In a unanimous opinion, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the authority of Cook County’s Independent Inspector General to investigate possible corruption in the Cook County Assessor’s Office. In 2012 Cook County Independent Inspector General Patrick Blanchard served a subpoena on…
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The Altgeld-Riverdale Early Childhood Innovation Zone, a partnership between BPI and a community-wide coalition, received accolades at a statewide conference earlier this month for successfully increasing preschool enrollment at the schools and centers within its borders. “This Innovation Zone developed…
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BPI had a significant milestone to reflect on this year: It was 50 years ago, as a volunteer attorney for the ACLU, that BPI Senior Staff Counsel Alex Polikoff filed the landmark Gautreaux litigation against CHA and HUD, which ultimately…
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Testifying at Chicago City Council Committee hearings this week, BPI’s Director of Justice Reform Adam Gross urged council members to support Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ordinance, because it incorporates key reform recommendations made last spring by the Police Accountability Task Force,…
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At BPI’s Annual Dinner earlier this year, keynote speaker Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights reminded us that “the time to act against injustice is always now.” Though we’ve been at the work of making social justice a…
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BPI’s landmark Gautreaux case is one focus of an inspiring 15-minute documentary produced for The New York Times by the independent news organization Retro Report. The film looks back on the history of the case—including the first Supreme Court opinion…
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BPI attorney Alex Polikoff delivered an oral argument to the Illinois Supreme Court on September 21, representing Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard, who is seeking to investigate the Cook County Assessor’s office for possible corruption. Blanchard v. Berrios was originally…
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Gov. Rauner has until tomorrow to act on SB250, an automatic voter registration bill which passed the General Assembly in June with broad bipartisan support. BPI and the Brennan Center for Justice urge him to sign the bill into law….
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Today is an important day for BPI—the 50th anniversary of the filing of the Gautreaux case on August 9, 1966. Gautreaux resulted in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that stands as a milestone in combating racial discrimination in public…
Read More...This week’s Crain’s Chicago Business featured a thoughtful story on housing mobility, quoting BPI’s own Alex Polikoff. The story focuses on a rule change currently under consideration by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development that will help more families…
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