Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency in Chicago as the city’s shelters remain at capacity and officials said the humanitarian crisis gripping the city has accelerated. “We shouldn’t have to come to this point, but here we are.'
Hundreds of asylum-seekers have moved into the former Wadsworth Elementary School in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
“We shouldn’t have to come to this point, but here we are,” Lightfoot said. “Even in my final days as mayor it is important that we step up and respond to this burgeoning crisis.” City officials opened a respite shelter for 125 people at Brands Park in Avondale on Monday, and it is already full, even though the immigrants have only been provided with chairs – not beds, Knazze said.
Alds. Nicholas Sposato ; Ald. Anthony Napolitano ; and David Moore voted against the proposal. All three will start new terms on the City Council on Monday.
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