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In New York, as will be the case in Chicago, migrants forced to leave shelters can head to the city’s reticketing center to either apply to return to shelter or get help buying a ticket to leave the city. Around 23,000 migrants have hit New York's limit of their shelter stay, said a mayoral spokeswoman, and of those, only a quarter reapplied for shelter. Many have instead gotten tickets elsewhere — including to Illinois, the top flight destination for migrants leaving New York, according to data shared by Adams’ office.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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