Editing Rahm Emanuel (section)

====Public health====
On August 16, 2011, Emanuel unveiled "Healthy Chicago", the city's first public health blueprint with [[Chicago Department of Public Health]] Commissioner [[Bechara Choucair]].<ref name="Healthy Chicago">{{cite web|url=http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=886|title=Chicago leaders unveil city's first-ever public health blueprint|access-date=October 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005032654/http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=886|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Emanuel initiated the consolidation of City Council committees from 19 to 16 in a cost control effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-258606696.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508153215/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-258606696.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2013|title=Mayor-Elect Emanuel Announces City Council Reorganization|date=May 11, 2011|access-date=December 7, 2012|work=HighBeam Research}}</ref> On October 30, 2012, Emanuel voiced his support for the demolition of the abandoned [[Old Prentice Women's Hospital Building|Prentice Women's Hospital Building]], in order for [[Northwestern University]], which owns the property, to build a new facility. [[Historic preservation|Preservationists]] supported historical landmark status.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/10/31/bell-tolls-for-old-prentice/|title=Bell tolls for old Prentice|date=October 31, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2012|first=Ron|last=Grossman|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101085940/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-10-31/news/ct-met-old-prentice-emanuel-20121031_1_chicago-architect-bertrand-goldberg-prentice-commission-on-chicago-landmarks|archive-date=November 1, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Days later, the Commission on Chicago Landmarks voted that the building met landmark status criteria then reversed their decision later in the same meeting. On November 15, a judge granted a temporary stay of the decision in order for a lawsuit filed by preservation coalitions against the landmark commission to be heard.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/11/15/prentice-womens-hospital-gets-a-temporary-reprieve/|title=Prentice Women's Hospital gets a temporary reprieve|date=November 15, 2012|access-date=December 8, 2012|first=Ron|last=Grossman|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118170248/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-15/news/chi-preservationists-sue-over-prentice-womens-hospital-20121115_1_landmark-status-temporary-reprieve-chicago-landmarks|archive-date=November 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>