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Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted for creating “planning disaster” by proposing 4th of July weekend food fest be moved to accommodate takeover of Grant Park by city’s new NASCAR race.

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams lauded the NYPD’s controversial riot unit Monday and suggested it would stay in place — days after it and the police department came under fire for failing to appear at a City Council hearing on the unit’s handling of the 2020 George Floyd protests.

One thing is clear from the mayoral election: The people of Chicago want reform. That’s why we saw such a large number of candidates enter the race against a one-term mayor and why there were more than twice as many early votes counted than in 2019.

One ordinance would require the city transportation department to “prioritize and incorporate” bike and pedestrian and mass transit improvements when resurfacing arterial streets.

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

From its battles between ex-Mayor Rahm Emanuel and its late leader Karen Lewis in 2012, the Chicago Teachers Union is now hoping to help homegrown candidate Brandon Johnson win the runoff to be Chicago’s mayor.

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The Los Angeles Police Department’s rank-and-file union is proposing that someone other than police respond to more than two dozen types of 911 calls in a bid to transfer their workload to more serious crimes