Mark Flessner

In a letter to the Chicago City Council, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says that her office will fully cooperate with any investigation by the Inspector General’s office, and says that she has hired a former federal judge to conduct a full investigation into the city’s response to the botched raid at the home of Anjanette Young in Feb. 2019. According...

Two Chicago City Council committees are scheduled to hold a joint hearing on search warrants after a botched 2019 police raid on a woman’s home resulted in the resignation of the city’s top lawyer and several officers being placed on desk duty.

All Chicago officers involved in a botched raid on a woman’s home in 2019 have been placed on desk duty amid an investigation into what happened when officers went to the wrong address and handcuffed a naked woman in her home, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that Celia Meza, her counsel and senior ethics advisor, has been appointed to fill the role of acting corporation counsel following the resignation of the city’s top lawyer amid uproar over the response to a botched CPD raid in 2019.

All Chicago officers involved in a botched raid on a woman’s home in 2019 have been placed on desk duty amid an investigation into what happened, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is scheduled to hold a press conference Monday afternoon at City Hall.

Amid the ongoing uproar over the botched Chicago police raid of the home of Anjanette Young, Mark Flessner has resigned his post as corporation counsel for the city of Chicago. Flessner made the announcement on social media Sunday afternoon, confirming earlier reports from the Chicago Tribune. Here is Flessner’s full statement: “Today I offered my letter of resignation to...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot breaks down what she now knows about a botched CPD raid and her office’s controversial handling of the situation that followed.

Anjanette Young said she is still dealing with the aftermath two years after Chicago police officers stormed into her home while serving a search warrant and handcuffed her naked for several minutes, despite her repeated cries that they were in the wrong home. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

Chicago City Attorney Mark Flessner has given up his access to a private road used by officials to avoid congestion in downtown Chicago and will pay back monies he was paid through a property tax exemption that he claimed on one of two properties he owns in the state, according to a city spokesman.  Flessner, who was hired by...

Mark Flessner collected tax exemptions on two properties, while state law stipulates homeowners are only entitled to take exemptions on one property

Chicago’s City Attorney admits he made a mistake and says he will pay back money to the state of Illinois after collecting property tax exemptions on two properties, while state law only allows homeowners to collect one such exemption. NBC 5’s Mary Ann Ahern reports.