"For months, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has been working on plans to alter property tax deadlines in her office. She moved this year's May tax sale to protect homeowners with back taxes due, and weeks ago began coordinating with President Toni Preckwinkle to waive interest fees that pile up on late payers.

"'I submit that means relief for our people,' she wrote to Preckwinkle on April 29 of the waiver push. 'Too many are jobless. They fear becoming homeless. We must act.'"

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