Mayor Brandon Johnson is all but giving up on his proposed $300 million property tax hike before aldermen kill it, and pushing them to find other revenue in its place to avert layoffs. Johnson’s administration is combing over alternatives to the tax jump ahead of a meeting Wednesday where the City Council is expected to vote it down.

Dozens of aldermen called for a special meeting to vote down the mayor's proposed $300 million property tax increase.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appears to be walking back his property tax hike proposal. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he opposed mass deportation plans by President-elect Donald Trump, but he is willing to work with his incoming administration on immigration. The comments came during a contentious news conference held as Trump has already named officials pledging to conduct immigration raids in New York and beyond.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams called the US immigration system broken and said he’d reach out to Donald Trump’s incoming administration with suggestions as the President-elect’s policy agenda takes shape.

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that while he hopes the incoming federal administration can “fix immigration,” he is not for the mass deportations President-elect Trump has promised throughout his campaign,