Alex Nitkin

1 week ago | blockclubchicago.org | Alex Nitkin

CITY HALL — Amid City Council budget negotiations late last year, Ald. David Moore (17th) asked city officials to send him a list of Chicago’s highest-paid employees. He was floored when he saw that his own aide, Cordarryl Jackson, was listed — erroneously — as having the third-highest salary out of the city’s 30,000-plus employees, at $247,000. “Oh my goodness,” Moore said, laughing as he reviewed the list.

1 week ago | chicagobusiness.com | Alex Nitkin

Amid City Council budget negotiations late last year, Ald. David Moore (17th) asked city officials to send him a list of Chicago’s highest-paid employees. He was floored when he saw that his own aide, Cordarryl Jackson, was listed — erroneously — as having the third-highest salary out of the city’s 30,000-plus employees, at $247,000. “Oh my goodness,” Moore said, laughing as he reviewed the list.

1 week ago | illinoisanswers.org | Alex Nitkin

Amid City Council budget negotiations late last year, Ald. David Moore (17th) asked city officials to send him a list of Chicago’s highest-paid employees. He was floored when he saw that his own aide, Cordarryl Jackson, was listed — erroneously — as having the third-highest salary out of the city’s 30,000-plus employees, at $247,000. “Oh my goodness,” Moore said, laughing as he reviewed the list.

1 week ago | news.wttw.com | Alex Nitkin

Politics Quiet Use of Bonuses for City Council Aides on the Rise by Alex Nitkin, Illinois Answers Project Amid City Council budget negotiations late last year, Ald. David Moore (17th) asked city officials to send him a list of Chicago’s highest-paid employees. He was floored when he saw that his own aide, Cordarryl Jackson, was listed — erroneously — as having the third-highest salary out of the city’s 30,000-plus employees, at $247,000.

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Alex Nitkin |Brad Biggs |Paul Sullivan

Good morning, Chicago.The corrections come as Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s office in recent months audited key records tied to thousands of properties across the county following last August’s report, which found the office had misclassified and undervalued properties by missing new construction and significant property improvements.In all, using publicly available sales and satellite data, the Tribune and Illinois Answers found the office had failed to accurately assess at least 620...