The Lightfoot administration intercepted at least $27 million in 2020 from residents’ state tax refunds to collect on debt, disproportionately hitting lower income neighborhoods and communities of color.
Activists begged the city not to allow a smokestack demolition during the coronavirus crisis at the old Crawford Coal Plant, but the explosion ended up coating the mostly-Latino neighborhood in dust.
Calling on city and landlords to provide relief amid coronavirus pandemic: ‘The hammer is going to drop’
If Lightfoot wanted to plug the budget hole without cutting services and freezing hiring, the money is there. But don’t count on it—not without a fight.
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