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Malik Evans: “We had the highest levels of gun violence that Rochester had…”

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

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Rochester Budget Rally

Published | Video Starts at 17:46

Ladies and gentlemen, on my first business day in office, this great governor of the state of New York called me up. We were in the midst of COVID We had the highest levels of gun violence that Rochester had seen in its recorded history. And many people thought that Rochester was done over and that was it. But this governor believed in this great city on the banks of the Genesee. (17:46–17:51)

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Asserts that Rochester experienced its highest recorded levels of gun violence.

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