> Dr. ALLISON ARWADY SAYS THE CITY'S AVERAGE NUMBER OF NEW COVID CASES IS 350 WHEN THE DESIRED RATE IS LESS THAN 200 A DAY.

MORE THAN 400 WOULD PUT THE CITY IN THE HIGH-RISK CATEGORY.

Dr. ARWADY ADJUSTED THE CITY'S EMERGENCY TRAVEL ORDER MAP A NEGATIVE TEST OR QUARANTINE IS REQUIRED FOR TRAVELERS FROM 26 STATES SEEN HERE IN ORANGE.

TRAVELERS FROM STATES IN YELLOW ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

>> AND ILLINOIS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT ANOTHER 1800 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS SINCE YESTERDAY.

AND 13 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IS OVER 1 MILLION 224,000.

AND 21,116 PEOPLE DIED AND 14% OF THE STATE'S POPULATION HAS BEEN VACCINATED.

>> 15 JURORS HAVE BEEN SEATED IN MINNEAPOLIS AHEAD OF THE TRIAL FOR FORMER POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN WHO IS ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD LAST SUMMER.

>> I'M STILL NOT GOING TO RELEASE THE JURY POOL UNTIL THE JURY IS SWORN ON THE OFF CHANCE WE HAVE TO PICK ALTERNATES.

I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE'S ONLY A FEW DAYS THAT WE'LL HAVE 14 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THOSE 14 WILL BE SEATED AND SWORN.

>> THE PANEL INCLUDES SIX MEN AND NINE WOMEN.

NINE OF THE JURORS ARE WHITE, FOUR ARE BLACK AND TWO ARE MULTIRACIAL.

12 JURORS AND ALTERNATES WILL HEAR EVIDENCE AFTER OPENING STATEMENTS MONDAY.

>> AND NOW TO PARIS AND MORE ON THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING LORETTO HOSPITAL AND MISS ALLOCATED COVID-19 DOSES.

>> SINCE BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO REPORTED ABOUT LORETTO HOSPITAL'S IMPROPER VACCINATIONS AT TRUMP TOWER THE REVELATIONS HAVE BEEN FAST AND FURIOUS.

NEXT COOK COUNTY JUDGES AND VACCINATION AT THE HOME CHURCH OF LORETTO'S C.E.O.

AND A GOLD COAST JEWELRY STORE THAT THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FREQUENTS.

AND EVER SINCE THE BOARD HAS BEEN OPAQUE ABOUT THE FALLOUT.

JOINING US ARE GREG KELLEY THE PRESIDENT OF SEIU HEALTHCARE ILLINOIS THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS WORKERS AT LORETTO HOSPITAL AND LaSHAWN FORD WHO STEPPED DOWN AS A MEMBER OF LORETTO'S HOSPITAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES OVER THE VACCINE CONTROVERSY AND WELLINGTON THOMAS, AN EMERGENCY ROOM TECH AT LORETTO HOSPITAL AND MEMBER OF THE SEIU ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE BOARD.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU.

REPRESENTATIVE FORD, I'M SORRY I HAVE TO MENTION WE REACHED OUT TO THE HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE EXECUTIVES IN QUESTION AND NONE AGREED TO BE ON THE PROGRAM.

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE ON.

REPRESENTATIVE FORD YOU ANNOUNCED YOUR RESIGNATION BECAUSE YOU DISAGREED HOW THE BOARD HANDLED THE REPRIMAND, Dr. MILLER THE C.E.O.

AND Dr. AHMED THE COO, WHAT DO YOU DISAGREE WITH?

>> I THINK THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY DESERVE TO KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THE EXECUTIVES RECEIVED.

IT IS A PUBLIC HOSPITAL AND IT IS A IT RECEIVES STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS.

THAT'S ALL.

I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE?

BECAUSE ALL WE'VE HEARD IS REPRIMAND?

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

THAT IS WHAT THE ORDER HAS COME DOWN TO REPRIMAND AND THAT IS ALL I CAN SAY.

THE BOARD IS RESPONSIBLE.

WE HAVE TWO LAWYERS ON THERE.

THEY ARE VERY ABLE AND I THINK [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU CANNOT SAY MORE ABOUT WHAT THE REPRIMAND ENTAILS.

WELLINGTON THOMAS YOU WORK AT LORETTO WERE YOU WITNESS TO IMPROPER VACCINATIONS BY THE HOSPITAL OR HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OTHER IMPROPER VACCINATIONS BEYOND WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED?

>> WELL, I THINK THEY DID IT WAS REPORTED FOR THE MOST PART SOMETHING I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IS PEOPLE HAVE COME INTO OUR FACILITY.

PEOPLE THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE.

SOMEONE PEOPLE THAT IS NOT ACTUAL PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT WE DO SEE CERTAIN THINGS.

SOME OF THE THINGS DID COME OUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'VE FOUND OUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU FOUND OUT.

>> WHEN YOU SAW PEOPLE COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED THE VACCINES CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT?

>> WELL, ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THIS... WE HAD MANY CHALLENGES OF PEOPLE THAT WE NOTICED THAT WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY ME BEING AN ER TERK I KNOW THE COMMUNITY I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS.

I'VE SEEN CERTAIN PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, COWORKERS AND FAMILIES AND WE GET DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT COME TO THE HOSPITAL ALL OF A SUDDEN AND IT SEEMED ODD AT TIMES.

IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A VIP LINE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE WHICH MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> YOU SAY THERE WAS A VIP LINE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE HOW COULD YOU DELINEATE WHAT WAS VIP VERSUS A PROPER VACCINE?

>> WELL, I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

ONE OF OUR COWORKERS WAS TRYING TO GET HER VACCINE AND SHE WAS TRYING TO GET IT IT WAS PROBLEMS AS FAR AS THEY SAY THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO FIRST AND SHE WAS SCHEDULED AND SOMEBODY HAD TO STEP UP AND TRY TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW WAIT A MINUTE THIS IS A COWORKER SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN THE HOSPITAL.

AND SOME PEOPLE I WILL SAY, THE GROUP DOESN'T LOOK LIKE FOLKS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE.

AND THE VIP LINE, YOU COULD SEE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS.

THEY HAVE CERTAIN GROUPS BEING PUSHED TO THE SIDE.

EVEN WHEN THERE IS A LONG LINE.

>> VIP, FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS CONNECTION WITH THESE FOLKS TO THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Dr. AHMED HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE OTHER IMPROPER VACCINES?

>> WELL, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN NO CONFIRMATION HOW CONNECTED THEY ARE.

SOME OF OUR WORKERS DEFINITELY FROM OBVIOUSLY WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN THEY FEEL THERE ARE SERIOUS CONNECTIONS THERE.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING FACTUAL OR NOTHING THAT CAN PROVE IT.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU ARE LOOKING AT.

GREG KELLEY, THE OTHER ISSUE HERE IS IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Dr. AHMED AT THE CENTER OF THESE ALLEGATIONS HE HAS A $2.5 MILLION CONDO AT TRUMP TOWER AND WAS PURCHASING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF JEWELRY AND WATCHES AT A STORE THAT THEN HELD A POP-UP VACCINATION SITE ARE THERE QUESTIONS AS TO EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND HOW DID AHMED IS HAVING THIS SPENDING POWER AND MAKING MONEY LEADING A SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN AUSTIN?

>> YES.

I THINK YOU'VE GOT TO ASK HIM.

I WILL SAY JUST IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR MEMBERS AT LORETTO HAVE BEEN WORKING UNDER THIS PANDEMIC NOW FOR OVER A YEAR.

AND THEY HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND SINCE MARCH, FEBRUARY, MAYBE EARLIER, LAST YEAR, THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE, TO SIT HERE A YEAR LATER AND TO SEE ONE OF THE WAYS OUT OF COVID BEING ABUSED BY THOSE CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OVERSEEING IT.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY THE OVERARCHING POINT THAT WE MAKE HERE.

OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THE FRONTLINES SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING.

SUFFERING, SOME GETTING SICK THEMSELVES.

BECAUSE THEY WORKED ON THE FRONTLINES WITHOUT PROPER PPE.

POORLY PAID.

AND YET HERE WE ARE, FINDING OUT ONCE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL VACCINE TO DEAL WITH THIS THAT IT'S NOT BEING HANDLED PROPERLY.

>> REPRESENTATIVE FORD AND THE BOARD IS TASKED WITH OVERSEEING WHAT HAPPENED.

HAVE YOU LEARNED MORE THAT YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT HOW THE VACCINATIONS HAPPENED AT TRUMP TOUR AT THE JEWELRY SHOP, THE COOK COUNTY JUDGES?

>> NO, I HAVE NOT LEARNED ANYTHING MORE.

BUT WHAT I HAVE LEARN SECOND THAT THE FOCUS MUST GO BACK TO SUPPLYING THE LORETTO HOSPITAL WITH VACCINES SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BE PROTECTED AND WITH THE COMMUNITY BEING PROTECTED, THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS PROTECTED.

AND THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION WE HAVE TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BECAUSE WE HEAR THAT THE CITY WILL NOT BE SENDING THE FIRST DOSES PEOPLE THAT IS LOOKING FOR SECOND DOSES, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT.

THEY THINK THAT THEY ARE THAT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR SECOND DOSE.

WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON GETTING THIS BEHIND US AND MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS PROTECTED.

>> AS THE MAYOR SAID THERE IS A PAUSE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT FIRST DOSE THEY ARE GIVING OUT SECOND DOSES.

GREG YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN?

>> I THINK WHAT REPRESENTATIVE FORD IS RIGHT ON POINT, THERE IS TREMENDOUS CONFUSION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING.

THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY AROUND YOU SIGN UP TO GET IN LINE FOR THE VACCINE.

THERE'S NO CLARITY AROUND IS IT AVAILABLE NOW?

SO I THINK JOB NUMBER ONE RIGHT NOW HAS TO BE EDUCATING THE PEOPLE OF AUSTIN ABOUT WHAT THE AVAILABILITY IS TO THE VACCINE.

>> I WANT TO GO BACK TO WELLINGTON BACK TO YOUR ALLEGATION YOU SAW A VIP LINE OF FOLKS THAT WERE NOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND NOT PROPERLY THERE TO GET A VACCINE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DO YOUR COWORKERS HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Dr. AHMED AT THE CENTER OF THESE ALLEGATIONS AND THE C.E.O.

Mr. MILLER?

>> WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO QUESTION IS WHY?

OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING.

THE BIGGEST THING GOING BACK TO WHAT GREG AND REPRESENTATIVE FORD SAID IS THAT WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

MOST OF US WORKED HERE FOR YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT THE PATIENTS AND THE LOVED ONES AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE.

AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN SUPPLYING VACCINES FOR THE WORKERS.

BUT THEN IT SEEMED LIKE YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A SKIP.

IN OTHER WORDS YOU SEE OTHER DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL THAT YOU WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE.

AND WE SEE PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS AS FAR AS HOW DO WE SIGN UP WITH THE VACCINE?

HOW IS IT BEING STRUCTURED?

HOW CAN PEOPLE COMMUNICATE WITH THE HOSPITAL AS FAR AS GETTING A SECOND DOSE.

LIKE GREG SAID, EDUCATION IS A BIG THING.

AND ALSO ACCESSIBILITY.

THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE THAT WORK -- WANT THE VACCINE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT BUT OTHER FACILITIES HAVE THE INTERNET.

>> A LOT OF OPEN QUESTIONS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ANSWERS TO.

BUT OUR THANKS TO GREG KELLEY, STATE REPRESENTATIVE LaSHAWN FORD, AND WELLINGTON THOMAS.

>> THANK YOU, PARIS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND NOW TO PHIL PONCE FOR A LOOK AT AGENDA ITEMS FOR TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

PHIL?

>> PARIS, ALDERMEN ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE ON A SERIES OF NEW MEASURES DURING TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS INCLUDES NEW RULES FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTS TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, A DEMOLITION FEE IN PILSEN AND AROUND THE 606 TRAIL AND A MEASURE THAT WOULD EXPAND THE NUMBER OF BANKS AUTHORIZED TO HOLD THE CITY'S CASH.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THESE MEASURES ARE ALDERMAN JASON ERVIN OF THE WEST SIDE 28TH WARD.

MARIA HADDEN OF THE FAR NORTH SIDE 49TH WARD.

ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ OF THE WEST SIDE 25TH WARD.

AND ALDERMAN GEORGE CARDENAS OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE'S 12TH WARD.

WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.

I WILL BEGIN WITH ALDERMAN GEORGE CARDENAS THERE IS A NEW MEASURE WITH NEW RULES TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOP MANIES TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND IT'S SCHEDULED FOR A FINAL VOTE TOMORROW AND COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST AND SOUTH SIDE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY POOR AIR QUALITY.

ALDERMAN, YOU ARE SPONSORING THE MARK ZUCKERBERG WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS AN -- THE MEASURE.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP?

>> LAND USE PLANNING IS A LONG-TERM DETERMINANT OF COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THAT IN OVER DECADES THAT I HAVE BEEN HERE.

AND CERTAINLY IT'S TIME.

WE CANNOT CONTINUE THE STATUS QUO.

I'VE SAID IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN IF WE DO NOTHING STATUS QUO WINS AND IT'S TIME FOR CHICAGO TO GET ONBOARD AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

>> ALDERMAN HADDEN, YOU AND BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ ARE AMONG FOUR IN THE COMMITTEE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE MEASURE.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, I WILL SAY THAT I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT IT'S LONG PASTTIME FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THIS DOESN'T GO FAR [INAUDIBLE] THE ORIGINAL VERSION THIS INCLUDED WAREHOUSING AND WHOLESALING DISTRICTS WHERE THE AIR POLLUTION COMES FROM IN SO MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN OF MINE AS WELL AS THE WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT OF EVERY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUP THAT HAD BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

SO I'D SAY IF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES SAY IT'S NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH WE HAVE TAKEN OUT TOO MUCH THEN SOMETIMES PASSING SOMETHING IS WORSE THAN NOT PASSING ANYTHING AT ALL.

>> ALDERMAN ERVIN HOW ABOUT IT, IS THIS MEASURE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT A GOOD STEP?

>> I THINK IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AGAIN WE'VE HAD LAX REGULATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD SUCH AS THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE AND THE POLLUTION THAT HAS HURT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES, I THINK MOVING A REGULATORY PACKAGE FORWARD DOES PROVIDE SOME PROTECTION WHILE IT MAY NOT BE WHAT EVERYONE WANTS IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> ANOTHER MEASURE UP FOR A FINAL VOTE IS THE $15,000 DEMOLITION FEE TO GO INTO EFFECT IN PILSEN AND ALONG THE 606 TRAIL.

BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, WE CERTAINLY HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TO COME OUT WITH POLICIES THAT ADDRESS DISPLACEMENT IN COMMUNITIES LIKE PILSEN WHERE WE HAVE SEEN THE UNFORTUNATE EFFECTS OF DISPLACEMENT OVER 14,000 RESIDENTS DISPLACED IN THE LAST 19 YEARS.

PROPERTY TAXES HAVE FIVE FOLDED AND POLICIES THAT ARE DISCONNECTED FROM REALITY LIKE THE PROPOSED LANDMARK FOR A THOUSAND HOMES THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT WORSE.

THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE NEED TO FOCUS ON HELPING THE LOCAL OWNER PUTTING PROCEDURES LIKE THE ANTI-CONVERSION ORDINANCE AND DEMOLITION FEES.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO PROTECT THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO OPERATE AS A FREE-FOR-ALL AND THESE REGULATIONS WILL GO A LOCK WAY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITYS.

IS $15,000 ENOUGH TO DISCOURAGE DEVELOPERS FROM BUILDING UP PUTTING IN A DEVELOPMENT WORTH A LOT MORE THAN THAT?

>> IT CERTAINLY WOULD NOT PASS MUSTER ON MY END.

BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO THROW COLD WATER ON IDEAS.

IF IT WORKS FOR OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS I'M WILLING TO TRY DOING SOMETHING RATHER THAN NOTHING.

I'M AM AN OPTIMIST, INCREMENTAL APPROACH IS BETTER THAN NO APPROACH AT ALL.

AND IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, I DON'T THINK.

BUT I'M WILLING TO TRY IT.

I THINK ONCE WE IMPLEMENT IT CITYWIDE IT WILL BE AN ISSUE THAT WILL COME BACK TO THE TABLE AND SEE WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T.

BUT I'M WILLING TO HELP PILSEN AND HUMBOLDT PARK OUT TO REIN IN UNCHECKED DEVELOPMENT.

AND I WILL SAY THIS LET'S STOP THE UPZONES WHICH SAY PROBLEM.

UPZONES IS MORE THAN DEMOLITIONS.

>> AND QUICKLY UPZONE MEANS WHAT?

>> UPZONING MEANS GOING FROM A TRADITIONAL ZONING, A TWO-FLAT IT IS A RS3 DESIGNATION AND IF YOU TEAR IT DOWN AND BUILD HIGHER DENSITY THEY LOOK TO UPZONE TO RM5 FOR EXAMPLE.

OR 4.5.

IT'S TECHNICALITIES MEANS IT'S HIGHER DENSITY AND IT SHOULDN'T BE IF YOU STOP THE UPZONING TO STOP HIGHER DENSITY THEN YOU STOP GENTRIFICATION.

>> ANOTHER MEASURE ON THE TABLE TOMORROW WOULD EXPAND THE NUMBER OF BANKS AUTHORIZED TO HOLD CITY FUNDS.

AND THIS COMES AFTER A REPORT FROM THE CITY BUREAU AND WBEZ FINDING THAT FOR EVERY $1 BANKS LOAN IN CHICAGO'S WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY INVESTED 12 CENTS IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS AND 13 CENTS IN LATINO COMMUNITIES.

ALDERMAN HAT DEN YOUR VOTES ON THIS -- HADDEN YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS MEASURE?

>> I APPRECIATED THE HEARING WE HAD ON THIS.

AND IT WAS NOT LOST ON ME THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION NONE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS WANTED TO COME AND ANSWER TO CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THE EXPANSION OF THE BANKS THAT WE HAVE HERE.

BUT WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US GO FURTHER AND CONSIDER WORKING WITH OUR COMPTROLLER AND OUR TREASURER AND WORKING WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY INVESTIGATE WHO CAN HOLD OUR MONEY THAT IS GOING TO BEST SUPPORT CHICAGOANS AND FOR US TO MOVE A LITTLE MORE DELIBERATELY IN THAT DIRECTION.

>> AS YOU KNOW THERE IS CONTINUE TO BE FALLOUT OVER LORETTO HOSPITAL'S APPARENT PRACTICE OF GIVING VACCINATIONS TO PROMINENT PEOPLE.

AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE LaSHAWN FORD RESIGNED FROM THE LORETTO HOSPITAL BOARD.

ALDERMAN ERVIN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

>> ESSENTIALLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A FULL ACCOUNTABILITY OF WHAT TRANSPIRED.

THE CHALLENGE IS AUSTIN NO LONGER HAS A PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE ONE CAN GO FOR VACCINATIONS.

IT'S PART OF PROTECT CHICAGO PLUS WHICH BROUGHT IN RUSH BUT THAT IS ONE DAY A WEEK FOR RUSH.

SO RIGHT NOW, OUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN FINDING A NEW PARTNER IF WE CANNOT FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR LORETTO TO BE INVOLVED.

ALSO, THE FACT THAT THESE GENTLEMEN TOOK VACCINES THAT WERE MEANT FOR SOME OF THE HARDEST HIT PEOPLE IN OUR CITY AND UTILIZED IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES IS A CHALLENGE.

IT'S ONLY HEAR ABOUT REPRIMANDS AND NO ONE BEING FIRED FOR THESE TYPES OF INSTANCES IS WRONG.

AND I THINK IT SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE FOR OTHERS THAT MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING SUCH AS WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY.

>> AS YOU KNOW, TWO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ORGANIZATIONS MOVING ON COMPROMISED ON A PROPOSAL TO CREATE AN ELECTED BOARD TO OVERSEE THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE MAYOR PLANS TO INTRODUCE HER OWN PLAN.

ALDERMAN BYRON SIGCHO-LOPEZ WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PROPOSAL?

>> I THINK THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IS LONG OUTFIELDER DUO OWE OVERDUE.

I'M GLAD THERE WAS A COMPROMISE REACHED BETWEEN THE COALITIONS.

WE NEED TO COME TO THE TABLE AND WE WORK AND LEGISLATION COMES FROM ADVOCATES AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND I'M GLAD TO SEE OUR CAUCUSES COMING TOGETHER AND PUT FORWARD THIS COMPROMISE WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MANY YEARS.

I HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT WE NEED TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE WE PUT FORWARD LEGISLATION THAT WILL ALLOW US TO LEAVE THE LEGACY OF POLICE BRUTALITY THE AMOUNT WE SPEND ON SETTLEMENTS IS IRRESPONSIBLE AND I HOPE THE COUNCIL PUSHES FORWARD AND WE NEED TO REACH A MAJORITY OF 34 VOTES BUT I HOPE THE MAYOR COMES FORWARD AND SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS AND WE WORK.

>> LAST ISSUE WE HAVE TIME FOR, AND ALDERMAN HADDEN, EVAN TON BECAME THE FIRST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO OFFER AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS REPARATIONS.

CHICAGO CREATED A SUBCOMMITTEE ON REPARATIONS.

DO YOU THINK REPARATIONS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT BECOMES A POLICY FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE EVANSTON LEAD THE WAY.

WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SOLUTION THAT WOULD WORK FOR CHICAGO NOT NECESSARILY A PERFECT PLAN BUT WITH THE LEADERSHIP WE HAVE ALDERMAN SAWYER AND COLEMAN AND VAZQUEZ LEADING THE SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH I SIT ON, YEAH ABSOLUTELY.

CHICAGO WILL LEAD THE WAY AND WE WILL HAVE ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

HOW WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE ECONOMIC INCENTIVE TO REPAIR THE HARM BUT ALSO, I THINK WE WILL HAVE A BIG ROLE IN LOOKING HOW REPARATIONS CAN KEEP BLACK CHICAGOANS HERE AND BRING BLACK CHICAGOANS BACK.

>> AND THAT IS WHERE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

THANK YOU TO 0 OUR ALDERMEN FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND BY THE WAY, WE WILL BE DISCUSSING REPARATIONS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO LATER IN THE PROGRAM.

BUT UP NEXT AN EVAN STONS PRINT MAKER SHOWS HER HOW ART HELPED HER PROCESS THE PANDEMIC.

AND THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD INCLUDING DETAILS ON A PROPOSAL TO CLOSE STATE STREET TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOR 12 DAYS THIS SUMMER.

BUT FIRST WHILE THE ONE-YEAR COVID ANNIVERSARY HAS COME AND GONE ITS IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH CAN BE EXPECTED TO LAST MUCH LONGER.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU, INTRODUCES US TO A PRINT MAKER WHO FOUND REFUGE IN ART THERAPY ON DISPLAY IN A NEW EXHIBIT IN EVANSTON.

>> WHAT STARTED AS A JOURNAL TO HELP BETH ADLER PROCESS THE PANDEMIC, SLOWLY EVOLVED INTO A FORM OF HEALING SPANNED ACROSS AN ENTIRE YEAR.

>> WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST HIT, PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY A YEAR AGO, WE WERE IN OUR HOUSE.

I MEAN WE WERE AFRAID TO GO OUTSIDE.

AND THE THING THAT I COULD DO WAS COLLAGE, CUT UP MAGAZINES AND PAPERS AND START PASTING THEM TOGETHER IN WAYS THAT HELPED TO DESCRIBE WHAT I WAS GOING THROUGH.

WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANT AND FEAR WAS THE BIG PART OF IT.

SO ACTUALLY JUST GOING THROUGH AND VOICING, DEPICTING THAT FEAR WAS A CATHARSIS.

>> ADLER WOULD COLLAGE AND WRITE IN THE JOURNAL EVERYDAY FOR ONE MONTH.

BEFORE EXPANDING TO BIGGER COLLAGES THAT SHE WOULD CREATE EACH DAY.

>> I WAS STILL PRETTY FEARFUL.

BUT I WAS STARTING TO THINK ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME.

>> AS A SENSE OF COVID NORMALITY BEGAN TO SET IN THE THEMES IN ADLER'S WORK BEGAN TO CHANGE.

HER DAILY COLLAGES EXPANDED INTO PRINTS OF COVID HOUSES MADE ON HANDMADE PAPER WITH A CROW AS THE FOCAL POINT.

>> I REALLY LIKE CROWS AND I'VE PAINTED THEM BEFORE.

AND THE CROW BECAME MY MASCOT FOR THIS TIME SO ALL OF THE PRINTS HAVE A CROW IN THEM.

AND A HOUSE SHAPE.

AND I THINK THAT IT CONVEYS A CERTAIN WARINESS BUT A HOPEFULNESS.

>> THESE PRINTS WERE SO WELL RECEIVED THAT ADLER BEGAN TO SELL THEM.

BUT SHE WANTED TO DO MORE.

>> WHY DID YOU THINK THAT MOVING ON FROM THE FLAT PAPER WAS IMPORTANT?

WHY DID YOU THINK YOU NEEDED TO THREE -- >> I JUST DID T THE FIRST ONE I MADE I LINED IT WITH "THE NEW YORK TIMES" 100,000 DEAD FROM COVID.

AND SO THAT'S MEMORIAL HOUSE.

SO EVERY MONTH, I MADE A HOUSE FROM JUNE UNTIL FEBRUARY TO COMMEMORATE THE TIME IN THE HOUSE AND EACH HOUSE IS LINED WITH COVID REPORTS.

>> CAN I ASK I'M SEEING CANDLES IN HOMES AND WHAT THOSE REPRESENT?

>> WELL, I MEAN THEY ARE SORT OF EACH HOUSE IS A BIT OF A MEMORIAL.

I REALLY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DIED.

AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT FORGET THAT.

>> ADLER'S USE OF ART TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPLORE EMOTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC IS ONE OF MANY PRACTICES ENCOURAGED AT OPEN STUDIO PROJECT.

WHERE HER WORK IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY.

>> HERE OPEN STUDIO WE ARE TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO UTILIZE THE ARTS TO GO DEEP.

ART DOES OPEN UP INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE AND IT REALLY IS AN AVENUE TO USE YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IN NEW WAYS.

WE TEACH THAT A LOT HERE WHERE WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO FREE ASSOCIATION CREATIVE WRITING.

>> IT WOULD HELP PASS THE TIME AND MARK EACH DAY AND YOU KNOW, JUST MADE ME FEEL BETTER.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL.

I THINK JOURNALING IS A GREAT TOOL.

COLLAGE SOMETHING A GREAT TOOL AND ANYBODY CAN USE THOSE TOOLS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND TO WORKOUT WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> THAT'S ADLER'S EXHIBIT MY COVID YEAR IS ON DISPLAY AT THE OPEN STUDIO PROJECT'S GALLERY 901 IN EVANSSTON UNTIL MARCH 31.

BRANDIS BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"... EVANSSTON PASSES A REPARATIONS ORDINANCE THAT SOME ARE CALLING A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN DISGUISE.

MURAL WALKS AND POP-UP GALLERIES AND CLOSING STATE STREET TO TRAFFIC ON SUNDAYS.

HEAR ABOUT EFFORTS TO BRING VISITORS BACK TO THE LOOP.

WE SPEAK WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT RESOURCES IN CHICAGO FOR WOMEN FACING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.

AND WHEN A BELOVED LOCAL MUSICIAN SUFFERS A DANGEROUS DEPRESSION HIS FRIENDS RALLY AROUND HIM AND HOW THEY HELPED HIM MAKE IT BACK.

>> NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU LAST NIGHT.

FOURTH WARD ALDERMAN SOPHIA KING WITHDRAWN A MEASURE THAT CULTURAL AND PRESERVATION GROUPS THAT SAY IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO CONVERT HISTORIC HOMES INTO MUSEUMS.

LAST NIGHT KING EXPLAINED THE MEASURE WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR A COMMUNITY INPUT PROCESS TO ALLOW RESIDENTS A SAY IN WHETHER A MUSEUM OPENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BUT GROUPS WORKING TO CONVERT THE HOMES OF EMMETT TILL AND MUDDY WATERS INTO MUSEUMS SAY THE ORDINANCE WAS MEANT TO BLOCK THEIR EFFORTS.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE WHY KING WITHDREW THAT MEASURE ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND MORE THAN A THOUSAND ILLINOIS INMATES ARE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISONS UNDER A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE STATE AND A COALITION OF LEGAL GROUPS WHO SUED THE STATE.

THE INMATES ARE CONSIDERED MEDICALLY VULNERABLE OR ELDERLY AND ATTORNEYS SAY THE BEST WAY FOR THE STATE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IS BY SENDING THEM BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ALSO AGREES TO IMPROVE THE USE OF EXISTING RELEASE OPTIONS FOR PRISONERS DEEMED MEDICALLY VULNERABLE WITH EXPIRING SENTENCES.

>> EVANSTON IS MAKING HEADLINES FOR MAKING HISTORY.

IT IS THE FIRST U.S. COMMUNITY TO PAY REPARATIONS TO BLACK RESIDENTS OR IS IT?

AMANDA VINICKY JOINS US TO EXPLAIN.

AMANDA?

>> BRANDIS, I'M GOING TO START THIS OFF WITH POLITICAL SCIENTIST ALVIN TILLERY HE IS HEAD OF THE CENTER FOR DIVERSITY AND DEMOCRACY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND ALSO AN EVANSTON RESIDENT AND A PROUD ONE AFTER THE ACTION ALDERMEN TOOK AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

>> IMPORTANT, IT'S MONUMENTAL BECAUSE IT IS NOT HAPPENING IN ATLANTA OR DETROIT OR PHILADELPHIA.

PLACES WHERE THERE IS A OF MAJORITY BLANC ELECTORATE AND BLACK POLITICIANS HOLD POWER IT'S HAPPENING IN A PLACE WHERE BLACKS ARE A MINORITY.

LESS THAN 20% OF THE POPULATION.

AND WHERE THERE IS A MAJORITY WHITE CITY COUNCIL.

>> NOW, UNLIKE PROGRAMS IN WHICH COMMUNITIES OFTEN UNDER THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION PAY SETTLEMENT MONEY TO LIVING VICTIMS WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, CHICAGO VICTIMS OF POLICE TORTURE UNDER FORMER COMMANDER BURGE THIS IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S MEANT TO REDRESS PAST WRONGS AND TILLERY SAYS EVANSTON LEADERS TOOK A LOOK AT LOCAL HISTORY.

>> RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE HOUSING MARKET AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKED WITH OTHER POWERFUL ENTITIES TO CREATE A RACIALLY SEGREGATED NEIGHBORHOOD.

EVANSSTON'S FIFTH WARD AND THEY LOOKED AT THE LIFE CHANCES AND OUTCOMES OF PERSONS LIVING IN THAT WARD.

THE VAST INCOME AND WEALTH GAPS BETWEEN EVANSTON'S BLACK AND WHITE CITIZENS.

>> UNDER THIS PLAN, REVENUE FROM THE LOCAL TAX ON MARIJUANA SALES PLUS PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL FUND A $400,000 PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP BLACK RESIDENTS BUY A HOME, DO WORK ON THEIR HOME OR HELP TO PAY THEIR MORTGAGE.

RECIPIENTS CAN GET WHAT IS TANTAMOUNT TO A GRANT WORTH $25,000.

THE GOAL HERE: TO BUILD INTERGENERATIONAL WEALTH AMONG BLACK FAMILIES WHO DUE TO RACISM AND DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES WERE BLOCKED IN THE PAST FROM DOING SO.

BROADLY, BLACK RESIDENTS WHO WERE RESIDENTS OTHER THAN 1919 AND 1969 ARE ELIGIBLE AS ARE THEIR DESCENDANTS.

HE IS THE LONG TIME PRESIDENT OF THE EVANSSTON N.A.A.C.P.

HE COMPARE IT IS TO A BIG TIME FOOTBALL GAME IN HIS YOUTH.

>> THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN ON THAT FIELD AND THAT IS THE WAY IT FEELS TO ME.

I'M GLAD IT'S HAPPENING AND AGAIN, IT'S THE FIRST STEP FORWARD.

YOU DON'T WIN THE GAME WITH ONE TOUCHDOWN.

THERE ARE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO TO WIN IT.

>> THE PLAN DOES HAVE FLAWS.

HE WANTS MORE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION INCLUDING A PROGRAM FOR ACTS OF HEALING AND DISCUSSIONS LIKE SOUTH AFRICA DID AFTER APARTHEID.

OTHER CRITICS ARE LESS MAGNANIMOUS AND PERHAPS NOT FOR THE REASONS YOU MAY IMAGINE.

EVANSTON CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CICELY FLEMING WAS THE IS SOLE NO VOTE.

SHE SAYS AS A BLACK WOMAN SHE SUPPORTS REPARATIONS BUT SHE SAYS WHAT EVANSSTON IS DOING IS NOT REPARATIONS.

>> MY ISSUE WITH THAT UNDER THE BANNER OF REPARATIONS IS THAT I DON'T THINK THAT IS REPARATIONS THAT IS A HOUSING PLAN.

AND GIVEN HOW LONG PEOPLE HAVE WAITED FOR REPARATIONS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, AS MUCH FANFARE WE'VE HAD AS A CITY AND NATIONAL COVERAGE, TO COME WITH A HOUSING PLAN, FELL SHORT AND I THINK MANY IN OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

>> 25,000 GRANTS, 400,000 PROGRAM THAT WILL ONLY MEAN 16 FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO BE HELPED AND ALL MUST HAVE THE CREDIT OR FINANCIAL MEANS TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME.

AND SHE SAYS THAT GIVEN ALL OF THE ATTENTION EVANSTON IS GETTING IT IS NOT SENDING THE RIGHT MESSAGE.

>> WE ARE THE FIRST AND WE'RE SETTING PRECEDENT POTENTIALLY.

I DON'T WANT FOLKS IN THE DEEP SOUTH TO FEEL LIKE REPARATIONS IS A $25,000 GRANT TO A BANK I WANT THEM TO BE RESPECTED AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS THE PEOPLE WHO FACE THE HARM TO DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO USE THE MONEY THAT IS REMEDIED THEM.

>> BUT LAST NIGHT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ALDERWOMAN ROBIN RUE SIMMONS WHO IS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS PLAN SAID THIS IS NOT THE END OF WHAT EVANSTON IS GOING TO DO.

THE FIRST PROGRAM IN THE EARLIEST STAGES.

BUT THERE'S PROMISES OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD REPARATIONS OVER THE NEXT DECADE.

>> THE ROAD TO REPAIR INJUSTICE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE A GENERATION OF WORK.

IT'S GOING TO BE MANY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES AND MORE FUNDING AND SO WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT IS THE NEW ENGAGEMENT, THE NEW INTEREST IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THE NEW SUPPORT.

>> BACKERS SAY THE PROGRAM WAS CRAFTED IN MIND OF STAVING OFF THE POTENTIAL FOR LEGAL ACTION.

THERE IS NO CERTAINTY OF THAT BUT OFFICIALS DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM A WASHINGTON D.C.-BASED ATTORNEY WHO WROTE THAT RACE-BASED BENEFITS DEFY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION.

EVANSTON DOES HAVE A LOCAL ELECTION AHEAD.

ALDERMANIC CONTEST IT WILL BE DECIDED APRIL 6.

BRANDIS, BACK TO YOU.

>> AMANDA, THANK YOU.

>> THE CHICAGO LOOP ALLIANCE SAYS IT WANTS TO CLOSE STATE STREET TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC FOR 12 SUNDAYS THIS SUMMER.

IT'S JUST ONE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS TO BRING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC AND RETAIL DOLLARS BACK TO THE CITY'S CENTER AS CHICAGO'S COVID RECOVERY CONTINUES.

JOINING US WITH MORE IS "CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" NICK BLUMBERG.

NICK?

>> WELL, CITY CENTER HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE PANDEMIC AND CHICAGO'S DOWNTOWN WAS ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTION.

AT THE CHICAGO LOOP ALLIANCES MEETING THIS MORNING A LOT OF THE FOCUS WAS ON BRINGING BACK WORKERS, VISITORS AND SHOPPERS.

AS WELL AS MAKING THE LOOP A MORE INCLUSIVE PLACE AFTER A YEAR THAT SAW DEMONSTRATIONS.

ONE WAY TO BRING PEOPLE DOWN SUNDAYS ON STATE.

CLOSING STATE STREET TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC FROM MADISON UP TO LAKE FOR AS MANY AS 12 SUNDAYS THIS SUMMER.

THE C.E.O.

MICHAEL EDWARDS SAID THEY HAVE A COUPLE GOALS IN MIND.

>> TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL ART AND CULTURE WHICH HAS BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE PANDEMIC AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE.

AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE OUR RETAILORS TO START BRINGING MERCHANDISE OUT ON TO THE STREET OR OFFERING TOURS OF THEATERS THAT MIGHT NOT BE OPEN LIKE THE CHICAGO THEATRE OR THE GENE SISKEL THEATRE AND RESTAURANTS AND THE WALNUT ROOM DOWN TO STATE STREET WHICH WOULD BE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

>> THE PLAN IS FOR AS WE SAID AS MANY AS 12 SUNDAYS FROM JULY TO SEPTEMBER.

EDWARDS SAYS THE CITY AND THE LOCAL ALDERMEN ARE ONBOARD.

THE ALLIANCE IS PLANNING TO PUT IN MONEY AND LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND OPENING TO HAVE EVENTS ON SUNDAYS, TOO.

SIMILAR TO THE OPEN STREETS PROGRAM THAT RAN LAST YEAR IN PLACES LIKE BROADWAY AND LAKEVIEW IT IS NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THAT EFFORT.

THE CITY SAYS THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN BRINGING OPEN STREETS BACK IN SOME FORM THOUGH THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.

>> AND NICK, WHAT ELSE ARE THEY DOING TO DRAW PEOPLE BACK DOWN?

>> THEY ARE ALSO LAUNCHING A SELF GUIDED MURAL WALK THAT WILL TAKE YOU AROUND TO 22 PIECES OF PUBLIC ART DOWNTOWN.

SOME OF THEM ARE WELL-KNOWN OTHERS ARE A BIT MORE OFF THE BEATEN PATH AND PLANNING ART POP-UPS IN VACANT RETAIL SPACES SIMILAR TO A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM THAT CAME ABOUT IN THE WAKE OF THE GREAT RECESSION.

>> SHOWED THAT THE SPACE COULD BE ACTIVATED AND COULD BE A POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR A BUSINESS.

AND IT OPENED A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT LOCAL ARTISTS.

AND HAPPILY THOSE SPACES GOT BACKFILLED WITH TENANTS, PAYING TENANTS AND WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THOSE SPACES.

>> AND WHAT KINDS OF TRENDS ARE THEY SEEING IN TERMS OF PEOPLE RETURNING TO THE LOOP?

>> IT'S STILL A BIT UNCLEAR IN TERMS OF OFFICE WORKERS COMING BACK, EDWARDS SAYS SOME ARE SAYING THE SECOND QUARTER AND OTHERS PERHAPS NOT UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.

AND MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES HAVE SOME IN-PERSON STAFF RIGHT NOW.

AND MANY PEOPLE ARE EAGER TO RETURN.

AT LEAST PART-TIME.

IN TERMS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WHICH DRIVES A LOT OF RETAIL AND RESTAURANT SPENDING THAT IS UNCLEAR BUT HOPEFUL.

THE FIRM THAT DOES PEDESTRIAN COUNTING IN THE LOOP THEY HAD A SPEAKER THERE TODAY AND THINGS APPEAR TO BE ON THE UPSWING AND THERE IS A LOT OF PENT UP DEMAND.

>> I'M SURE THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS WISHING TO GET BACK DOWNTOWN.

>> NICK BLUMBERG THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU CAN READ NICK'S STORY ON OUR WEBSITE AT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> THE RECENT ATTACKS IN ATLANTA HAVE LEFT ASIAN AND ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY HEARTBROKEN AND SCARED FOR THEIR SAFETY.

THOSE CONCERNS COME AT A TIME WHEN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN GENERAL HAS INCREASED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

NATIONWIDE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS REPORTEDLY INCREASED BY MORE THAN 8% SINCE THE ONSET OF THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS LAST SPRING.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS ARE ERICA VAZQUEZ, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR THE GROUP THAT PROVIDES BILINGUAL SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS.

NEHA GILL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF APNA GHAR AN ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS TO END GENDER VIOLENCE.

ERIN WALTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RESILIENCE AN ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES CRISIS INTERVENTION.

AND JI HYE KIM KAN-WIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAN-WIN WHICH WORKS TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE.

>> JI, HOW WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE BEEN FARING SINCE THIS ATTACK IN ATLANTA LAST WEEK?

>> WE HAVE BEEN SO HEARTBROKEN AND SAD.

WE JUST HAD A COLLECTIVE HEALING PROCESS THIS AFTERNOON.

PEOPLE WERE CRYING.

STORIES REMINDED US OF OUR SURVIVORS AND SO FAMILIAR IMMIGRANT STORIES OF OUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS AND FRIENDS.

PEOPLE WORKING IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRIES AS NAIL TECHNICIANS, MASSAGE THERAPISTS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT, YES, THEY ARE SO FAMILIAR AND IT HIT CLOSE TO HOME FOR US.

>> NEHA GILL HAVE YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE CASES?

>> YES, WE HAVE.

I THINK WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE FREQUENCY OF THE VIOLENCE AND THE SEVERITY OF THE VIOLENCE.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITHIN A HOME.

ITCH OF USUALLY THE SURVIVORS WHO ARE TYPICALLY WOMEN ARE GOOD AT SHIELDING CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE HOME AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE SEEN IS HOW MUCH IT'S SPREAD TO OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE HOME.

>> ERIN WALTON HOW DO YOU SEE RACISM AND SEXISM COLLIDING TO PERPETUATE THIS GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE?

>> THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION.

I THINK WOMEN OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED IN WAYS THAT FOR ALL OF TIME.

PARTICULARLY IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND MOST OFTEN WE ARE SEEN AS SEXUAL BEINGS RATHER THAN HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT COLLISION WITH HAVING THAT STEREOTYPE COMBINED WITH THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT WE ALL EXPERIENCE WHEN THERE'S RACIAL DISPARITIES.

JUST HEIGHTENS THE EXPERIENCE THAT WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE BUT PARTICULARLY SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

>> AND ERIKA YOUR ORGANIZATION OFTENTIMES YOU WORK WITH UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES.

HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED HOW THEY FACE GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES?

>> SEVERELY AS ALL THE OTHER WOMEN HAVE MENTIONED.

WHAT HAS PERPETUATED IN UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY IS THE BELIEF BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF LEGAL STATUS THAT IF THEY REPORT THE CRIME THEY MAY BE DEPORTED SO THAT DISCOURAGES FAMILIES FROM REPORTING AND SPEAKING OUT -- SEEK OUT SERVICE THE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME AND THE TYPES OF SITUATIONS INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A TARGET OF THESE TYPES OF CRIMES BECAUSE OF THAT BELIEF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO REPORT THE CRIMES THEY ARE EXPERIENCING.

>> ERIN EXPLAIN HOW GUN VIOLENCE CAN INTERSECT WITH GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO?

>> WE KNOW THAT MALE -- MALE ON MALE VIOLENCE UNTIL CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, MALE ON FEMALE VIOLENCE EXISTS PROBABLY AT SIMILAR IF NOT INCREASED LEVELS.

WHEN THERE IS FEAR AND LACK WITHIN A COMMUNITY, YOU SEE THAT IN THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN THE DISPLAY OF VIOLENCE AND FOLKS BRING THAT VIOLENCE HOME.

YOU DON'T TURN THAT ON AND OFF.

FROM BEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEN RETURNING HOME.

AND SO OFTENTIMES YOU SEE AN ESCALATED RATE OF VIOLENCE IN THE HOME WHEN YOU RESIDING IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S RIDDEN WITH THE CRIMES.

>> LAST WEEK, IN RESPONSE TO THE ATTACKS, IN ATLANTA, MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SPOKE ABOUT HOW THE CITY OF CHICAGO WILL RESPOND.

>> THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS DIRECTED THAT OUR OFFICERS REMAIN DILIGENT AND THEY WILL.

AND SPECIFICALLY DISTRICT COMMANDERS INITIATED OUTREACH WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS, ADVOCATES AND BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS COMMUNITIES IN ADDITION THE C.P.D.

WILL INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE AND PATROLS IN THESE SAME COMMUNITIES.

>> JI, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?

IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO RESPOND TO RACIAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE?

>> I DON'T THINK SO AND MANY PEOPLE AGREE THAT ONE SOLUTION IS NOT GOING TO WORK IS GOING TO REQUIRE COMMUNITY BASED HOLISTIC SOLUTION THAT ALSO ADDRESSES RACISM AND SEXISM MISOGYNY AND INCREASING POLICE PRESENCE I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.

POLICE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAND IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES 24/7 TO STOP SOME RANDOM WHITE SUPREMIST FROM SHOOTING.

AND FOR SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS AND MANY PEOPLE IN THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY THEY ARE SCARED TO INTERACT WITH THE POLICE BECAUSE OF THE RACISM THEY EXPERIENCE AND BECAUSE OF THE SEXISM THEY EXPERIENCE AND SURVIVORS OFTEN THEY DON'T GET LISTENED TO.

ESPECIALLY WITH BIAS AGAINST ASIAN WOMEN AND LANGUAGE BARRIER.

THEIR STORIES ARE NOT BEING HEARD BY LAW ENFORCEMENT A LOT OF TIMES.

INCREASING THE POLICE SPRENS NOT GOING TO WORK WITHOUT OTHER SOLUTIONS TOGETHER.

>> ERIKA, WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR FAMILIES WITH MIXED STATUS THAT MIGHT BE FACING VIOLENCE?

>> WELL THERE'S ALWAYS A RIGHT FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THERE IS A LOT OF TRAUMA INVOLVED WITH THAT.

IT IS JUST AS IT WAS EXPLAINED, POLICE PRESENCE DOES HELP AND IT COULD ESCALATE VIOLENCE AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE SEEN WHEN A VICTIM ACTUALLY TAKES THE COURAGE TO CALL THE POLICE AND AS SOON AS THE AGGRESSOR SEES THE OFFICER OUTSIDE IT CAN ESCALATE THE VIOLENCE.

PERHAPS HAVING MORE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR COUNSELORS OR THERAPISTS THAT COULD COME TO THE HOME AND NOT NECESSARILY AND MAYBE DEESCALATE THE VIOLENCE.

>> AND NEHA GILL THE LAST WORD HERE, WHAT ABOUT WOMEN FACING VIOLENCE WITHIN THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLDS AND HAVING TROUBLE REACHING OUT.

WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND THEY DO?

>> THERE ARE FEW OPTIONS AROUND TEXTING THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WORKED FOR US DURING THE PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY.

WE HAVE A HOTLINE.

THERE'S ALSO A STATE-WIDE HOTLINE IN ILLINOIS.

I THINK ALSO MAYBE TALKING TO A NEIGHBOR WE ARE WORKING ON BYSTANDER TRAINING AND GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION ASKING PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WHAT THE DYNAMICS OF TYPE OF VIOLENCE ARE.

AND WE ARE DOING OUR PART TO BE AVAILABLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND BE OF SUPPORT TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS US.

AND SO WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO REACH OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.

>> OK. A LOT OF WORK TO DO OBVIOUSLY AND MY THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, WHY A LEGENDARY CHICAGO MUSICIAN'S LIVE FELL APART LAST YEAR AND WHAT BROUGHT HIM BACK.

FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT COVID-19 PANDEMIC TURNED OUR LIVES UPSIDE-DOWN THIS NEXT STORY IS ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL DEVASTATION AND RECOVERY EXPERIENCED BY ONE BELOVED LOCAL MUSICIAN.

JAY SHEFSKY RECENTLY BROUGHT US THIS STORY.

ON HERE IS ANOTHER LOOK.

>> BACK IN EARLY MARCH 2020 JUST BEFORE COVID SHUT THE WORLD DOWN, A GROUP OF MUSICIANS RECORDED THE 16TH CD OF A LEGENDARY CHICAGO PIANIST.

BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA THE 84-YEAR-OLD MUSICIAN'S LIFE WAS ABOUT TO FALL APART.

>> OK. >> AND WITHIN TWO MONTHS HE WOULD BE IN A HOSPITAL PSYCH UNIT.

[♪♪♪] MY NAME IS ERWIN HELFER, I PLAY A HOOTS PIANO, BLUES, BOOGIE AND STANDARDS.

[♪♪♪] >> ERWIN HELFER IS ALSO QUITE MODEST.

HE'S GOT A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE CHICAGO JAZZ INSTITUTE.

A CHICAGO STREET NAMED IN HIS HONOR AND HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO BRING BLUES MUSICIANS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE TO NORTH SIDE CLUBS AND WHITE AUDIENCES.

>> YOU WANT TO SIT ON THIS NOTE... >> HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MUSIC WHEN HE WAS JUST 16.

>> I WAS A TEENAGER AND I COULD DRIVE SO I WOULD DRIVE DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE AND MY DAD WOULD TAKE ME TO HEAR LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY AND BLIND JOHN DAVIS ON WEST MADISON STREET.

>> OVER THE YEARS HE BECAME A TRUSTED FRIEND AND FELLOW PLAYER TO MANY BLUES MUSICIANS WHO CAME BEFORE HIM LIKE MAMA YANCY, THE WIDOW OF PIONEERING BOOINGBY WOOGIE PIANIST JIM ANY NANCY AND A NOTED BLUES STINGER IN HER OWN RIGHT.

>> AMERICA OWES A GREAT DEAL TO THESE PEOPLE.

>> NEARLY A YEAR AFTER THAT PRECOVID RECORDING SESSION ERWIN HELFER WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HIS TRIP TO HELL AND HOW HE GOT BACK.

>> WHEN THE SHUTDOWN BEGAN, HOW WERE THINGS FOR YOU THEN?

>> THEY WERE ALL RIGHT FOR A WHILE.

BUT LATER ON IT WAS NOT GETTING ALL RIGHT.

BECAUSE I COULDN'T TEACH WHICH IS WHAT I LOVE DOING THE MOST.

I COULDN'T PLAY WHICH I LOVE DOING.

AND COULDN'T EVEN WALK INTO THE BANK AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT BUT I STARTED GOING INTO A DEEP STATE OF DEPRESSION.

>> ERWIN SAYS HE BECAME CONSUMED BY FEAR AND DELUSIONS LIKE OBSESSIVELY WORRYING HIS HOUSE WOULD BURN DOWN.

>> WHAT I WAS DOING WAS ACCEPTING UNREALITY FOR REALITY.

>> SOME PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM WERE GETTING WORRIED.

ONE WAS THE OWNER OF ERWIN'S RECORD LABEL AND A LONGTIME FRIEND.

>> I WAS CALLING HIM EVERYDAY AND JUST WEEK AFTER WEEK, THINGS SEEMED TO BE GOING IN A BAD DIRECTION.

>> PEOPLE WERE WORRIED ABOUT HIM HARMING HIMSELF AND NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

>> SO IN EARLY MAY HIS FRIENDS INTERVENED.

>> THEY DROVE ME TO RUSH HOSPITAL WHERE I STAYED FOR SIX WEEKS.

>> DRUG THERAPY HE SAYS DIDN'T WORK.

GROUP THERAPY WAS OK BUT DIDN'T BRING BACK HIS WILL TO LIVE.

ERWIN AND HIS FRIENDS CREDIT HIS RECOVERY TO A TREATMENT WITH A BAD REPUTATION.

ELECTRO CON VULSIVE THERAPY.

ECT OR SHOCK THERAPY AS MANY CALL IT, CONJURES TERRIBLE IMAGES.

BUT DOCTORS THEY TRUSTED RECOMMENDED IT.

AND AFTER NINE TREATMENTS ERWIN AND HIS FRIENDS COULD TELL HE WAS BACK.

>> I KNEW I WAS GETTING MUCH BETTER WHEN THE NURSE CAME UP TO BOWEL MOVEMENT AND THAT IS WHEN I KNEW.

>> AND WHEN ERWIN CAME HOME HE FOUND HIS FRIENDS THOROUGHLY CLEANED HIS HOUSE AND GOOD FRIEND BLUES SINGER KATHERINE DAVIS HAD MOVED IN TO HELP.

AND NOW ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS LATER HE SAYS THE DEEP DESPAIR HAS NOT RETURNED.

AND WHAT HE FEELS MOST IS GRATITUDE.

>> THE FRIENDS I HAVE WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR ME, BEING ABLE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND FACE A NEW DAY ... >> THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE NOW?

HE IS NOT PLAYING MUSIC.

NO GIGS, OF COURSE, BUT HE DOESN'T PLAY AT HOME.

HE SAYS HE IS OK WITH THAT.

SOME SPECULATE IT COULD BE A SIDE EFFECT OF THE ECT ERWIN DOESN'T THINK SO.

>> WE INTERVIEWED ERWIN IN A ROOM WITH A PIANO JUST IN CASE.

AND HE DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY.

[♪♪♪] >> SOME PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME I WAS VERY BRAVE FOR TELLING THE STORY AND I DON'T THINK I WAS BRAVE AT ALL.

I THINK I OWED IT TO PEOPLE.

[♪♪♪] THERE ARE PROBABLY A LOT OF SINGLE OLDER DEPRESSED PEOPLE LIVING BY THEMSELVES.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS JAY SHEFSKY.

[♪♪♪] >> STILL GOT IT.

ERWIN HELFER HAS A GIG COMING UP AND WILL PERFORM AS PART OF THE SECOND MONDAY BLUES SERIES HOSTED BY THE LOGAN STFER OF THE ARTS.

THE SERIES IS HOSTED BY BILLY BRANCH WHO WILL INTERVIEW ERWIN AND JOIN HIM ON A FEW TUNES.

YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT.

>> PLEASE JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. >> FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> AND I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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