Taylor took office as a member of Chicago City Council on May 20, 2019. In July 2019, Taylor and fellow alderman
Leslie Hairston introduced a
Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) ordinance aimed at protecting affordable housing near the proposed
Barack Obama Presidential Center development. The ordinance gained the support of nearly 30 aldermen, but in January 2020, the
Lightfoot administration announced that it would support a scaled-back version. Taylor opposed the scaled-back version and reiterated support for the initial CBA ordinance. In July 2020, a compromise ordinance was formulated after negotiations between Lightfoot's administration, aldermen Taylor and Hairston, and community groups. Taylor called the compromise ordinance a "step in the right direction" and called for further action. In November 2019, Taylor was one of eleven aldermen to vote against Mayor
Lori Lightfoot's first budget. She joined all five other members of the Socialist Caucus in signing a letter to Lightfoot which criticized her budget for "an over-reliance on property taxes" and "regressive funding models" that are "burdensome to our working-class citizens, while giving the wealthy and large corporations a pass." == References ==