Aldermen Delay $9.1M in Planned CTA Upgrades Amid Questions About Diversity Goals – WTTW (Chicago)

The City Council’s Finance Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to take no action on a proposal to spend $2.1 million from a downtown Tax Increment Financing District to make repairs to the Dearborn Street subway. City lawyers and CTA officials told aldermen they could not require the projects to meet the city’s diversity goals, rather than less-stringent federal rules.

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