Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.77 billion budget breezed through the City Council Wednesday amid concern about police staffing and about where Chicago will turn without an infusion of state and federal help for the migrant crisis.
The final vote was 41 to 8. It was somewhat surprising that it wasn’t unanimous, considering the fact that the budget holds the line on taxes and increases spending for an array of popular programs — even compared to the record-high spending made possible by federal funding that poured into Chicago during the pandemic.
