[97][98] Daley was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 2006 as a Friend of the Community. November 16, 2011 / 9:36 AM / CBS Chicago. Sun-Times file photo Sneed is told Daley still displays the photo taken of him with then newly elected Mayor Harold Washington the day after he took office in 1983. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. [193] In his annual budget address on October 13, 2010, Daley projected a deficit for 2010 of $655 million, the largest in city history. CHICAGO Richard M. Daley is getting a new home in Chicago's Gold Coast, and some influential new neighbors. That paved the way for the former mayor to sell the South Loop town house the following year for $750,000 to his daughter. [72][74], Daley took control of the Chicago Public School system in 1995 and appointed Paul Vallas. "[136], In 2003, an operating company included over 80 investors,[137] including some of Mayor Daley's friends and neighbors[138] won, under controversial circumstances, a lucrative contract to operate the Park Grill, the only restaurant in the new Millennium Park. In 2010, Daley shocked the city by announcing he would not run for reelection and his decision set off a flurry of political maneuvering to replace him, which ended with Rahm Emanuel being elected in 2011. Nora Daley and her husband listed the town house in December for $1.19 million. Chicago. His father, Richard J. Daley, served almost as long, from 1955 until 1976. "[65] In December 1990, Amnesty International issued a report "Allegations of Police Torture in Chicago, Illinois" calling for a full inquiry into allegations that some Chicago police officers tortured criminal suspects between 1972 and 1984. Political debts contribute to better city services", "Daley's son also invested in city sewer deal", "Sewer firm tied to Mayor Richard Daley's son folds", "Daley quiet on son's tie to deal; Owned stake in firm with city contracts", "Mayor calls son's deal a 'lapse in judgment', "Daley son's business partner indicted for mail fraud", "Former business partner of Daley's son indicted; Bartlett man accused of using minority-owned business as a front", "Key players in city sewer-cleaning case", "Former Mayor Daley's son profited after airport Wi-Fi deal", "Park perks; Why did the city just get three local bids for a world class restaurant location? "[170][171], The US Supreme Court took up McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 3025, 130 S.Ct. [61] One of the new mayor's first acts was to appropriate the City Council's power to approve city contracts, a right aldermen exercised under former Mayors Washington and Sawyer. [199] He spearheaded the conversion of Navy Pier into a popular tourist destination. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is now the longest-serving mayor the city has ever had. "Daley and his family deeply appreciate the outpouring of concern and prayers and again want to thank members of the CFD as well as Northwestern doctors, nurses and other staff," Heard said previously.
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