Chicago facing over $220M budget gap this year, nearly $1B projected deficit next year
There was a Chicago budget update Wednesday. Mayor Brandon Johnson said a hiring freeze will not impact public safety positions or essential services.to address a projected $223 million dollar budget deficit for 2024.
"As a city we have to be prudent and fiscally responsible in this moment," Johnson said. "We don't want to have to cut any services. I made that very clear. You know, I've been an organizer. I've been an elected official, and I know the damage that has been done over the course of bad decisions." "There will be impacts to police, but it will not be to what we call frontline service officers," Ervin said. "Now, may they not be able to hire a clerk? Yeah that may be a possibility."
Mayor Johnson campaigned on a pledge to not raise property taxes and stuck to that pledge while planning this year's budget, but this time around it may not be possible.
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