Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th) told the Chicago Sun-Times that a universal basic income pilot program could have been launched months ago, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot delayed it so she include it in her proposed 2022 budget. Mayor Lori Lightfoot was accused Thursday of blocking an alderman’s universal basic income proposal only to commandeer the idea and use the $31.5 million test program to sweeten the pot of her 2022 budget.
Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th), chairman of the City Council’s Hispanic Caucus, said 5,000 of Chicago’s neediest families would have been collecting $500 monthly checks since spring if only Lightfoot hadn’t […]
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