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Harvey cancels public forum and City Council meeting

A public forum was set to discuss upgrades along Broadway Avenue.

By Amethyst J. Davis

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Politics

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January 26, 2026

A screen grab of Harvey’s logo.

Tonight’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting has been cancelled, along with the public forum that was to precede it.

The public forum was to discuss improvements along Broadway Ave.

Agenda items for the regular council meeting included, but were not limited to:

A settlement agreement between Harvey resident and former planning commissioner Ryan Sinwelski and the city
Authorizing motor fuel tax funds to be used to maintain streets and highways citywide throughout the 2026 calendar year
Vacating portions of Park Ave. along 154th St. and 155th St. to Metra

The ordinances vacating parts of Park Ave. to Metra are possibly to aid the multi-million renovation of the downtown Pace and Metra station. It will be a multi-modal facility, with aims to create better connections between the bus and train stations.

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The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting is Feb. 9 at 7:00 P.M.

Author

Amethyst J. Davis

Amethyst J. Davis is responsible for spearheading the growth and development of the HWH, including outlining the editorial trajectory and content. She also produces “The Renaissance Letter,” our biweekly email newsletter, edits content, and fact-checks stories prior to publication. Amethyst was an administrator at New York University before launching her journalism career. She was previously a member of the Sounding Board, the community advisory board for Chicago Public Media, which includes WBEZ Chicago and the Chicago Sun-Times.

Amethyst is a 2023 Leader of a New Chicago award recipient, as recognized by the Field Foundation and MacArthur Foundation. She was named to Forbes 30 Under 30.

In 2022, Amethyst was a Casey Fellow with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Black News & Views. She is a sought after speaker on community journalism and has given talks at institutions like DePaul University and the University of Kansas. Amethyst is a regular guest on City Cast Chicago.

She was invited by Harvard University to submit a 2023 and 2024 Nieman Lab prediction. Under her leadership, the HWH has become one of the nation’s most-watched hyperlocal newsrooms. The HWH has received national coverage in publications like Poynter, Harvard University’s Nieman Lab, the National Press Journalism Club Institute, and Editor & Publisher.

A Harvey native, Amethyst is a Brooks Middle School (’11) and Thornton Township High School alum (‘15) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from NYU (BA’19). She is an alumna of the Data and Policy Summer Scholar program at the University of Chicago.