Ward-by-Ward Public Works. Who is receiving these dollars?
Chicago is under attack in the area of affordable housing. There are over 10,000 vacant lots in Chicago, and thousands of abandoned buildings. These vacant lots once represented Chicago’s affordable housing. Also in question is the Public Works Allocations to Chicago’s wards for the years 1990-2004. In some of the poorest communities in Chicago, the City of Chicago claims that it allocated $ 402,543,851 to the 10th ward on the Southside. The city also claims that it allocated $ 268,300,225 to the 2nd ward on the Southside, and last but not least, the city claims that it awarded $ 130,430,166 in the 28th ward on the Westside of Chicago. If you drive through these communities, you will see that they have been devastated, and that many homes and buildings have been destroyed.

The following report was published by the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group.

Listed below, you will find what has been reported that these wards have actually spent thus far.

Table IV: Ward-by-Ward Comparison of City Infrastructure Allocations, 1990-2002

(Excludes the City’s bridge program)

Rank/Ward/Alderman/Ward Total

1 42 Burton Natarus $ 546,743,733
2 2 Madeline Haithcock $ 168,450,232
3 27 Walter Burnett $ 165,435,469
4 10 John Buchanan $ 135,341,875
5 25 Daniel Solis $ 119,856,283
6 11 James Balcer $ 117,965,266
7 32 Theodore Matlak $ 112,757,461
8 28 Ed Smith $ 102,669,050
9 20 Arenda Troutman $ 100,646,797
10 24 Michael Chandler $ 97,356,992
11 19 Virginia Rugai $ 91,072,424
12 45 Patrick Levar $ 89,571,752
13 21 Leonard DeVille $ 84,723,278
14 47 Eugene Schulter $ 84,070,216
15 12 Ray Frias $ 81,951,277
16 14 Edward Burke $ 77,443,565
17 44 Bernard Hansen $ 77,291,227
18 6 Freddrenna Lyle $ 77,288,352
19 5 Barbara Holt $ 75,447,990
20 39 Margaret Laurino $ 73,931,006
21 23 Michael Zalewski $ 73,542,261
22 34 Carrie Austin $ 73,492,239
23 4 Toni Preckwinkle $ 70,567,831
24 43 Charles Bernardini $ 70,370,806
25 9 Robert Shaw $ 70,347,631
26 7 William Beavers $ 70,191,912
27 8 Lorraine Dixon $ 69,638,184
28 46 Helen Schiller $ 68,913,951
29 29 Sam Burrell $ 68,080,684
30 17 Terry Peterson $ 67,857,633
31 31 Ray Suarez $ 66,451,540
32 37 Percy Giles $ 66,408,827
33 13 Frank Olivio $ 65,736,729
34 38 Thomas Allen $ 65,464,718
35 41 Brian Doherty $ 65,203,640
36 37 Dorothy Tillman $ 64,790,753
37 36 Michael Wojcik $ 64,505,557
38 26 Billy Ocasio $ 62,880,903
39 16 Shirley Coleman $ 62,536,733
40 15 Virgil Jones $ 62,429,857
41 40 Patrick O'Connor $ 62,178,362
42 36 William Banks $ 62,007,274
43 1 Jesse Granato $ 61,086,354
44 18 Thomas Murphy $ 60,876,098
45 22 Ricardo MuZoz $ 58,719,256
46 35 Vilma Colom $ 57,706,834
47 49 Joe Moore $ 56,562,686
48 33 Richard Mell $ 53,419082
49 48 Mary Ann Smith $ 53,390,978
50 50 Bernard Stone $ 52,324,475

Please visit this website to see the entire report. http://www.ncbg.org/documents/worksreport2.pdf