A City Council subcommittee overseeing the search for new revenue will report back in 30 days with ideas that include video gaming, helicopter service to and from O’Hare and Midway Airports and turning vacant downtown retail space into a haven for digital advertising.

Freshman Ald. William Hall (6th), Mayor Brandon Johnson’s handpicked chair, also warmed to the possibility of leveling the tax playing field between the have’s and have-nots, by seeking legislative approval for a city income tax on salaries over $100,000 earned in Chicago or a “wealth tax” on stock holdings and personal liquid assets of wealthy residents.