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Rochester Mayor Malik Evans on city government's response to federal executive orders

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published February 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM EST
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Malik Evans on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, February 10, 2025
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Mayor Malik Evans joins us to discuss how he sees the actions of the new Trump administration, which has promised aggressive deportations nationwide.

The mayor explains how Rochester is approaching this issue, along with other issues related to the new direction from the White House.

We also examine the decline in gun violence in the city.

In studio:

*Notes:

  • To access the webinar, "Rochester’s water: The key to health and a vital economy," click here. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 5: 30 p.m.
  • WXXI followed-up with Refugees Helping Refugees to ask for more information about the mayor's comments regarding taking down its website. The organization confirmed that it did take its website down due to fear and uncertainty in the refugee community as the site had client photos and names and other information about staff, but it has not been subject to harassment. Read more from WXXI's Brian Sharp here.

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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