Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration on Thursday touted a pair of new programs baked into her 2023 budget to lighten the load for Chicagoans saddled with debt from administrative hearing violations.
City Hall has long used the administrative adjudication process to handle a virtual kitchen sink of quality-of-life offenses. They range from distracted driving, loud radio playing and motorcycle noise to fly-dumping, littering, over-flowing dumpsters and pollution violations.
