Galewood residents opposed proposed shelter for migrants – WGNTV (Chicago)

There are several businesses operating inside an industrial building, but residents said they were told a 3,000-square-foot vacant space inside would be converted to a migrant shelter next month. “The governor’s emergency declaration allows us to retrofit spaces because of this humanitarian crisis and not have to fall within all the zoning restrictions,” Cristina Pacione-Zayas, the city’s deputy chief of staff, said.

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