Lightfoot’s late-night reversal paves the way for OK of Lincoln Yards, The 78 – Chicago Sun-Times

Within minutes, the Lincoln Yards and “The 78” projects passed the Finance Committee Wednesday. Lincoln Yards passed by a voice vote, with four “no” votes. “The 78” passed by a vote of 13 to 7. Without her consent, aldermen may well have approved the subsidies anyway. That would have put the mayor-elect in the politically difficult position of suffering an embarrassing defeat before she even took office