Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th) announced Monday he is stepping down from his role as City Council floor leader and zoning committee chair after he allegedly grabbed an alderwoman during last week's meeting over Chicago's sanctuary status.
The heated confrontations occurred as members of the council attempted to put together a quorum to discuss the ongoing crisis over finding housing for migrants.
On Friday, Ramirez-Rosa was frantically trying to persuade alderpersons not to enter the Council chambers to prevent Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) and Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) from reaching a quorum they needed to continue a specal Council meeting.
On Sunday night, Mayor Brandon Johnson was at Steppenwolf Theatre, watching a play about a dysfunctional White House lurching from one crisis to another. Even at the theater, he had to dodge an intermission question from a pesky journalist — these reporters with their questions, spoiling a mayor’s date night — about the goings-on at City Hall on Thursday. Therein, Johnson’s floor leader and .
A top ally of Mayor Brandon Johnson resigned as the Chicago City Council's floor leader on Monday after he received criticism for allegedly "manhandling" a councilwoman to prevent her from attending a meeting on the city's sanctuary status.