Episode Details

Migrant Funding Gap, Second City Strike, and ‘Rat Hole’

Published 2 years, 2 months ago

Back in October, the city projected it would spend more than $360 million in 2023 to care for the thousands of asylum-seekers living in Chicago. Now the administration says it only spent $138 million. Why were these figures so different and what does this mean for the Johnson administration’s plan to house migrants in 2024? WTTW’s Heather Cherone is here with receipts to help us make sense of the city’s spending plan. Plus, we discuss what’s next for convicted former Alder Ed. Burke, a planned strike at Second City, a rat hole in Roscoe Village and an ice skating rink in Englewood.

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