The mayor first raised the idea as a way to improve food access in areas where supermarket closures have left many residents with limited access to fresh groceries.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration passed on applying for state funding for a city-owned grocery store, raising questions about the future of the bold proposal the mayor first floated more than a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration passed on applying for state funding for a city-owned grocery store, raising questions about the future of the bold proposal the mayor first floated more than a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s top labor advisor told the Chicago Public Schools board leaders that the mayor expected CEO Pedro Martinez to be out by Sept. 26, according to an internal memo obtained by the ...

Johnson’s chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, was also included in the message thread. She has been floated as a potential successor to Martinez, but flatly denied she was leaving her ...

It’s fair to say that Mayor Brandon Johnson has been his own worst enemy more than once during his 19 months in office. But his top aides aren’t helping his cause. In recent weeks, we’ve ...

Making matters worse was chief of staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas’ handling of the internal complaints against Reese. A day after Pacione-Zayas was made aware of the nature of the allegations against him ...

Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chief of Staff, allegedly suggested implementing a 'peace circle' to cure her ailing colleague, Ronnie Reese, who was later fired from his ...

by NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern Mayor’s chief of staff says ‘peace circle’ plan was for other problems that a former top staffer faced: “Cristina Pacione-Zayas made the comments in an ...

In an interview with WBEZ, Cristina Pacione-Zayas defended the actions she took in response to three complaints made against Reese but said the “peace circle” idea was meant to address other ...