JUST IN: Mamdani, a democratic socialist and state assemblymember, will make history as the first Muslim and South Asian person — as well as the youngest in over a century — to serve as New York City mayor.

Damen Silos Demolition Starts In McKinley Park
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If I see any sort of hill at public park, I will be rolling down. My child like whimsy is one of the last threads keeping me suspended between dread and nihilism. I choose neither!!!

This is it. This is why the alarm about AI mostly ought to be a much much deeper and more urgent alarm about the completely broken social and cultural environment many of us live in now.

The Trump administration is trying to scare migrants into self-deporting and reporting their departure in the CBP Home app. More than 7,000 people have signed up so far, and of those, more than 3,000 have left, @nickmiroff.bsky.social reports.

The city will shutter a ~750-bed shelter in Kenwood within 6 months, after announcing earlier this year that the shelter would stay open indefinitely.

Another large shelter on the Southwest Side closes June 30.

Homelessness in Chicago was +207% from '23-'24.
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NEW: Immigrant rights organizations, legal aid providers, and city and state government have partnered to set up a website that has legal information and resources for immigrants in fifteen languages.

Looking for a Chicago transportation nerd, one who can talk about past failed proposals like the crosstown expressway, mid-city transit way, the circle line, etc. Any experts come to mind?

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