Parliamentary maneuver likely to delay City Council showdown on gang asset forfeiture ordinance, mayor’s deputy floor leader says

Miracle Boyd of Good Kids Mad City, at a news conference outside City Hall in September, discussing her opposition to a proposed ordinance that would allow the city to sue gang members and seize their assets. | Mitch Dudek/Sun-Times

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s deputy floor leader predicted Tuesday that a parliamentary maneuver would delay this week’s City Council showdown on the mayor’s controversial plan to use civil lawsuits to seize the assets of Chicago’s most violent street gangs.

“I expect people to play games — like they’ve been doing,” said Ald. George Cardenas (12th).