EVIDENCE AND FALSIFYING CHARGES.
COOK COUNTY'S STATE'S ATTORNEY
KIM FOXX'S OFFICE REQUESTED THE
MOVE SAYING QUOTE...
>> TODAY IS A STEP TOWARDS
RIGHTING THE WRONGS OF THE PAST
AND GIVING THESE INDIVIDUALS
THEIR NAMES BACK.
>> STANDARD & POORS GLOBE AT
RATINGS UPGRADED THETY OF
CHICAGO'S OUTLOOK TO STABLE FROM
NEGATIVE THAT MEANS S&P DOES NOT
EXPECT TO CHANGE THE RATING
ANYTIME SOON.
THE NEW YORK BASED AGENCY SAYS
THE UPGRADE IN THE OUTLOOK WAS
BASED ON THE VIEW OF THE CITY'S
RETURN TO GREATER STABILITY
FOLLOWING THE PRESSURES CREATED
BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
THE INCORPORATING REMAINS AT
TRIPLE B PLUS.
>> MATT NAGY IS BACK WITH THE
TEAM AFTER TESTING NEGATIVE FOR
COVID-19.
NAGY RETURNED THURSDAY AFTER
BEING OUT FOR EIGHT DAYS AND
HAVING TO CONCEDE COACHING
DUTIES FOR LAST SUNDAY'S LOSS.
NAGY WILL BE BACK ON THE
SIDELINES WHEN THE BEARS TRAVEL
TO PITTSBURGH FOR MONDAY NIGHT'S
GAME AND FORMER BEAR JAMES "BIG
CAT" WILLIAMS WILL PREVIEW THAT
GAME THIS WEEK ON "CHICAGO
TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES" SATURDAY
NIGHT AT 6:30.
>> AND NOW BACK TO PARIS WHO
SPENT THE DAY IN WASHINGTON
HEIGHTS ON THE CITY'S FAR SOUTH
SIDE AS PART OF OUR "IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD SERIES".
PARIS?
>> NOW I'M JOINED BY ALDERMAN
HOWARD BROOKINS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
>> GOOD TO BE ON YOUR HOME TURF
YOU ARE THE ALDERMAN HERE HOW IS
IT COMING OUT OF COVID, BUSINESS
WISE YOU HAVE THE CORRIDOR ON
95TH STREET.
>> THE BUSINESSES ARE STARTING
TO DO WELL.
AND EVERYTHING IS REALLY LOOKING
GOOD WHETHER IT IS THE BIG BOX
RETAIL AND WILL SMALLER STORES
ARE STARTING TO FLOURISH NOW.
WE COULD ALWAYS USE A BOOST BUT
COMING OUT OF COVID WE WERE HIT
HARD AND THE FIRST PERSON TO DIE
IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO LIVED
HERE IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
AND SO THAT REALLY TOOK A HIT US
HARD AND WE REALLY GALVANIZED
THE FORCES TO COME TOGETHER AND
MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAD PPE
AND VACCINES AND DID EVERYTHING
WE COULD TO TRY AND KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE.
>> AND SPEAKING OF VACCINES WE
MENTIONED THAT IT'S UNDER 50%
FOR COMPLETE VACCINATION LOWER
THAN THE REST OF THE CITY.
WHAT HAS TO BE DONE?
>> WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET
PEOPLE LIKE Dr. EVERETT
TELLING PEOPLE HOW WELL THE
VACCINE WORKS AND EVEN IF YOU
GET COVID, THE ODDS OF YOU DYING
ARE NOT THERE.
AND THAT THIS VACCINE REALLY
HELPS SAVE LIVES.
AND IT HAS TO BE SOMEBODY THAT
THEY TRUST.
NOT A POLITICIAN, BUT A DOCTOR,
A PRIEST, A PASTOR.
>> SOMEONE LOCAL.
WE'VE HEARD THAT EVERYWHERE.
IS THERE SKEPTICISM YOU THINK
AMONG RESIDENTS?
>> THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE
SKEPTICISM ESPECIALLY IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND
IT GOES BACK TO THE EXPERIMENT.
AND SO WE HAVE TO OVERCOME THAT.
PEOPLE THINK AND YOU HEAR MIXED
MESSAGES ON RADIO AND TV ABOUT
IT'S NOT SAFE IT IS SAFE ET
CETERA.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME CITY
BUSINESS.
THE 16.7 BILLION BUDGET PASSED.
>> SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.
IT IS CHRISTMAS.
>> IT IS CHRISTMAS WITH ALL THE
FEDERAL MONEY BUT CAN THAT BE
SUSTAINED IN FUTURE YEARS?
>> I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE
SUSTAINED BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN
START GROWING OUR CITY AGAIN AND
GETTING PEOPLE TO MOVE BACK.
GET THIS CRIME UNDER CONTROL.
AND THEN GET OUR REVENUES UP.
AND SO I THINK IT WILL HELP
STABILIZE ALL OF THE
COMMUNITIES.
MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BETTER.
AND AGAIN, THERE'S SOMETHING TO
FIX AND HELP MOST OF THE NEEDS
THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
>> SPEAKING OF CRIME, WE'VE SEEN
VIOLENT CRIME GO UP IN PARTS OF
THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE HOW IS
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS DOING IN
TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME?
>> WE'RE HOLDING OUR OWN BUT
WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY TO
COME TOGETHER WE NEED BLOCK BY
BLOCK, PERSON TO PERSON.
WE HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE ENOUGH IS
ENOUGH AND IT HAS TO BE THE
RESIDENTS THAT STAND UP AND SAY
WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT
ANYMORE.
COME TOGETHER AS A UNIT TO STOP
THIS CRIME.
>> E-SCOOTERS HAS BEEN ONE OF
YOUR PASSIONS YOU ARE CHAIR OF
THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO SEE
E-SCOOTERS ALL OVER THE CITY.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE TO WALK THE WALK.
AND PARTICULARLY DO THINGS THAT
MAKE OUR CITY GREENER AND THE
E-SCOOTERS FROM A SHORT JAUNT
FROM THIS LIBRARY TO 95TH.
ONE MILE TREK E-SCOOTERS IS A
GREAT WAY TO GET THERE.
>> FROM THE REDLINE TO THE
LIBRARY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THE REMAP WE TALKED ABOUT
THAT ON THE SHOW, THE LATINO
CAUCUS WANTS TO ADD LATINO
WARDS.
BUT IT WOULD BE AT THE EXPENSE
OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN WARDS HOW DO
YOU THINK THAT IS GOING TO PLAY
OUT?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO
FLY.
IF THEY ADD WARDS THEY NEED TO
FIGURE OUT HOW TO DRAW THEM
WITHOUT KILLING THE COMMUNITY IN
ORDER TO MAKE A WARD WHOLE FOR
THEM.
SO IF THEY CAN DO IT, THEN HAVE
AT IT.
BUT THE TWO MINORITY PROTECTED
CLASSES SHOULD NOT BE AT EACH
OTHER'S THROAT IN ORDER TO COME
UP WITH THE MAP THAT IS FAIR TO
ALL OF US.
>> BOTTOM LINE YOU WANT TO MAKE
SURE THE SAME AMOUNT OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN WARDS STAY IN
THE NEW MAP?
>> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A
NEW WARD DOESN'T COME AT THE
EXPENSE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
WARD.
>> GOT IT.
ALDERMAN HOWARD BROOKINS THANK
YOU.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.