Mayor's Press Releases
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Apr 9, 2020City of Chicago Partners with Lyft and Uber to Address an Increase in Victims Needing to Flee ViolencePartnership will provide free rides for residents calling the IL Domestic Violence Hotline in need of safe transportation
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Apr 9, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces CTA To Provide Rear Door Boarding, New System to Reduce Crowding on All BusesNew measures will encourage social distancing and limit the number of riders per bus to further prevent the spread of COVID-19
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Apr 8, 2020Mayor Lightfoot, CPD And BACP Announce Public Health Order Prohibiting Citywide Liquor Sales After 9 P.M.Order strengthens City’s enforcement efforts to prevent social gathering; builds on the 21 citations issued to eight businesses that have violated the Stay at Home Order
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Apr 6, 2020Mayor Lightfoot and CDPH Release New Demographic Data Release to COVID-19 Revealing Significant Racial Health InequitiesNew data show black Chicagoans diagnosed and dying at higher rates than other races; City in partnership with West Side United will activate networks and racial equity rapid response teams to focus resources and outreach in communities hardest hit by COVID-19
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Apr 6, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Teams Up with Chicago’s Professional Sports Teams to Present The “We Are Not Playing” Campaign to Combat Covid-19Hometown teams join with the City to remind residents to take simple precautions as next step in STAY HOME. SAVE LIVES. campaign
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Apr 6, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Announces Michael Fassnacht to Serve as Chicago Chief Marketing OfficerAdvertising and marketing veteran steps up as CMO to lead coordinated marketing, branding and business development strategy to elevate perceptions and stimulate local economy
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Apr 6, 2020Mayor Lightfoot Thanks McDonald’s Corporation for Donation of 750,000 N95 Face Masks for Frontline WorkersHometown company provides masks to be supplied to first responders and healthcare workers during COVID-19 crisis
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Apr 3, 2020Mayor Lightfoot, Governer Pritzker and Health Officials Announce Completed First Phase of McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility Delivering 500 Hospital BedsNew facility set to provide a total of 3,000 patient rooms, increasing capacity to respond to COVID-19 crisis and alleviate burden on Chicago’s hospital system
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Apr 3, 2020Mayor Lightfoot and Chicago Police Department Thank Donors Who Have Supported Officers on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 OutbreakMore than 100 businesses, restaurants and schools have donated protective gear, cleaning supplies and free meals to Chicago’s police officers