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Malik Evans: “Juvenile justice pilot that we have in our program...is…”

Featuring: Malik Evans, Democratic | Mayor of Rochester, New York

Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget

Published July 11, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:42

That is a huge undertaking. That's that, that's that, that's funded in this, in this budget. So we've been able to Juvenile justice pilot that we have in our program...is funded in this budget. program to deal with young people who have more of a propensity to get in trouble through our Department of Recreation and Human Services, another newer program that is that, that that is funded in this budget. (04:42–04:54)

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Asserts that the juvenile justice pilot program is funded in the current budget.

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“There's only been in the last 10 years, last 20 years, two years in which we've gotten more money back from the federal government than we…”
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“This is the first time in Rochester's history that sales tax has outpaced property tax as our major source of revenue in the budget.”
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“We were able to maintain any programs that we started with ARPA.”
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“We were able to keep the property tax levy flat and also not cut any programs.”
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“Our Peace collective, which is 23 plus organizations, that's still continuing.”
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“Office of Financial Empowerment is still fully funded up and operational.”
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“Rec center hours still functioning. Having socio-emotional support in all of our centers.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 03:09-03:16
“Summer jobs programs, jobs programs for 12 to 14 year olds.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 03:21-03:26
“We're spending $27 million less than we did the year before.”
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“Our bond outlook is stable.”
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“Our action team, we funded it in last year's budget, we funded it again in this year's budget.”
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“We are going to actually exceed [planting] 6,000 [trees].”
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“We are prepared for [federal budget cuts].”
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“We wanted to make sure that we were not going to go back on any of our promises.”
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“We actually expanded our composting program.”
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“We are funding a study for the public market because we want to take our public market to the next level.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 14:11-14:17
“We have money in the budget that we were able to do that again.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 14:30-14:34
“We also did not stop our roof repair and vacant, Vacant. Vacant. Vacant lot, vacant housing dollars as well.”
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“We use ARPA dollars for that, but we also are using local money for that.”
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“We also leverage T hip dollars from New York State as well.”
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“It would be disastrous if we got any federal funding pulling.”
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“These are taxpayer dollars that New York sends to D.C.”
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“We just joined a lawsuit a couple of weeks ago, Trump versus San Francisco.”
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“We just filed a lawsuit for them trying to take appropriated EPA funding.”
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“The current skinny budget that is proposed from the federal government right now zeroes out CDBG dollars.”
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“That's over $10 million to the city of Rochester.”
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“This is the first time ever where I've crafted a budget in four years as mayor... where we've had to have in the back of our mind what's…”
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“This year I did not bring a tax levy increase to city council.”
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“Inflation is still too high. People are still trying to keep up with prices that the president said would come down on January 1st, which…”
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“We just announced in the northeast district that we are going to build a bunch of homes on city vacant lots that private industry will be…”
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“The state has modeled a program after Rochester called block by Block, which we're also going to take advantage of.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 31:55-32:04
“We cut the ribbon on some new homes that were built there [on Superior Street].”
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“The RFP is due, I think in another week for the new homes that will be built over in the Sil street neighborhood on vacant lots that are…”
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“Our goal has been, is to build as many new housing units, be they rental or for home ownership through partnerships as much as possible.”
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“CDBG is Community Development Block Grant money that comes from Housing and Urban Development.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 38:45-38:49
“The city's not in the housing business. We don't collect rent from anybody.”
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and City Council leaders on the city budget | Uploaded July 11, 2025 | 39:34-40:15
“The city doesn't own a single house.”
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“Any of our affordable housing projects are run by the private industry.”
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“We got $25 million in poverty aid. It's a direct cash program, very similar to guaranteed basic income.”
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“We want to be lead-free by 2030.”
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“We were able to go to New York State and get dollars [for the lead line replacement program].”
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“We even got some federal money [for the lead line replacement program].”
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“We are pretty positive that by 2030 we will have every single lead line replaced in Rochester.”
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“We just replaced the 10,000th line.”
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“We also replaced the lines that went inside of the house as well.”
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“The Advanced Peace Program was all funded by ARPA. Now that is now completely funded by local dollars.”
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“Rochester can't do it alone. Rochester cannot do it alone. It just can't. And that was the deal in the beginning, if you remember that in…”
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