Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) on Tuesday survived what would have been the Chicago City Council’s first censure of one of its own members, but only after Mayor Brandon Johnson cast the tie-breaking vote.
The vote followed an initial 25-24 roll call that included Ramirez-Rosa voting against his own censure. When Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) rose to say Ramirez-Rosa was not eligible to vote for or against his own censure, it resulted in a 24-24 tie — that Johnson broke by voting “no.”
