Mayor Brandon Johnson opened the Roseland Health Hub Wednesday, a major step in his effort to expand Chicago’s bricks-and-mortar mental health system. Johnson cut the ribbon at the the long-shuttered clinic surrounded by many of the same activists who led the decade-long charge to reopen a dozen city-run mental health centers closed by past mayors.

"We hope that this will be more than a clinic," Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday at the Roseland East 115th Street Health Hub, but "a gathering space that will foster health and wellness."

There was a ribbon cutting Wednesday morning to celebrate the reopening of the former Roseland Mental Health Clinic.

A day after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered strong criticism of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s relationships in Springfield, Johnson is defending his administration.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responded Wednesday to some harsh criticism from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, who said the mayor has not done a good job of communicating with him or lawmakers in Springfield.