Chicago’s next mayor will face a slew of challenges, from crime to schools to city finances
A Chicago police evidence technician processes a crime scene at a gas station in the 600 block of South Independence Boulevard where a teen reportedly was shot and killed on Jan. 6, 2023.
As a deadly pandemic and civil unrest over the Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd halted Chicago in its tracks in 2020, shootings intensified in the most violent neighborhoods and advanced elsewhere too, casting a pall stretching from downtown to long-disinvested blocks on the South and West sides.
Most importantly, Johnson has said again and again he will not raise residents’ property taxes, a perhaps expedient campaign move during a time of hardship for homeowners but one he could regret come budget season. Vallas, meanwhile, had focused his campaign squarely on crime, vowing to bring more beat officers to the streets and complaining that rules on police conduct were “handcuffing” law enforcement.
New Chicago police officers take the oath during a graduation ceremony at Navy Pier on March 7, 2023. The subject of education’s future in Chicago is more nebulous, though just as consequential. Johnson, who cut his teeth in politics thanks to the teachers union, will surely attempt to shake up a system that he has decried as inequitable.Among the tasks awaiting Johnson are contract negotiations with the teachers union, whose current deal expires in 2024; coping with enrollment loss as a moratorium on school closings ends; and preparing for the elected school board transition.
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