Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi announced the dismissal of a 2017 lawsuit brought against the Cook County Assessor’s Office, prior to his administration, which alleged “discriminatory, and not uniform, practices.” The dismissal order was jointly presented by Assessor Kaegi and plaintiffs in the lawsuit, citing numerous reforms by the Assessor’s Office. Filed in December 2017, a year prior to Assessor Kaegi taking office, the lawsuit alleged regressive and discriminatory practices by the Assessor’s Office that disproportionately affected homeowners in under-resourced communities. (The original defendant in the lawsuit was the previous Assessor Joseph Berrios.) The dismissal order enumerated several changes made by Assessor Kaegi’s administration, including the publishing of reports that demonstrate improvements in the quality of assessments, as measured by the International Association of Assessing Officers. As part of the lawsuit dismissal, Assessor Kaegi and members of his administration agreed to meet twice a year throughout his administration with representatives of the plaintiffs: Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Logan Square Neighborhood Council, and South Suburban Housing Center.