Cristina Pacione-Zayas, Mayor Johnson's Deputy chief of staff

Deputy chief of staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas on Thursday described the new mayor’s style when asked why 12 weeks of unpaid parental leave for teachers and other Chicago Public School employees is the only item on the progressive agenda that Johnson has delivered.Big-ticket items are still being negotiated behind-the-scenes. They include: raising the real estate transfer tax to create a dedicated funding source to combat homelessness; reopening shuttered mental health clinics and expanding the non-police response plan to mental health emergencies and eliminating the sub-minimum wage for tipped workers.