Harvey is a town in Cook County, Illinois. The 2010 census recorded 25,282. The city’s unemployment, poverty, and violence are high. West Harvey is bounded by Hazel Crest, Markham, and Posen. Turlington W. Harvey, a close collaborator of Moody Bible Institute founder Dwight Moody, created Harvey in 1891. In the early 1800s, Harvey was one of the Temperance Towns, meant to promote Christian ideals. Like Pullman, it was annexed into Chicago. Postwar prosperity brought the Buda Engine Co., acquired by Allis-Chalmers in 1953, to the city’s advantage. In 1980, the city’s population topped out. It was already losing jobs and people due to steel and other sectors being restructured by this time. Dixie Square Mall closed in 1978. To build a new police station in Harvey, the city used part of its parking lot in the 1990s. Mayor Eric Kellogg tried unsuccessfully in the 2000s and 2010s to revive Harvey’s economy. Dixie Square Mall had been dormant for years, and Kellogg offered millions to developers to bring it back to life. Devastated Chicago Park Hotel after a developer received $10 million in local incentives to renovate. To fulfill its pension responsibilities, Harvey became the first Illinois community to have its revenue garnished in February 2018. Adapting to change required layoffs. Harvey is in Illinois’ 2nd district. The city is bankrupt. A mere $140 of the $10.1 million required for police and fire pensions was paid in 2010. Also reported in other economically challenged Chicago suburbs. Harvey has failed to conduct an annual audit of its municipal budget since 2007. “A conspiracy to transfer bond proceeds for inappropriate uses,” according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The city’s ability to pay its employees was questioned in September 2014. As a result of missed and underpaid pension contributions for its firemen, the city had to pay about $11 million in 2017. Over the years, an Illinois First District Appellate Court panel found that Harvey’s mayor and council had misused their discretionary powers. Following a decade of chronic underfunding of the City of Harvey Firefighters’ Pension Fund, the board of trustees filed action in Cook County court in 2010.