Mayor's Office

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Housing Authority on Saturday announced an updated version of the authority’s 13 year-old public housing initiative, the “Plan for Transformation”; Called “Plan Forward,” the new initiative calls for a new strategy for creating 3,800 remaining public housing units the CHA had promised to construct as part of a 25,000-unit commitment under the original plan

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the construction of a $55 million, one mile-long underground pipeline that will run underneath Foster Avenue in Albany Park and transport excess water from the north branch of the Chicago River to the North Shore Channel drainage canal; Construction on the project, which will help alleviate future flooding, could begin as early as next year

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday that the negotiation on the Chicago Cubs organizations’ proposed Wrigley Field renovations represents a “framework” for the plan, adding that the task of sorting out the details will be left to local Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) and the Cubs

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office announced that Chicago is a pilot for the national nonprofit Connect2Compete’s campaign to provide affordable residential internet service to low income areas; Connect2Compete will aim to supply broadband services to as many as 1.1 million city residents who live in zip codes where the median income is $35,000-a-year or less

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday visited the Near West Side for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the opening of the $22.3 million redeveloped Harvest Commons apartments; Project was part of Emanuel’s “Chicago Neighborhoods Now” initiative, which is expected to bring $2.9 billion in developments to seven “opportunity-rich” Chicago neighborhoods

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday expressed his support for an Illinois Supreme Court ruling that said the city’s inspector general does not have the power to enforce subpoenas and must instead rely on the city’s corporation counsel

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said on Thursday that the long-running Wrigley Field renovation discussions are “in the bottom of the 9th” inning; Wrigley’s right and left field walls are expected to be extended 10 feet to lessen the impact new signage would have on the views from rooftop clubs

Mayor Rahm Emanuel during Sunday’s Council on Foundations annual conference touted aggressive lawmaking and good parenting as the two most important factors in deterring gun violence in Chicago; Emanuel also spoke about Chicago’s plans to add police in high-crime areas and expanded youth programs during the conference

Mayor Rahm Emanuel praised Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett for speaking “eloquently” in response to criticism on CPS’ plan to shutter 54 schools this year; Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis recently called the planned closures, which primarily would affect predominately black neighborhoods on the city’s south and west sides, “racist” and “classist”