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April 22, 2020

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Healthcare employees protest working conditions

Workers protested on April 17 outside of Chicago area hospitals

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

Jefferey Haggins, a steward who works at Loretto Hospital in Austin, lay on his stomach in a hospital ICU. Having been diagnosed with COVID-19, he struggled to speak. But that didn’t stop him from joining a Zoom videoconference from his hospital bed last Friday to speak up about what he said is the plight of healthcare workers across the city.

“With a lack of PPE [personal protective equipment], we don’t feel protected,” Haggins said.

“They give us a mask to wear and hand sanitizers and gloves, but it’s not enough. You have to fight, scratch and claw to get the below basic necessities.”

Haggins joined dozens of healthcare workers in the Chicago area who voiced their concerns that day, most of them by protesting outside of five hospitals — including Edward Hines VA Hospital in west suburban Maywood.

The workers claim that their most pressing needs — which include personal protective equipment (PPE), a wider availability of testing and hazard pay — aren’t being met.

“I’ve listened to low-wage workers throughout this crisis,” said Illinois state Sen. Robert Peters (13th) during the Zoom press conference.

“Healthcare workers are telling us they need PPE, widespread testing and hazard pay. We can’t just have a situation where we’re giving them a round of applause.”

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Ford is teaming up with rapper Twista to help distribute face masks to residents on the West Side.

ACLU, police union call on Lightfoot to stop checkpoints The unnecessary contact puts residents, officers at risk of spreading COVID-19, community and civil rights groups say

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Chicago Police are setting up police checkpoints across the city to remind people the statewide stay at home order is still in effect because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Officers will be stationed at checkpoints

in each of the city’s 22 police districts to stop drivers and hand out flyers reminding people not to make unnecessary trips outside their home, according to the Chicago Tribune. But community and civil rights groups say the increased contact with police could needlessly spread COVID-19 and are calling on the mayor to shut the checkpoints down.

The citywide checkpoints come weeks after Chicago Police set up similar checkpoints on four West Side blocks, where officers asked people for IDs. Only people who lived on the blocks there were allowed to enter.

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Rep. Ford, Twista collaborate to get masks to West Side Duo to team up for #maskupandlive campaign

By AUSTIN TALKS

cloth face coverings to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Some parts of the country – such as New York – are requiring residents to wear State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford is teaming face coverings when social distancing is not up with Grammy Award nominee Twista possible, including when using mass transit, and Creative Salon to help stop the spread of shopping in stores or walking on crowded COVID-19 in the black community sidewalks.

They are kicking off Ford said the group the “Mask up and Live has received donations Campaign” to educate of masks and funding African Americans to purchase more on the deadly impact masks for West Side of the coronavirus, residents. which has killed more The campaign than 1,000 people in is launching a Illinois, and supply website, www. residents with masks.

MASKUPANDLIVE. Ford, Twista and org, and encouraging black men on the African Americans in West Side aim to send Chicago to participate a strong message to in a social media Chicago’s African challenge by uploading American community selfies showing off to mask up, stay home their masks and using and practice social #maskupandlive distancing to save as well as hashtags lives. representing their This is especially neighborhoods and important since blacks corresponding zip in Chicago represent codes. over 70 percent of The goal is to COVID-19 deaths, create a steady buzz although African of uploaded pictures Americans make up making it trendy, cool Wikipedia just a third of the city’s and commonplace to population. wear masks with the “The black goal of decreasing community is COVID-19 cases among having issues getting African Americans. supplies,” Ford said The campaign is the in a statement. “I brainchild of Rascal By am already seeing Design’s Caliph Rasul, businesses posting Beyond Care’s Carlos signs that say they are Meyers and United not allowing people in NFC’s Walid Johnson their stores without – all African American face masks. men directly impacted “Black men are

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People in recovery confront stay-home challenges West Side drug abuse support service reports drop-off in patient volume

By SUZANNE McBRIDE AustinTalks

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, West Side native Jerome McNutt is feeling good. Although he hasn’t been able to work his “nonessential” job since mid-March and has to do his therapy session at PCC Community Wellness Center by phone rather than in person, the 58-year-old is optimistic about the future.

After decades of drug abuse and several stints in prison, McNutt has been clean for 19 months, and nothing, including a global pandemic that has infected more than 23,000 and killed nearly 900 in Illinois, will change his outlook.

“I’m a survivor I haven’t fallen off,” McNutt said recently from his Pullman apartment. “I’m trying to take things one day at a time. … I’m staying focused. I’m not letting this or nothing else get to me.”

McNutt acknowledges this is a tough time, especially for people in treatment who aren’t able to do group therapy.

He encourages people in recovery to continue to socialize by phone and email and stay connected through social media; he frequently posts on Facebook and notes there are online groups for people with addictions that can provide important support and encouragement in a time like this.

Just keep busy, McNutt says; being bored can be especially dangerous for people who’ve stopped using. And for those who are still addicted to drugs, he said, “This is a good time to get your life right.”

Health experts and advocates for people fighting addictions agree.

Kelli Bosak, PCC’s behavior health manager, said the Federal Qualified Health Center – with 13 sites in the western suburbs and on Chicago’s West Side, including two clinics in Austin – is seeing an increase in patient visits, some people seeking help for the first time.

Like other organizations providing treatment to people with addictions, PCC had to pivot its services last month even before the state enacted its stay-at-home order March 21. Bosak said PCC started the week of March 16 to evaluate how their clinics could move from in-clinic visits to telemedicine.

This past week, PCC restarted one of its addiction groups by phone, with the hope of extending these virtual meetings to other groups, Bosak said. They’re finding HIPAA-compliant platforms that

will allow patients to log in safely and securely.

“We know from talking to our patients that those who were in group before miss it … they’re really wanting it to restart,” she said.

While patient visits are up, so is concern and worry among PCC’s staff; PCC is seeing more stress among its staff and providing support for them, Bosak said.

At The Loretto Hospital, there’s been a decline in the number of people coming for medication- assisted treatment as well as other behavior health programs they offer, including a 24-hour observation period where patients can be evaluated for the services they need.

“We’ve seen a drop in people coming to get service because of the pandemic,” said clinical supervisor Wiley Harris. “People are full of a lot of fear and anxiety.”

Group therapy offered three days a week at which patients also get medication that helps them stay off drugs has continued despite the pandemic, but turnout has been very low, Harris said.

He notes that social distancing is maintained and patients, most of whom come from Austin, don’t have to rely on mass transit because the hospital provides transportation.

While telemedicine can work for some, for others it’s a problem because not everyone is comfortable using video, said Erin Borders, director of outpatient services at Loretto. She’s heard that some clients don’t want others seeing the inside of their homes; and not everyone has a smart phone or laptop.

Once the state’s stay-at-home order ends – now set through April 30, though officials have hinted it may be extended – Harris hopes people will return to treatment.

“Although we have this pandemic, people still need to take care of their health.”

For McNutt, this is a critical time, when everyone needs their mind to be clear and focused on the future.

“I have things to look forward to. I’m not going to get depressed and worry about this,” said McNutt, whose roots in Austin are deep; some family still live there, and he attended Spencer Elementary School and graduated from Austin High School.

“I am going to follow the guidelines – stay six feet apart, stay inside,” he said.

“If I can make it through that (quitting drugs), I know I can make it through this.”

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‘Wash your hands!’ Violence Interrupters urge West Siders

Anti-violence group confronts ‘the other’ epidemic in Black communities

By PASCAL SABINO Block Club Chicago

Chicago is flattening the curve, but as the social distancing orders wear on, the city and state have struggled to encourage participation among residents who are lowincome and Black, the same population that is most vulnerable to the infection and has made up the bulk of fatalities.

West Side social service agency UCAN says people are willing to take the social distancing advice — given that it comes from somebody they know and trust.

According to Frank Perez, the director of violence intervention and prevention services at UCAN, street outreach workers are some of the people best positioned to help spread the social distancing gospel among disenfranchised communities that have little faith in public officials. Those workers would typically intervene in crime hotspots on the West Side to de-escalate conflicts before they resort to violence, and to prompt reconciliation and prevent retaliation when violence does occur.

“We already had an epidemic called violence,” Perez said. “But now we have another epidemic that is disproportionately affecting Black and Brown communities.”

Young adults on the streets listen to violence interrupters because they are credible messengers, Perez said, people born and raised in the neighborhood, many of whom were once involved in gangs and know what it’s like to be caught up in a cycle of violence, poverty and incarceration. That makes them uniquely positioned to create peace in the community — and to teach people how to protect themselves from the epidemic.

The violence interrupters know from experience that it takes a lot of privilege to follow some of the guidelines recommended by health officials, Perez said. Many West

Siders live in small apartments crowded with several other people and lack the amenities to make staying at home a practical option.

So Perez’s team of outreach workers are trained to give practical advice that reflects the experiences of people in the hardest-hit communities. And when it comes to people hustling on the streets, dealing, gambling, or selling loose cigarettes, their advice is helping people to take Provided small steps that can keep them SENDING A MESSAGE: The violence interrupters know from experience that it takes a lot of privilege to follow some of the guidelines recommended by health officials, said Frank Perez, the director of violence intervention and safer.

“We’re giving prevention services at UCAN. them real life tips. somebody’s mindset, whether to break the gain traction but now the outreach workers Don’t pass around that 40oz, don’t pass around that blunt that cycle of violence or to take the pandemic are making a significant impact among seriously, is to offer them something useful people that had yet to be reached by the you’re all toking on,” he said. city’s engagement efforts. People are taking to nudge them along.

In addition to spreading the word at crime “That goes a long way in reinforcing the the social distancing order more seriously hotspots about handwashing and staying relationship and showing them that you now, even asking Woods and other violence at home, the outreach team has also been interrupters for help getting hand sanitizer really care,” he said. connecting people in the neighborhood with Violence interrupter Reginald Woods and masks. resources they need to make it through the UCAN is supplying outreach workers with said people are willing to learn more about health emergency. Outreach workers have COVID-19 and how it affects communities personal protective equipment, but does been canvassing door to door passing out on the West Side, but they sometimes don’t not have enough to distribute through the flyers with health recommendations and trust city officials when their neighborhood streets and is accepting donations. Those information on social services available to has been left behind for so long. interested in donating masks and other them through the city and through UCAN’s “We can definitely give a better outlook on PPE to help the outreach workers distribute caseworkers, who can help residents access what’s going on in our community. Coming them can reach out to Claude Robinson at food, employment opportunities and health from us as credible people to them, they Claude.Robinson@ucanchicago.org. services. If they had enough supplies, they understand it better. Everybody don’t listen Pascal Sabino is a Report for America corps would also be passing out masks and hand to the news. Everybody don’t listen to the member covering Austin, North Lawndale sanitizer, Perez said and Garfield Park for Block Club Chicago. police,” Woods said.

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CHECKPOINTS Rights blocked? from page 1 spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said police would not be instituting citywide checkpoints, arguing the four West Side blocks they targeted were crime hotspots where large crowds were loitering despite the social distancing order.

“It’s patently false,” Guglielmi said in early April about allegations that Chicago Police was gearing up for citywide checkpoints. “…

There’s no other district in Chicago that is seeing the level of congregation as the 11th District.”

Guglielmi also insisted the initial West Side checkpoints had nothing to do with increasing the police presence in areas struggling with crime, but were instead focused on dispersing crowds without issuing citations or arrests.

“We’re not going in there with the purposes of a police function. We’re going in there with the purposes of a public health function,” he said.

But in a statement on the expanded checkpoints, Police Sgt. Rocco Alioto said the new checkpoints will inform the public about the stay at home while “providing a visible police presence.”

The new checkpoints are categorically different from the previous ones on the West

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TOUGH LOVE?: Chicago Police are setting up police checkpoints across the city to remind people the statewide stay at home order is still in effect because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Side, as they will not be closing streets or checking identification, police said. CPD spokesperson Police. Lt. Cindy Guerra, a police spokesperson, likened the checkpoints to the seatbelt checks that officers conduct regularly.

Civil rights groups say the checkpoints will put Black and Brown people at risk for increased exposure to coronavirus through increased contact with police. So far, 70 percent of COVID-19 fatalities have been Black.

“During this pandemic, law enforcement should be looking to reduce contacts, not increase them. Enforcing two dozen checkpoints each day across the City creates

a risk of further spreading the coronavirus to members of the CPD and to residents,” said Ed Yohnka, American Civil Liberties Union spokesman.

Yohnka also expressed concern that the public health emergency will be used to justify more policing in Black and Brown neighborhoods, the same communities that are already suffering the worst of the pandemic.

“It is critical that public health concerns should not be used as a cover for race-based enforcement schemes or other heavy-handed police tactics,” Yohnka said.

The Fraternal Order of Police echoed the complaints about the checkpoints increasing

unnecessary exposure to civilians and officers.

“We need to be careful not to expose officers needlessly to the covid-19 virus. This is not the time for setting up roadside safety checks,” F.O.P. President Kevin Graham said.

Worried the checkpoints will lead to the harassment of Black and Brown residents, Little Village community group Mi Villita is calling on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to intervene and end the checkpoints, too.

The groups said the checkpoints will “increase the emotional terror felt by Chicago’s thousands of undocumented immigrants,” even though Chicago is a sanctuary city.

A 2017 U.S. Department of Justice investigation found unnecessary use of force

by Chicago Police was concentrated in Black and Latino neighborhoods, resulting in a court-ordered consent decree.

The mayor’s office expressed its support for the new CPD policy despite the public backlash.

“We take these community concerns extremely seriously. The City and CPD are committed to working closely with our community partners on ways we can further engage our residents with the latest public health guidance while we work to keep our neighborhoods safe,” a spokesperson said in a statement.

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Stay safe: stay home

s I approach week four of my selfimposed quarantine, I am managing to deal with it without going stir-crazy. I was always buying cleaning products with the intention of doing some serious deep cleaning. This stay at home time is giving me the perfect opportunity.

I’ve been working on my kitchen for the past week and a half. Admittedly, it’s not an eight-hour commitment, but I do so much until I get tired, then I come back upstairs and lie down. I can always remember the times of lamenting about if I had a whole month of free time, all the things I could get done.

Well I’ve had an entire month, and what I’ve accomplished hasn’t been monumental, but I am slowly getting it done.

I’ve been pulling my entire kitchen apart for an extreme deep clean. My food pantry had a bunch of different flavors of tea with expiration dates going back to 2013.

Although they were individually packaged and could probably still be usable, I tossed them. If I haven’t drunk them in seven years, I’ll probably never drink them.

The internet and Facebook have been my lifeline to the world. I can only take so much dumb stuff out of somebody. So when a Facebook friend, whom I admired in the past, decided to post that the coronavirus could be beaten by one’s own immune system simply by what you eat, I was too through.

I did not unfriend him, but I put him on 30 days of detention where I won’t see his posts.

Healthy eating should always be a goal. Using a healthy diet as the defense mechanism against this disease is inviting irresponsible behaviors.

Another contemporary issue being floated over Facebook is whether this virus is man-made or not. That is a legitimate contention which requires everyone to pay attention. Especially seeing how the Chinese Communist Party that governs China is not always forthcoming with the truth. The damage this virus is doing means we do need to make demands of our elected officials (especially calls to the White House) to seek out the truth. But we can also, as we begin to get those stimulus checks, monitor where we spend the money. We can’t avoid the made-in-China merchandise for things that we need. But things that we want, we can better determine if we want to spend our money on them. Especially in light of the hell that Africans are catching who are living in China.

COVID-19 is a killer disease. It has taken a moment, but I’m finally seeing Facebook friends who are admitting to having it. And now I’ve learned of a friend who has died from it. It was a sobering moment and one that will play out more often than not as this pandemic continues.

A reminder: There is no treatment for this disease. So stay safe, and stay home!

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Austin food pantries see big demand

West Side pantries stepping up amid COVID-19 pandemic

By MATEUSZ JANIK AustinTalks

Last month, nearly 100 families came to the food pantry at St. Martin de Porres Church to get food, and for some, it was the first time they’ve sought help in this way.

Attendance at the Austin church’s food pantry was up from the 60 to 70 families who usually seek help on Wednesdays and Thursdays, when the church distributes food.

“Our pantry has been hit hard the past two weeks, which I’m sure is the same all across the city. But I think that there probably will be a need for more donations,” said Leon William, a volunteer at the food bank.

“Whether it’s from individuals or corporations, I think any food bank or pantry would appreciate more donations.”

The coronavirus has made life hard for low-income residents already struggling to feed their families – and created new hardship for others who are now suddenly unemployed or underemployed. Food banks have seen an influx of people as essential businesses like groceries aren’t able to restock the essentials fast enough.

“A lot of seniors are on a fixed income and don’t have the ability to just go out and stock up on things,” said Sgt. Jermaine Harris of the 15th District. “We’re just reaching out to

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DEMAND SURGE: West Side residents wait outside Hope Community Church in Austin to get food for their families. the pantries and letting them know how we can help.”

Using an emergency response list with registered seniors, Harris said the 15th District has been checking on home-bound residents regularly and has identified available resources for other residents from pantries like St. Martin de Porres and Hope

Community Church, 5900 W. Chicago St. Although Harris said they are not trying to recruit volunteers due to the state-ordered shelter-in-place order, which the governor has extended through April 30, he’s thankful for the Islamic Community Outreach’s donation gloves and sanitizers.

For the last decade, Hope Community Church has provided resources through its food bank every Friday from 12 to 2 p.m. – and that will continue during the pandemic.

“This is a very difficult time, but we are working through all of these issues together,” said Rev. Steve Epting, pastor of Hope Community Church. “This allows us an opportunity to provide comfort and assurance to our residents, while still providing the support necessary.”

Epting said the church been been providing resources to the 15th District for delivery and also opened a text group for the community, connecting residents with other opportunities for assistance. Residents can text “THEHOPECITY” to 64600 for updates.

As for Westside Health Authority and its Good Neighbor Campaign, the social service agency has been in constant contact with about 2,000 individuals who are a part of their care network to see what they need and then supplies are delivered to their door.

James Coleman, director of community wellness at Westside Health Authority, said the organization, which has multiple locations in Austin, could use donations of water, toilet paper, and dry or canned goods

that they will then deliver to seniors. And he encourages West Siders to check in with the older residents in their neighborhood.

“There’s a group of seniors that are living a life where they don’t have a voice, and they aren’t really checked on as often as they should” be, Coleman said. “Just get out there and door knock to check on people, and if you can, try talking with them from distance through their door.”

Another Austin organization, Fraternite Notre Dame, 502 N. Central Ave., is working alongside Westside Health Authority to provide food for delivery. The Fraternite Notre Dame continues to operate its food pantry every Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m.

Need food?

Residents may contact the 15th District with questions at (312) 743-1495 or by email at CAPS015District@chicagopolice.org. The Westside Health Authority and the Good Neighbor Campaign can be contacted with requests at (773) 9516737. And residents who have a question about getting resources delivered or want to volunteer are encouraged to call Hope Community Church at (773) 921-2243 and leave a message. Residents can also find a food pantry, soup kitchen, mobile food distribution or shelter in Cook County by clicking here on the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

New nonprofit delivers food to West Side

Off Their Plate gave 175 meals to Lawndale Christian Health Center on March 13

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

The Chicago branch of Off Their Plate, a national grassroots effort to deliver freshly cooked meals to nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers, recently delivered hundreds of meals to facilities in Oak Park and on the West Side.

On March 13, Off Their Plate delivered 175 meals to the Lawndale Christian Health Center, 3860 W. Ogden Ave., and on April 16, the organization delivered 170 meals to West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park.

The organization’s representatives said they plan to deliver to more hospitals throughout Chicago’s South and West sides.

Founded by Natalie Guo, a Harvard Business School graduate and a current Harvard Medical School student, Off Their Plate aims to help busy medical workers while supporting restaurants that have

been losing business. The organization collects donations and uses the money to order the meals that it distributes free of charge to healthcare providers. The effort originated in Boston, where Guo lives, and has since expanded to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York City.

Off Their Plate expanded to Chicago thanks to Phil Hsu, a University of Chicago medical student. He said that he has personally seen how difficult things have gotten in hospitals. About two weeks ago, Courtesy Lawndale Christian Health Center he reached out to Guo about bringing the project to his city. With Guo’s blessing, PAYING IT FORWARD: Workers with the LawnHsu recruited his friends. As of April 17, dale Christian Health Center show meals they he leads a team of 11 volunteers. received last month from Off Their Plate, a The Chicago group is working with national nonprofit.

River North’s Siena Tavern, Lincoln Park’s Left Coast Food + Juice, the during this incredibly challenging time that Seoul Taco chain, which has five locations is full of so much uncertainty,” they stated. in Illinois and Missouri, and the Fifty/50 “The restaurant business is about hospitality Restaurant Group, which includes 14 and being a fixture in the community. Our restaurants and bars throughout the city. work with Off Their Plate is helping the In a statement to the media, Fifty/50’s co- Fifty/50 Group to be there for our fellow founders Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner said Chicagoans when they need it most.” they were happy to give back.

“As a student, I know that Lawnedale is “We are grateful to be able to give back doing incredible work,” Hsu explained. “I to our city while supporting our employees know they meet the needs of a community

that’s incredibly vulnerable. When the pandemic happened, I knew immediately that I wanted to help Lawndale.”

Hsu said that they have connected to a number of other Chicago hospitals, including North Lawndale’s Saint Anthony Hospital, at 2875 W. 19th St., and Mt. Sinai Hospital, at 1500 S. Fairfield Ave. In a statement on its official Facebook page, the Lawndale Christian Health Center thanked Off Their Plate and other nonprofits that donated meals to its staff last week.

“These delicious meals have been a bright spot for our staff,” the center stated.

Hsu said that he and his volunteers plan to keep delivering meals twice a week, for as long as they can. They plan to deliver 350 meals per week at the center, specifically.

“Our team is privileged to support healthcare workers and looks forward to partnering closely with more hospitals in the coming weeks,” Hsu said.

Off Their Plate already raised $2.2 million, but it is still looking for donations, and it’s reaching out to restaurants and hospitals that want to get involved. For more information, visit https://offtheirplate.org.

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East Garfield Park mixed-use project gets federal tax credits

Garfield Green, slated for 201 S. Kedzie Ave., to include 77 units

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Garfield Green, a mixed-use, mixed-income project slated for two vacant lots at 201 S. Kedzie Ave., received federal tax credits on March 30, which provided the project with enough funding to move forward.

According to the preliminary plans, the project will include two buildings that will house 77 rental units and 9,000 square feet of retail space. The development will also include 20,000 square feet of public open space on the southeast lot and a 12,000-square-foot public plaza on the northeast side. Out of the 77 apartments, 32 units will be affordable, 31 units will be housing cooperative units and 14 market-rate units.

Although the tax credits give the developers enough financing to build the project, they still need to buy the lots from the city and the city needs to sign off on the design and approve necessary zoning changes.

While the city estimated that the process could take up to 14 months, it is not clear how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect the timeline.

Garfield Green was the brainchild of Preservation of Affordable Housing Inc, a Boston-based nonprofit developer that owns several developments throughout Chicago,

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Voicing concerns from page 1 Mark Walker, Loretto’s director of business development and community relations, said during an interview on April 20 that the hospital “implemented hazard pay weeks ago” for employees in “specific departments, such as the emergency room, the COVID-19 critical care unit and other units that have front-line exposure to COVID-19 positive patients.”

Walker said that hazard pay at Loretto takes the form of a stipend that is based on additional hours worked.

He added that the hospital has “more than enough PPE at this point” and that face masks are given to “every person who comes into the hospital.” He also said that state officials recently announced that Loretto will become the first hospital on the West Side that is a COVID-19 testing site. Details on the development are forthcoming, but the testing site could be online in a matter of days, he said.

COMING SOON?: Renderings of Garfield Green, a mixeduse, mixed-income project slated for two vacant lots at 201 S. Kedzie Ave. The project received federal tax credits on March 30.

including Austin Apartments, located at 325 and 345 N. Austin Blvd.

The idea was developed for the 2019 Reinventing Cities competition, which was organized by C40 Cities — a collaboration between major cities throughout the globe that aims to address climate change.

The competition looks to find the best environmentally sustainable buildings.

According to the competition website, Garfield Green lives up to those goals in four ways. It will get all of its electricity from the solar panels on the roofs. Rain water will be processed and reused to reduce the amount of water it needs to get from the city sewers.

The rooftop gardens on both buildings and the green space on the southeast lot will help cool the area when the weather is hot, while also allowing residents to grow their own fruits and vegetables. And the buildings will be built using modular construction, which means that the buildings will be assembled from pieces that would be fabricated off-site.

The Fulton Market District-based Skender will build those pieces at its Little Village factory, located at 3348 S. Pulaski Rd. The Preservation of Affordable Housing’s page on the project also mentions an array of community benefits, including giving priority to local residents for jobs and contract opportunities, partnering with local schools and prioritizing local businesses when it comes to retail tenants.

According to the city’s press release, one of the retail tenants is “expected to include a clinic to address an increase in asthma rates related to climate change.”

The project is estimated to cost $22.3 million, with $500.000 of that set aside to buy the land. According to the city press release, it is expected that Garfield Green would create 150 construction jobs, with at least 31 percent of the jobs going to minorities and at least 9 percent going to women.

The city has been looking for a way to redevelop the site since 2017. When the competition results were announced on May 1, 2019, the city emphasized that the Preservation of Affordable Housing would still need to come up with financing, and the city would still need to approve the sale, the

design and the zoning changes.

At the time, Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) expressed support for the project.

“Garfield Green’s extensive mix of open space, retail and affordable housing will act as a community anchor for the West Side,” he stated. “I’m thankful to [then] Mayor Emanuel and the C40 team for bringing this international competition and world-class proposal to East Garfield Park, and I look forward to working with our community to bring the project to fruition.”

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Wellington Thomas, the lead emergency room technician at Loretto, said that all healthcare workers deserve to be paid for risking their lives to go into work.

“Besides our health, we’re doing everything we can to take care of ourselves, but anybody who works at hospitals deserve hazard pay,” he said. “For anybody who works with patients, anyone dealing with the public, hazard pay is very serious.”

Moments after Friday’s Zoom press conference, workers at five area hospitals, including Mount Sinai and Hines, stood wearing masks outside of their hospitals’ entrances. Standing six feet apart, they held up signs to drivers passing by that read: “Healthcare Heroes Need: PPE, Testing for Hazard Pay to Keep Us Alive.”

As of April 18, there have been 5,261 confirmed cases of COVID-19 diagnosed and treated at Veterans Affairs facilities across the country. Those facilities have had 315 COVID-19 inpatient deaths, according to publicly available data provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. At Hines, there have been 45 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and three inpatient deaths.

According to a report in the Military Times, “at least 1,520 VA health care employees have tested positive for the virus” at facilities

throughout the country. Nine VA healthcare employees have died in the last few weeks.

So far, it isn’t known whether any Hines VA healthcare employees have COVID-19.

Greg Kelley, the president of SEIU Healthcare Illinois, has said in the past that hospital workers should at least be paid time and a half while working during the pandemic and should also be eligible for two weeks of paid sick leave.

“It’s important that we hear from them, protect them and give them what they need, as they all take care of us,” Kelley said during the April 18 video conference.

The volume of COVID-19 patients and inadequate safety conditions at the hospital has even non-frontline employees at Hines concerned about coming into work when they can telework from home instead.

Earlier this month, a range of Hines employees — including social workers, dietitians and psychiatrists — spoke out when James Doelling, Hines’ new director, sent them an email asking them to return to work “as the center prepared for a surge of veterans in needs of services,” according to an April 5 Chicago Sun-Times report. ”I’m concerned as a clinical provider that we’re going to be risking the lives of veterans and employees as they create this COVID-19

petri dish at the hospital for no reason,” one social worker, who requested anonymity, told the Sun-Times.

Germaine Clarno, the president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 781, told the Sun-Times that Doelling’s order “is bringing employees in ‘unnecessarily’ and putting everyone at the hospital at risk.” ”They’re being told to come into Hines, sit altogether in one office all day, and they can’t even go see the patients in the wards because of precautionary measures,” Clarno told the Sun-Times.

Doelling did not respond to the Sun-Times’ requests for comment and could not be reached by phone on April 18.

A Moveon.org petition urging Doelling against banning telework at Hines had garnered 816 signatures by April 18.

“If you do not allow telework, Veterans, staff, and their families will be negatively impacted,” the petition states. “Other VA’s have implemented telework and California is a clear demonstration of how this will back fire. You already have the evidence of this.”

Representatives with Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Hospital’s parent entity, could not be reached on Monday for comment.

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ty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The

Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 256758

Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 2019 CH 04670 TJSC#: 39-8104 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 04670 I3149003

the following described real estate: Commonly known as 400 WEST ONTARIO STREET, APT. 908, CHICAGO, IL 60654 Property Index No. 17-09-127-0361058, 17-09-127-036-1228 The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a

Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure

sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200

Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 268011 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 15348 TJSC#: 39-5394 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 15348 I3149123

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.LENA HARRIS A/K/A LENA TOMLINSON, 400 WEST ONTARIO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 18 CH 15348 400 WEST ONTARIO STREET, APT. 908 CHICAGO, IL 60654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 27, 2020, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below,

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

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