CHICAGO CITY HALL (WBBM Newsradio) — The city of Chicago is one week into its new budget year, and Mayor Brandon Johnson said he and his team are already preparing for the possibility of cutting city jobs.
Mayor Johnson told reporters at City Hall Wednesday that he and his team continue to believe that the “alternate “budget sponsored by a group of aldermen and approved over his objections will not bring in the money that’s been projected.
“I’m now bracing for what could be mid-year layoffs,” the mayor said. “Every month when the revenue comes in, we’re going to have to make strategic decisions around how we salvage or address the shortfall.”…