Mayor Lori Lightfoot has respectively appointed Ald. Michelle Harris (8) and Ald. George Cardenas (12) as her new floor leader and deputy floor leader, putting them in charge of advancing her agenda in the City Council, she announced Tuesday.

Lightfoot revealed the changing of the guard via news release hours after Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36) said he would step back from the floor leader role — which he has held since May 2019 — so he could focus on his other City Council work.