The developer of a senior living facility in Rogers Park where three women died on Saturday has repeatedly violated the city’s heat ordinance — the same measure employees apparently cited when they allegedly left the heat on and refused to turn on the air conditioning during last week’s hot spell.
Local Ald. Maria Hadden (49th) has said she believes that decision contributed to the deaths of 68-year-old Janice Reed, 72-year-old Gwendolyn Osborne and 76-year-old Delores McNeely, who were all found unresponsive over a 12-hour period at the James Sneider Apartments, 7450 N. Rogers Ave. Autopsies determining the cause and manner of their deaths are pending, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
