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Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced an ordinance on January 24, 2024, establishing an indoor emissions standard that would eliminate fossil fuel combustion in many new commercial and residential construction and renovation projects. The ordinance essentially prohibits the use of natural gas appliances and energy systems such as gas stoves and boilers in new construction. At the

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates on the 2022 session. Cook County: First installment property tax bills have been mailed out. The due date for payment this year was pushed back

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates on the 2021 and 2022 sessions.  Cook County: 2021: Second installment bills are finally out for 2021. You can view them online (https://bit.ly/3EymH8V). We are

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates on the 2021 and 2022 sessions.  Cook County: 2021: Second installment bills are finally out for 2021. You can view them online (https://bit.ly/3EymH8V) and should

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates on the 2021 and 2022 sessions.  Cook County: 2021: After four months of working overtime all summer to adjudicate more than 250,000 property tax appeals

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates on the 2022 session.  Cook County: Because the Assessor’s Office was four months overdue certifying 2021 values, the 2022 session – which historically would have

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates as the 2021 session progresses. Cook County: The Assessor has officially closed all townships in Cook County for 2021. However, as of this writing, only

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. Below are key updates as the 2021 session progresses.  Cook County: The Board of Review has officially opened for 2021 appeals. Group 1 consists of Norwood Park, Oak Park,

Our real estate tax team at Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC continues to work hard fighting to keep your property tax bills as low as possible. We’re proud to announce that our real estate tax appeals throughout the 2020 session resulted in a sum total of $2,653,584 in tax dollar savings for our commercial and

The Illinois Supreme Court announced an amendment to Order M.R. 30370, which extended the temporary stay on certain residential eviction trials and dispositive motions to September 18. The previous order was set to end on September 1. The amended Order also includes provisions that exempt cases where rental assistance is clearly not viable and there