CHICAGO – Facing a nearly $1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson side-stepped questions Thursday about a $100 million pay increase for Kansas-based company – Favorite Healthcare Staffing – which has staffed the city’s migrant shelters.
The change order and contract extension comes at a time when the city has reduced the number of shelters from 27 to 16 and evicted migrants through a temporary stay program.
At the height of the city’s migrant crisis, nearly 14,000 people were living in city-run shelters. That number today is roughly 5,300…