Mayor-elect of Chicago Brandon Johnson gave his first address to the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield on Wednesday, calling for cooperation between city and state officials while praising the legislature for its “progressive values.”
Johnson's address comes with just under four weeks left until he takes office as Chicago's 57th mayor.
Johnson also alluded to the state's upgraded credit rating, while invoking the state's budget as a model for his incoming mayoral administration. "We'll do it together by leveraging our strength, a dynamic workforce, a world class cultural and educational institutions, robust infrastructure and progressive values that embrace everyone," Johnson said.
"We have a mandate to make bold necessary investments that address the root causes of violence, and we must do a better job of supporting our law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line every single day," Johnson said. The address also featured Johnson reiterating his plans to reopen the city's mental health clinics, saying the move would allow the city to"build on the support for mental health care that Springfield has provided for years." that saw large gatherings of mostly teens and young adults engage in"reckless, disruptive and violent" behavior near Millennium Park and 31st Street Beach.
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