First day of City Council budget hearings: CPD hiring, mayor’s staff under scrutiny – Chicago Sun-Times

Demands for a full-blown Department of Environment, more funding for the homeless and mental health and hiring incentives to reverse a record pace of police retirements emerged Monday as pressure points during the first day of City Council hearings on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget.

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