Mayor Johnson fires Dr. Allison Arwady as Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner

Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago's top health official, fired by Mayor Brandon Johnson, sources say

Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago Department of Public Health commissioner, was fired by Mayor Brandon Johnson Friday, sources told ABC7.

Mayor Johnson fires Dr. Allison Arwady as Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner

CHICAGO -- Mayor Brandon Johnson fired Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady on Friday. Mayor Johnson's office confirmed the termination of Dr. Arwady to WGN-TV on Friday. Dr. Arwady was with the Department Of Public Health since 2015, where she initially served as Chief Medical Officer before being confirmed as Commissioner in January 2020. Illinois Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on semiautomatic weapons …

Chicago's top doctor Allison Arwady fired by Mayor Brandon Johnson

Editor’s note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health who spearheaded the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, was fired on Friday by Mayor Brandon Johnson, the mayor’s office said. Alongside former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Arwady was a driver of the city’s COVID...

City’s Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox steps down

Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox has resigned.Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file Months before Lori Lightfoot’s third-place finish sealed her fate as a one-term mayor, Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox predicted that her Invest South/West plan would live on, no matter who won the mayoral election.Even if Cox turns out to be right, it will have to be under a different, $196,964-a-year quarterback.The visionary planner who…

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson fires health commissioner Arwady

Arwady's termination was part of a larger shakeup at City Hall that also saw the departure of planning Commissioner Maurice Cox.