VOTE411 Voter Guide

I have served as Mayor for the past three and a half years and have made great progress, while we still have much work to you. I have launched unprecedent levels of partnerships that are helping in moving Rochester forward. Cooperation and Collaboration are important qualities for a leader to have. I launched the office of Violence Prevention, launched the Rochester Peace Collective and expanded mental health services. These efforts have resulted in a significant reduction in shootings and homicides. We have invested close to a billion dollars in affordable and market rate housing in just 3 years and we are one of the only cities in New York State that are partnering with non-profits and builders to construct single family homes in the city. We launched the Office of Financial Empowerment with a focus on Home Ownership, Entrepreneurship and Youth. In September we will be launching the R-Future fund to help youth in the city save for the future. Please visit malikevans.org for more

The opioid epidemic is a challenge across the country and Rochester Monroe County is no different. There are overdoses, many fatal in the region on a daily basis. We have successfully sued the opioid manufactures for the harm they played in perpetuating this epidemic. We are now using those settlement dollars for prevention and intervention. We have set up an Opioid Steering Committee. We partner with the County through the Overdose Fatality Review Committee to track opioids in an effort to stop deaths from happening. We set up the Neighborhood Ambassador Program which helps people get into treatment. Each program operates in one of the 4 quadrants of the city and we partner with a community organization. This initiative allows us to meet people where they are and get them the support they need and turn their lives around. Mental Health is a major challenge. We have expanded our Person and Crisis Team, expanded mental health supports in R-Center and Libraries.

Innovative Partnerships are key to creating jobs for both youth and adults. We have built a very robust workforce development office in our Department of Recreation and Human Services. We have developed pre employment training opportunities for 12-14 year olds. I have instituted a policy that we will work to get any young person that wants a job a job. Our Summer of Opportunity job program had our biggest cohort last year and we work with employers that help train young people and then hire them. Our adult training program RE-JOB helps individuals get jobs in the environmental engineering space. After training they are placed with an employer. We also have launched a cdl training program, which is a in demand job. We partner with SEIU 1199 on a healthcare training program that gets individuals trained to work in the healthcare space. We also in 2022 my first year in office launched a Career Pathways to Public Safety program to get individuals prepared for jobs in EMS, 911 and fire.

The key to addressing the shortage of affordable housing is to build as much as possible. We have developed a strong partnership with New York State, local affordable housing developers and this has helped to make Rochester a leader in quality affordable housing development. We have converted old office buildings to affordable housing units as well as built new units. Creativity, partnership and innovation is important to addressing this important issue. Rochester has been designated as a pro housing community due to our commitment to addressing this issue through zoning and collaboration.

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