Advocates call on Lightfoot to settle complaint blaming aldermanic prerogative for segregation, racism in Chicago

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot should settle a complaint filed against the city before she took office that alleges the city’s tradition of giving aldermen the final say over housing developments in their wards has created a hyper-segregated city rife with racism and gentrification, housing advocates urged Wednesday.

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