Chicago tonight, Latino voices.

I'm John Madden on this.

Here's what we're looking at.

3 migrant shelters are set to close next month.

A look at what comes next.

Residents in Pilsen remain divided over a planned, some say could lead to more gentrification.

>> It's a lot of history in the photos.

A lot of love.

>> And country life in a historic Chicago neighborhood in the 1990's.

>> And now to some of today's top stories.

It's a high stakes meeting tonight for the Chicago Board of Education Board members are set to consider a resolution from Chicago Public Schools CEO Pay Little.

thing is to not close any public schools before 2027.

This as my thing recently came under fire for acknowledging a compiled list of schools that could be close as part of a five-year plan for the district.

Tonight's board meeting is also the first since Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Call for the CEO's resignation which Martinus rejected.

The mayor was asked about that rift ahead of the meeting.

>> Well, this is really, you know, not about discussing personnel issues that have said that it will family is what knows that that the mayor Chicago is still committed to transforming public school system.

>> The meeting kicked off at 05:00PM.

Check out our website for more on how this back and forth is playing out.

A new behavioral clinic is opening up for underserved South Siders, elected officials and leaders from a to S McKinley.

Community services celebrated the clinic's grand opening today and Inside Hospital, formerly known as Mercy Hospital.

It's expected to serve up to up to 250 people each week.

The clinic has a range of services, including therapy and case management youth programs.

And a 24 7 mobile crisis response.

>> Mental health is now considered a health care issue.

We've been doing it for 100 years, but to be inside of a hospital in partnering bringing our community resources and ad back access to the community that we serve has been critical in our decision.

>> The city's public health department estimates more than 65% of black and Latino residents with serious mental health issues are not getting treatment.

>> And a new war cub workforce hub on the near Southside aims to provide hundreds of jobs to Chicagoans.

>> Local leaders joined the ribbon cutting for the new higher 3.60, training in business Development center.

Officials say it will connect people with the range of careers from clean energy and retail to care work.

The center hopes to provide opportunities to young people on the south and west sides of this city.

The kid from Englewood who became an NBA super star for his home team is now retiring.

Derrick Rose made the announcement today that he's retiring after a 16 year career and the NBA Rose was drafted by the Bulls as the number one overall pick in 2008 and became the youngest MVP in league history.

At 22 years old.

But a knee injury forced him to miss nearly 2 full seasons.

Sproles went on to play for other teams, including the New York Knicks before finishing last season with the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Bulls made sure to give rolls his followers today thanking him on social media up next, housing Newell rivals with fewer city shelter.

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>> 3 migrant shelters are set to close later next month in Pilsen West Loop and Hyde Park.

The closures come as a city plans to spend less than 141 million dollars on migrant care.

That is budgeted people who still need assistance will be offered space in one of the 14 shelters.

The city plans to keep open.

Here to talk more about what is to come next is money.

A couple's director of community Wellness in support services at Area Neighborhood House.

We also reached out to the city to send a representative, but they declined now.

thank you for joining us.

I want to start off.

Every house has been supporting families in different does city shelters tell me how the partnership is now with those shelters.

We have been, as you mentioned, theory has been working very additionally.

I want to say that our efforts started back in 2022. throughout this time.

>> We have seen lot of changes straight that that come with the climate itself.

I want to say that a relationship, at least with our collaborators that in this case may be I serve on new life centers and the housing Authority.

a collective effort.

What I've seen us improvements improvements on our Waze wanting to create that positive change and improve the support system that we have built within this shelter system, which as you know, it's not easy.

Welcoming a new family that has undergone a lot of trauma is not EC being constantly myself speaking from working on a day-to-day basis with.

With case managers and housing counselor says not easy because we have to continue to reassess the crisis intervention techniques that we are providing.

And at the same time we have evaluate do we better support our social workers that are carrying this work on a daily basis and you talked about improvements.

Would you say there has been a shift in and and efforts on specific services provided?

Yes.

>> There has efforts and for one acknowledging that there a big need for behavioral health.

There's also a push for housing, 70 station services.

then lastly, just that acts that general access for public benefits.

we know that at one point, the area House ones partnered with the Pilsen shelter.

One of the shelters set to close and now you work with American Islamic College.

What's the capacity over there?

>> That capacity.

It's Elvis, 1300.

However, we're not at capacity right now.

I believe we're anywhere between 50600.

And how would you say the shelter closures would affect it?

Work?

You it's an interest in space right now because initially we've heard that there may be some families that were being transition from the shelters into that American Islamic.

However, we don't know.

We don't know right now perhaps in a few days we may have a better answer for you.

But right now what we intended is to make sure that this individual sent all these families where'd moved into American assignment just to continue receiving comprehensive services.

And you've been on the forefront of helping hundreds of asylum seekers.

Are you surprised about the closures of the shelters and what were your thoughts?

Not surprise, unfortunately, because we have being seen You know, we started with a long list of shelters up hi to remember all of them, right?

I don't know if at some point we had over 28 shelters.

I know that this, you know, Chicago has been slowly trying to centralize their efforts.

And with that, we have trying to minimize any misinformation that might be that may be out there for one because all say that when when we had a long list of shelters, he was difficult to really.

Share correctly resources because we have to continuously say will be says the agency that that is allocated to your shelter and a lot of times some of these didn't fully understand why you say that if they have made it already to the door.

So eerie house, we were still now telling them read directing them right.

couple of people whole warrant at city shelters.

I mean, there was yes, many other smaller organization is helping people as well.

Correct.

So we had a lot of a lot of individuals.

That where for one concerned that we were creating additional barriers that were truly on necessary to to the axis.

And so I know that part of those efforts, you know that, yes, he can sound concerning that there may be some closures, but there is something to Good intentionality around Central Lysine and making sure that various a quicker response to the family needs.

So is going to be my next question.

Should families be concerned with these closures?

But you're basically saying that this could centralize and help you.

Can you prove he can improve?

They can minimize the time frame that people that he takes for for people to access the services and those who still need assistance will be moved to one of the other 14 shelters across the city.

>> What will that increase capacity Re house, which is say?

Like I said, it's it's a we are in for 2.

We were in a in in a rough space right now.

We have heard initially that that could look like anywhere between.

>> 20300 rate.

However, the shelter will still not be at full capacity, which means the families that are entering the shelter will still be of air, will accommodate it and will receive, you great access to all the services.

So when it comes to an exact number of which I know have that for, you know, I understand.

>> And with this recent development, what should the city shift, which is that she should the city should focus on when it comes to the migrant care.

Now.

Trauma informed care.

I think that various a big need for behavioral health has mentioned.

>> We have constantly being operating just providing crisis intervention services curating they need it needs of the families identifying that's immediate support that it's needed.

I the family members that we receive are undergoing.

I have trauma that they underwent throughout their journey.

And so we try our best to immediately provide needs.

Whether that may be that they are here without clothing without a way to really communicate that home that they made here safe in.

So we have been removing slowly those barriers to make sure that they feel comfortable and safe at the shelter.

And also on top of that, being able to move to residential housing, correct?

Correct.

Up to recently up to June, 30th Erie House was taking part of that strap, which is sir program through through you know, housing opportunity at which we we're providing support for the asylum seeking emergency rental program.

And we had seen just providing that technical support that was much needed for families to gain access to emergency funding that could potentially stabilize some anywhere between 3 to 6 months.

So we are very proud that there was lot of families that were able to exit real shelter.

Really big effort there, correct?

We're gonna have to leave it at that.

But thank you, Medea.

I think come pulls up next in terrific ation concerns in Pilsen.

We hear from residents right after this.

>> Chicago City Council is holding off on expanding Pell since tax increment financing or TIF district.

Older people voted last week to shell the divisive proposal until next month.

Supporters think the plan could help tackle economic challenges that they say are slowing down development.

But opponents fear further justification would push out longstanding residents.

Joining us now to discuss this topic is David hit it out.

Our full a former aldermanic candidate in lifelong Pilsen resident father Brendan Caron with Resurrection Project Lucien Moya chief of staff for the 25th Ward, an Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez in Polson resident what thank you, everyone for joining us.

I know this topic.

There's very there's different I want to start with you.

Let's start with the big question.

What is tipped?

How can you simple flight?

Simple like that?

No, it could.

It could be confusing so definitely.

So do my best to simplify it as much.

But is a tax increment finance tool that is utilized within a certain map district.

So diver attacks from the property tax bill that's paid.

>> So be able to go into this fun and then the fund is utilized to be a tool within that map, the area that that tax has been diverted.

So and how would you say poll since to have benefited or has affected the community?

>> I would say over the last 5 years the community has seen a full public benefit, especially on their ultimate such a locus since 2019.

>> His usage of the industrial, tough as it exists, has been 100% within schools within parks with affordable housing.

So it reflects his alignment on why his proposal is to go more into the residential area.

And father, you support the proposal.

Why?

>> We support First of all, represent the pills and preservation collective its over.

25 organizations, church, communities and stakeholders who see this is opportune moment to stop some of the bleeding in our residential community and assist us with some top tough infrastructural expenses that an ordinary budget ordinary year can simply not tackle like school buildings, construction improvements like opportunities for repairing the live local library for opportunity for some of the local residents repair the roof, fix the porch and repair the sidewalks, the vault, that sidewalks and lead pipes, Intel Center.

Some of the oldest aging structures through all the city of Chicago.

It's a win-win to help pay it forward for the next generation.

>> And David, want to go to you talked about the potential risk of displacement of longtime residents of the expansion occurs in Pilsen has already seeing massive changes in recent years.

You are against expansion.

How would you say that?

You know what?

is your mindset?

Anwar you again?

Yeah, that historically have not worked.

Actually, there's a lot of data behind it.

>> Why those if enacted 1998, in Pilsen is supposed to sunset in 2022.

Meeting Ixpe to expire.

>> Collected nearly 300 million dollars were where that money call, right?

If we did an audit.

When we do know through Porting still what they do is a transfer.

The money from one neighborhood to another.

A lot of money went to Lincoln Yards.

It's yet to be built.

lot of money went to the 78 700 Million.

This 2 billion dollars in Taft was awarded to those 2 projects.

If you go there now, nothing's we haven't broken ground.

Meanwhile, you've got taxes use been paying for it since 1998, and haven't seen the at the end of the day.

I'm against any at all to the really tough for its money from the city's general fund and from there, that's what the city pays for schools, parks, low-income housing, and to be honest from the housing perspective, that's the job of C H a. you for a large city, right?

should be dealt with that with the city budget.

Part of the negotiations versus creating these 2 fiefdoms.

Because what it does is it raises everyone's taxes across entire city.

And we were just really need abolish all the tips they haven't worked.

Actually, there's those 3 billion dollars at the end of the beginning of this year in the on all the city to funds.

And this year-long was a record.

1.3 billion dollars.

We're facing a billion dollar deficit in 2025. if we stall of tips tomorrow and that 1.3 billion hit if the city general account.

We would we would actually be in a surplus, right?

So now next year, it creates more deficits within the city budget.

Right?

And then that increases our taxes and then rents go up.

And then people get place.

I want to bring Diego and your resident of Pilsen as well.

What's your expansion?

You we were skeptical at first and we know that there's been a long histories, but Europeans Ministrations of using the tip in ways that we would not agree with.

But I think the reality is that.

>> We're in a new political era.

You know, the daily do not run the city anymore.

Madigan doesn't run the state anymore.

And you look at the data of what the tiff has actually been used for.

In-person is exactly what David mentioned has been used on schools.

He's not parks.

>> It's been used on affordable housing and you look at what's happening in Pilsen Tulsans hit with the highest property tax increases in the entire city by a wide margin.

But 47% was the average increase and that's way higher than number 2.

And so we're saying is and that's driven not by whatever the city is doing is being driven by the private real estate investment that's occurring.

You look at the Cook County Assessor data.

Also the sales price of homes are also inflating at the same rate the highest inflation sales prices in the city as well.

It's not a coincidence that that's happening at the same time.

People of the highest property tax bills.

So if you're going to be collecting all this money from the neighborhood, why not use it for our benefit and use our own money to determine how we won development to occur in our neighborhood.

Why do you think there's such a divide?

I think that because of the historic and misuse under pews administrations on people mentioned in kun yards and others under the mural ship.

But the things different.

This is a different time is a different place.

And you look at with positive is actually used for you look at the language and this is about really about housing.

This is about giving people affordable place to live and we can determine that with our own tax dollars.

>> And Lucy of the proposals already been delayed to next month.

What needs to happen in that time to make it happen and be less divisive as the word that's been used, right?

I mean, so our office over the summer and over the last 14 months we've been hosting different if engagement, Stephen Brown tables.

>> really tender to the engagement on informing folks.

What is it tough?

I think at the beginning of this, our office ensure that we would coco through surveys focus is on their standing around that if itself.

And what we found was that more than half of the folks who will attend that are 2 sessions did not understand.

What is it if and how the tax a version occurs.

And so first, it's really assist in our community and understanding that accessibility to funds.

Folks are always asking what happens.

Our property taxes where they go historically across the city.

And has been used in a way that has been her full, especially in black and brown communities.

But what this proposal is looking at is exactly what Douglas stating it was, not that all the eligibility of blighted.

It was still have ability for conservation.

So what that means is that the conservation makes it a focus on preservation preservation.

Saw the message of hope is that affordable housing, low-income housing, access the full funding of our schools of our parks into is home repair grads.

So all of these programs in alignment with the tools that don't exist and are really not laid out from the state.

So you're on series saying there's there's voices their David, I want to go to you what you know, what are people saying in the neighborhood in reality is that we've been burned with tips in Chicago.

They were implemented by Harold Washington.

>> 84, whenever he's lady 3 you know, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and expecting a different outcome.

And that's essentially what they admitted to.

>> The reality of it sets a bad precedent because now this autumn and want to to fund those seas last for 23 years.

It's a biblical generation right?

And the district's change towards change.

And then now the next alderman wants his 10th for his past pet projects they all want So there's less money going to the city for police for school.

What do they do?

The raising taxes, the moneys, their face light.

It's a slush fund.

The call that the mayor slush fund and this thing about where in the era of progressed, you Lori Lightfoot gave that money to Lincoln Yards.

That was just 5 years ago.

So, I don't buy it.

I don't buy it right.

Look at historical.

Look at the track record defeated an audit of the pilsen tip the last 23 years from 98 to 2022, it expired.

Show me the audit where the money go.

I guarantee a lot of that money left Pilsen to downtown feet with a wife.

They want the money clock back.

Go to those to private developments.

Get it back.

Why are they giving away this money and it's going to other neighborhoods.

That's what happened at league in yards.

It took the adjacent Tiffany.

They moved it.

That's what happened at the 78, the to bring the father and what it.

What are your thoughts?

I think it's really important for us to remember that there are over 100 tips active in Chicago today that this is a math.

This is not about stopping and starting and tough.

>> It's about a continuing to if that, unfortunately, the residential community in that area of the near West Side is watching from a distance and not able to take advantage of an important resource if we do not pass this amendment, we will see over 90 unit sitting out there of affordable housing we need there's over 100,000 are going we're going.

We need that help today.

Pinellas is an ongoing conversations.

I'm sure are going keep going with this conversation.

But thank you all.

>> Up next, remembering the pilsen of the past.

But first, a look at the weather.

A photo collection of the Harold Washington Library is giving a glimpse into what life was like for that.

The nose in Chicago during the 1990's at that time, Japanese photographer people I was a student at Columbia College to a class assignment, brought him to the Pilsen neighborhood.

After graduating he left the United States, taking those photos with him.

But years later, he took a chance and reconnected with his subjects.

Now he's back in the city, revisiting the people in places he visited all those years ago.

>> that I get the shot clearly raining a lot.

>> And you can see pick up church.

What are the best street?

>> I it's a beautiful shot.

So if you know, started posting photos back in 2014, a and people starting their cause their parents.

>> And also sort of spread through social media.

>> United States 1994. Who's out couldn't say it goodbye to the many people.

All right.

So this is that's how us that I can be clinic to show these people show my I do expect too much people's I have a knock-on be doing that.

People.

Well done on the U.S.

I was kind free that the actual.

>> A perfect few years later he was out here is brought out here.

But several groups did a show of his work.

They laid out the photos of people can come and do interviews.

Talk about any memories for the photos or see if knew anybody in the images show.

>> Now I can tell you from the bottom of my heart that your pitchers have brought so much love.

You captured pictures that a lot of people would not be able to have done it.

Some people didn't have a camera.

Some people might have to have money for Pell Film or they just didn't think so.

But the pictures that captured so much from the left because these beautiful memories that we probably will never seen.

>> New construction so you could sell that that the longer has the canopy and then next to homes right there, then you got the alley and then the huge corner building right >> I think it's interesting to see how much neighborhood has changed.

Hasn't changed.

>> But definitely of nation has changed neighborhood of that.

But it's a lot of history.

The photos, a lot of love and all I hope people can see all that see that the love that make you do have for Chicago when the residents opposed back him.

said.

>> She said to thank you for all.

Cafferty.

What's in the neighborhood?

Thank your Full Cafferty watching out.

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I it's it's a and biggest.

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>> For more information on the exhibit visit our website and that's our show for this Thursday night.

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