Chicago City Council (2019–present)
Taylor took office as a member of Chicago City Council on May 20,2019. In July 2019,Taylor and fellow alderman Leslie Hairston introduced a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) ordinance aimed at protecting affordable housing near the proposed Barack Obama Presidential Center development. [9] [10] The ordinance gained the support of nearly 30 aldermen,but in January 2020,the Lightfoot administration announced that it would support a scaled-back version. Taylor opposed the scaled-back version and reiterated support for the initial CBA ordinance. [11] In July 2020,a compromise ordinance was formulated after negotiations between Lightfoot's administration,aldermen Taylor and Hairston,and community groups. [12] Taylor called the compromise ordinance a "step in the right direction" and called for further action. [13]
In November 2019,Taylor was one of eleven aldermen to vote against Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first budget. [14] She joined all five other members of the Socialist Caucus in signing a letter to Lightfoot which criticized her budget for "an over-reliance on property taxes" and "regressive funding models" that are "burdensome to our working-class citizens,while giving the wealthy and large corporations a pass." [15]
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