Restaurant industry groups are leading the effort to halt the gradual raises approved by the City Council in 2023 with the so-called “One Fair Wage” ordinance ...

Deputy Mayor of Community Safety Garien Gatewood said he was called into a meeting with Johnson’s chief of staff, Cristina Pacione-Zayas, and his top aide, Jason Lee, and told they were “moving in a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson fired Deputy Mayor Garien Gatewood, who had been a key figure in the city’s violence reduction efforts. Gatewood says he was given no clear reason for his dismissal and defended ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson has fired Garien Gatewood, his first deputy mayor for public safety, a position Johnson created just ...

Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson has apparently fired his deputy mayor for community safety. The mayor brought on Garien Gatewood within days of taking office in 2023, and tasked him with focusing on the ...

Garien Gatewood, Johnson’s deputy mayor for community safety, had served in the administration since the mayor took office.