Fran Spielman interviews Chicago City Budget Director Susie Park & Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett

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The city’s Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett looks on as Budget Director Susie Park speaks during an interview with reporter Fran Spielman at the Chicago Sun-Times, Friday morning, Dec. 13, 2019. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

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Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman is joined by Chicago’s City Budget Director Susie Park and Chief Financial Officer Jennie Huang Bennett to discuss the city’s financial recovery and how to recoup the damage done to the budget caused by the pandemic.

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