On Wednesday, community organizations urged Mayor Lori Lightfoot to negotiate a resolution to an environmental justice complaint after the federal government threatened to block millions of dollars in federal aid to Chicago.
Community organizers and local leaders are urging Mayor Lori Lightfoot to negotiate a resolution to an environmental justice complaint after the federal government threatened to block millions of dollars in federal aid to Chicago.claiming the city of Chicago perpetuates environmental racism by pushing industrial polluters from wealthier, mostly white North Side neighborhoods to low-income communities of color on the South Side.In a letter to Lightfoot issued in July, the U.S.
Gina Ramirez, who fought against allowing a metal recycling yard on Chicago’s Southeast Side, speaks to reporters outside the County Building on Clark Streeton Feb. 18, 2022, after it was announced that the Chicago Department of Public Health denied the recycler's permit application to operate. “The funds that she is putting at risk are going to affect real people,” said Chris White, organizing director of Alliance of the Southeast.
Jacy Gage, director of HUD’s compliance and disability rights division, said the federal agency shared its findings with the Lightfoot administration in February, just before the Chicago Department of Public Health abruptlyReserve Management Group facilities can be seen on Feb. 16, 2022, in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago.
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