CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Brandon Johnson is refusing to fire one of his top aides after Chicago's Inspector General claims the mayoral adviser would not cooperate with an investigation: one that began with a complaint from Alderman Bill Conway.

There is a small space, the size of a closet, behind City Council chambers, known as the copy room. It's where many Chicago alderpersons discuss city business behind closed doors.

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Conway says it was two years ago when mayoral advisor Jason Lee took him into the room to offer the 34th Ward alderman a deal.

"The mayor's office tried to extort my vote in exchange for basic public safety services," Conway said.

Conway says he had been trying to get the city to help clean up a homeless encampmen

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