23rd Ward Alderman Silvana Tabares
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Police contract approved, arbitrator’s disciplinary ruling rejected at another stormy City Council meeting. 
Click here to read the full story in the Sun-Times.
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City Council sides with mayor on Chicago Police contract: More money for cops but disciplinary provision rebuffed. 
Click here to read the full story in the Tribune.
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Chicago City Council rejects private arbitration for police firings and long suspensions.
​Click here to read the full story in WBEZ.

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Neighbors concerned about illegal sex work in Garfield Ridge

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/neighbors-concerned-about-illegal-sex-work-in-garfield-ridge/​
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Vecinos de Garfield Ridge alertan sobre incremento de actividades ilegales y prostitución en el vecindario.

Click the link below to watch the Univision segment in Spanish. 
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https://www.univision.com/local/chicago-wgbo/vecinos-de-garfield-ridge-alertan-sobre-incremento-de-actividades-ilegales-y-prostitucion-en-el-vecindario-video


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A special Chicago City Council meeting about the city's status as a sanctuary city spiraled into chaos Thursday.

Click here to watch an interview Ald. Tabares did with Telemundo Chicago in Spanish. ​

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Click here to read the full story online.

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Migrants awaiting shelter placement

as city seeks solutions
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Click the link below to watch the

news story on WGN.


wgntv.com/news/migrants-awaiting-shelter-placement-as-city-seeks-solutions/
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Click the link below to watch the interview

Ald. Tabares did in Spanish with
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TELEMUNDO CHICAGO

​regarding a city proposed migrant basecamp in 

​the 23rd Ward.

www.telemundochicago.com/videos/videos-noticias/proponen-abrir-otro-albergue-para-migrantes-pero-esta-vez-en-ford-city/2405595/

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Click on the link below to read the full story on WBBM news. 
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www.audacy.com/wbbm780/news/local/old-chicago-k-mart-might-turn-into-migrant-shelterClick here to read the full story on WBBM news. 

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Click the link below to read the story on WGN news

wgntv.com/news/theyve-done-a-complete-180-city-to-use-shuttered-store-as-migrant-shelter-after-reversing-course/
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Community gathers for candlelight vigil honoring CPS teacher allegedly killed by ex-boyfriend.
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Click here to watch the segment on FOX32 Chicago.

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City spending rises, as does skepticism, amid Johnson’s first budget address.
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Brandon Johnson unveils $16.6B Chicago budget with no property tax increase.
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Confirman a Larry Snelling como superintendente de policía de Chicago.
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Click here to watch the segment on Univision Chicago
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Chicago tiene un nuevo superintendente de la policía.

​Click here to watch the segment on Telemundo Chicago

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Nueve robos en una hora: alerta por ola de hurtos violentos en varios vecindarios de Chicago
Click here to watch the story on Univision (Spanish)


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Deadline to pick Chicago's next police superintendent nears. Click here to hear more on WBBM news. 


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CPD superintendent search committee faces scrutiny over candidate interview omission.
 
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Video captures moments before car splits in half in SW Side crash, critically injuring driver. 
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Over 70 people shot and multiple mass shootings over the weekend is a failure by any measure. Leaders need to stop the rhetoric and start targeting the gangs, hold violent offenders in jail and stop releasing them back into our communities after they are arrested by our police.
Click here to watch the news story on WGN.
Click here to watch the news story on Univision (Spanish).

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The safety of Chicago is not a place to hand out cash and try every little social experiment imagined by people with no policing experience. We need to get back to the basics and use proven strategies and hold criminals accountable, and if they are juveniles, they're parents too. 
Click here to watch the Univision Chicago segment (in Spanish).



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​After community input, search for new Chicago police superintendent enters new phase on the eve of summer.
       
Click here to read the full story in the Chicago Tribune.

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Alderman, alderperson, alderwoman?
The great City Council debate continues

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Click here to watch the segment on CBS news.
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Brandon Johnson demoralizes Chicago police in first speech as mayor 
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​Click here to watch segment​ on FOX news. 

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Alderman Tabares spoke at a community forum organized by the

Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability at Kennedy HS

on May 10th. Many residents shared their input on what they want to see in

​the next Police Superintendent.


​Click here to watch the news segment on Univision Chicago. 

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​Click here to watch the Univision Chicago news segment.
Hundreds Attend Visitation For Slain Chicago Police Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso​
Click here to watch the NBC 5 segment.

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Chicago police officer shot and
killed in line of
duty in Gage Park ID'd

Click here to watch the ABC 7 segment.


Community holding vigils Saturday

 for fallen Chicago police officer


Click here to watch the WGN 9 segment. 


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    • SCHOOLS >
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      • Bryne Elementary School
      • Hubbard High School
      • Hurley Elementary School
      • Peck Elementary School
      • Mark Twain Elementary School
      • St. Daniels the Prophet School
      • St. Nick of Tolentine School
      • Queen of the Universe School
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