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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Lightfoot bids tearful farewell to fifth floor of City Hall, but not people of Chicago: ‘My work is not done’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered her farewell address on Monday at BUILD Chicago, 5100 W. Harrison St. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Mayor Lori Lightfoot bid a tearful farewell to Chicago on Monday, saying she is “more optimistic about our city’s future than ever” because of the “work our administration has done” to “plant the seeds of equity.”

One week before handing the reins of power to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, Ohio native Lightfoot said she is leaving the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall — but not her adopted city.

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