Chicago plans to spend more than $400 million to make neighborhoods safer, as debate continues over what actually works – Chicago Sun-Times*

“This is our WPA moment," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, referring to the New Deal program that funded major public works projects across the country during the depths of the Great Depression. Experts in the field question how the money will be tracked and used, and how the administration will maintain such high levels of funding over the years it will take to put a sizable dent in a crime rate that has risen for two straight years.