Promises Around COVID Relief Funds to Falling Short
Clip: 10/18/2022 | 4m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is behind on distributing federal relief funds.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has yet to make good on promises to use nearly $2 billion in federal relief funds to strengthen the city’s tattered social safety net and provide direct aid to Chicagoans struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Promises Around COVID Relief Funds to Falling Short
Clip: 10/18/2022 | 4m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has yet to make good on promises to use nearly $2 billion in federal relief funds to strengthen the city’s tattered social safety net and provide direct aid to Chicagoans struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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