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Malik Evans: “The vast majority of these vacants, as the chief said, do…”

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

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RPD Media Conference on North Clinton Avenue Public Safety Actions

Published | Video Starts at 20:30

And just, and just on the vacants, the city, the city, the city only owns about four or five vacant boarded up houses. The vast majority of these vacants, as the chief said, do not belong to the city. So we have to find the owner, go after the owner. And when we're boarding up vacant houses that don't belong to the city, we're doing this at the owner's expense. (20:30–20:35)

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