CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hosted Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson at City Hall Thursday in a traditional meeting between the outgoing chief executive at City Hall and the new one.
“This moment is quite frankly a historical moment where the first Black woman, LGBTQ, transitioned her administration to another Black man,” Johnson told reporters after leaving Lightfoot’s office. “It’s a very great day for the city of Chicago. We are going to be not only united, we’re going to be a stronger city, one that the rest of the world can look at as a model.”
He praised Lightfoot for a gracious welcome and her commitment to make sure a Johnson administration starts off, as he put it, “literally on the right foot.”
