Mayor Moves To Turn Potential Police Station Into Storage Facility, Frustrating Southwest Siders – Block Club Chicago

Advocates for the new police district thought they were making progress when Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill allowing the state to sell the former National Guard Armory at 5400 W. 63rd St. to the city for $1 — but only if it were used as a police station. State Rep. Angie Guerrero-Cuellar and Sen. Porfirio Diaz have asked the governor to pause transferring the property to the city, calling Mayor Brandon Johnson’s move “unacceptable” and outside the purpose of the state bill.