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From YouTube: An Interview with Mayor Peduto
Description
For the sixth year in a row, City of Pitsburgh Mayor William Peduto visits the City Channel for his annual interview about the city. He talks about a lot of the changes over the last year, what we should be looking forward to in 2020, and which actor is playing him in the movie about his life.
A
A
B
We've
been
able
to
see
36
percent
decrease
from
last
year
in
the
number
of
homicides,
so
our
homicides
have
gone
down
to
37,
but
37
is
still
37
too
many.
There
have
been
a
number
of
factors
which
have
been
able
to
lessen
those
numbers
over
the
course
of
the
past
six
years
and
they
basically
come
from
two
sources:
are
men
and
women
of
our
police
force
and
public
safety,
as
well
as
the
people
in
our
neighborhoods?
One
of
the
reasons
that
we're
able
to
see
less
people
being
killed
in
our
city
is
due
to
technology.
B
The
upgrades
that
our
Police
Bureau
and
Public
Safety
Department
have
made
the
ShotSpotter
being
implemented
in
neighborhoods,
where,
before
we
even
get
a
911
call,
our
officers
are
able
to
be
at
the
scene
changes
within
the
police
department,
where
our
officers
are
carrying
tourniquets
and
learning.
First
responder.
Medical
ways
to
be
able
to
sustain
a
life
have
also
been
a
critical
part
of
that,
but
it
goes
beyond
it.
B
A
B
That
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
have
done
over
the
past
six
years.
Is
we've
watched,
homicide,
violent
crime
all
drop
over
the
past
six
years.
We've
also
seen
an
increase
in
the
number
of
police
officers.
We
have
the
number
of
firefighters,
the
number
of
medics,
the
Department
of
Public
Safety,
which
is
now
expanded
from
beyond
just
working
to
administer
the
three
bureaus
and
animal
control
to
being
able
to
create
an
entire
community
relations
team
that
works
hand-in-hand
with
our
men
and
women
in
uniform
and
to
build
that
relation
with
community
a
big.
B
So
we're
one
of
five
cities
in
the
United
States
that
has
actually
created
a
bureau
of
equity
within
our
mayor's
office.
We've
hired,
majestic
Laine,
who
is
a
deputy
chief
of
staff
in
order
to
be
the
chief
of
equity,
and
what
does
that
mean
it?
It
means
we
look
at
everything
we
do
through
the
lens
of
whether
or
not
we're
doing
it
for
all.
So,
if
we're
putting
in
new
streetlights,
we've
never
really
looked
before
what
then,
where
the
streetlights
go,
we
just
replaced
light
bulbs.
B
B
What
it
does
is
it
allows
maybe
for
parents
that
are
on
a
limited
resource.
We're
getting
books
from
a
library
may
be
difficult
or
buying
books
is
impossible.
The
opportunity
for
that
book
to
arrive
to
their
son
or
daughter
every
month
from
the
time
they
are
born
and
that
opportunity
to
have
someone
to
read
to
them
and
these
books
are
chosen
so
that
they
improve
their
vocabulary.
So
before
they
even
start
kindergarten,
they
have
a
better
chance
to
succeed.
B
The
cost
zero
dollars,
we
partnered
with
the
benter
foundation
and
work
to
find
revenue
through
other
sources
to
be
able
to
make
this
available
to
every
child
in
the
city,
financial
empowerment.
These
are
places
where
you
can
get
one-on-one
free
help.
You
have
credit
card
debt,
you
don't
know
how
to
get
out
of
it,
you're
trying
to
buy
a
house,
but
you
don't
have
money
for
a
down
payment,
you're
trying
to
pay
off
your
car
loan
you're
just
having
trouble
getting
by
now.
B
We
want
to
make
that
opportunity
available
to
everyone
and
we've
begun
that
program
last
year
and
we'll
be
expanding
it
in
the
next
years
to
come
the
opportunity
to
really
enhance
what
we've
done
with
welcoming
Pittsburgh
the
new
immigrants
that
are
coming
here.
The
refugees
that
are
coming
here,
providing
them
opportunities
to
network
and
to
become
part
of
our
community
sort
of
like
welcoming
your
neighbor
with
a
Terrible
Towel,
we're
walking
them
with
all
the
different
opportunities
to
the
services
that
are
there
for
every
Pittsburgher.
B
Yeah,
we
haven't
done
a
good
job
in
the
past.
So
when
you
look
at
the
contracts
that
go
out,
the
first
thing
that
you
would
see
is
that
there
weren't
many
women-owned
businesses
there
weren't
many
minority-owned
businesses
or
veteran
owned
businesses
that
were
even
putting
in
a
bid.
So
we
asked
back
in
2014.
B
B
We
brought
three
really
smart
young
people
to
Pittsburgh
and
we
had
the
meet
with
those
companies
and
we
said,
come
up
with
a
better
way,
and
so,
instead
of
having
to
find
in
the
newspaper
where
there's
a
and
then
trying
to
figure
out
the
convoluted
process,
we
created
an
app,
and
so
you
now
can
tell
us.
I,
hang
drywall
and
I
want
to
be
able
to
hang
drywall
for
the
Housing
Authority
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
PWSA.
B
Anyone
who
wants
so
now
you
go
online,
it's
called
beacon
and
you
put
in
your
information,
and
you
say
what
the
job
is
you
want
to
do
and
then
anytime
a
bid
comes
up.
We
send
you
a
text
or
an
email,
your
choice
or
both,
and
we
make
it
all
you
have
to
do-
is
fill
out
the
form
and
send
it
back
much
easier.
But
then
we
found
that
the
other
departments
are
different
authorities,
weren't
adopting
the
same
practice.
B
So
what
we
created
at
the
beginning
of
this
year
at
the
end
of
last
year,
was
the
Office
of
Management
and
budgets
procurement
guide
to
being
able
to
bid,
and
it
is
the
opportunity
to
become
a
part
of
not
only
the
city
of
Pittsburgh's
bidding
process
but
of
all
those
other
authorities
through
one-stop
shopping.
So
what
does
that
mean
to
somebody
sitting
at
home?
What
does
it
mean
to
taxpayer?
The
first
bid
that
we
did
with
this
was
a
contract
for
our
senior
centers.
Our
seniors
had
complained
that
the
kitchens
were
not
clean.
B
The
bathrooms
were
not
clean,
and
every
year
that
we
went
out
to
bid
for
the
cleaning
services,
we
had
only
one
company
that
would
bid
the
first
contract
that
we
put
out.
Under
this
new
system.
We
had
13
companies
bid
for
the
work,
the
contract
that
one
cost
taxpayers
less
money.
The
seniors
said
the
service
is
much
better
in
the
contract
was
won
by
a
minority
female
owned
company
Wow.
A
A
B
A
B
Become
more
of
a
focus,
especially
as
we're
looking
at
economic
development,
economic
development
used
to
be
measured
by
how
many
buildings
are
your
building?
How
many
jobs
does
it
create
and
what's
the
amount
of
tax
revenue
that
it
returns
back
to
the
city
we
realize
now
the
21st
century
city
has
a
very
different
model
of
economics.
B
B
In
order
to
do
that,
that
means
we
have
had
to
really
do
an
overhaul
of
our
economic
development
agency.
So
we
brought
in
a
new
director
from
Kansas
City
Greg
flesh
firm,
who
is
the
head
of
the
ura
we
promoted
from
within
our
deputy
executive
director,
diamante
Walker
who's
born
and
raised
in
Pittsburgh
and-
and
she
serves
now
as
the
first
african-american
female,
to
hold
the
position
that
high
within
the
URA
we
have
brought
in
from
Detroit
Monique
Pierre,
who
is
now
running
economic
development.
With
our
housing
authority.
B
We
brought
in
from
Pittsburgh
Marty
Lamar,
who
is
now
our
chief
economic
development
officer
and
soon
we'll
be
announcing
our
new
planning
director
as
well,
that
new
team
that
at
new
economic
development
team,
has
been
charged
with
changing
the
model
of
Neighborhood
Development,
to
focus
on
the
p4
principles
and,
at
the
same
time,
to
allow
our
city
to
grow.
For
all.
We
want
to
see
a
continuation
in
new
industries
that
are
investing
in
Pittsburgh,
but
at
that
same
time
we
want
to
see
opportunities
for
entrepreneurs
to
invest
in
their
own
neighborhoods.
B
We
want
to
see
a
continuation
of
market
rate
housing
that
is
being
built
to
bring
people
who
otherwise
would
have
moved
to
the
suburbs
back
into
the
city.
But
at
the
same
time
we
don't
want
to
lose
anybody
out
of
our
own
neighborhoods
and
want
to
create
more
opportunities
for
public
subsidized
and
affordable
housing,
and
all
of
that
now
becomes
the
priority
of
our
economic
development
strategy,
which
adds
to
the
equity
of
our
city.
A
If
anyone
out
there
would
like
to
see
more
make
sure
you
go
back
to
the
budget
address
in
the
past
year
on
our
YouTube
channel
shameless
plug
there,
so
we
talked
you
talked
about
teams,
you
talked
about
the
URA,
you
talked
about
new
leadership.
How
will
these
teams
and
these
resources
help
us
respond
to
the
needs
of
our
communities.
B
B
It
means
that
using
the
funds
that
we
created
for
an
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
can
be
utilized
not
only
in
making
new
opportunities
from
affordable
housing,
but
in
areas
where
receive
rent
increasing,
provide
a
program
to
be
able
to
stabilize
a
family,
to
be
able
to
take
that
in
to
be
rent
increase
and
to
be
able
to
have
a
program
to
help
them
to
get
through
that.
It
means
that
we
start
to
look
at
a
new,
comprehensive
plan
for
an
entire
city
under
the
lenses
of
equity
and
other
issues
that
are
absolutely
critical
transportation.
B
A
B
In
order
to
build
out
a
neighborhood
master
plan,
we've
had
last
year
master
plans
that
we
were
able
to
complete
in
Manchester
and
Hazelwood
were
working
in
Homewood
in
Oakland
and
what
they
do
is
they
give
a
guide
to
the
Planning
Commission
so
that
when
somebody
comes
with
an
idea
of
what
they
want
to
do
in
that
neighborhood,
there's
already
a
community
driven
approach
that
has
been
identified.
That
fits
in
with
that
entire
plan
and
then
is
incentivized
through
the
URA
through
the
programs
that
they
have
to
help
to
make
it
happen.
A
A
B
B
Sometimes
it's
a
neighborhood
park
and
having
a
park
that
has
not
been
repaired,
renovated
or
it's
just
been
basically
ignored
for
decades-
becomes
a
priority
for
that
community
to
see
it
done,
and
then
we
engage
the
community
on
what
that
Park
should
look
like,
because,
although
we
build
it
40
years
ago,
the
children
and
the
adults
in
that
community
may
want
different
amenities
today,
so
we
work
hand
in
hand
making
that
happen.
We
do
it
with
our
senior
centers.
We
do
it
with
our
rec
centers.
B
B
There's
a
lot
and
they're
all
basically
created
by
either
city
employees
or
neighborhood
organizations
or
community
organizations
that
basically
have
a
problem,
but
they
want
to
use
a
little
bit
of
creativity
in
order
to
solve
it.
So
the
clean,
Pittsburgh
Commission
four
years
ago
came
up
with
this
idea
in
it
was
four
years
ago
we
were
celebrating
the
Olympics
and
they
said
why
not
have
a
garbage
Olympics
I
said
all
right.
B
What's
a
garbage
Olympics
and
they
explained
that
it
would
be
a
competition
between
neighborhoods
to
see
who
could
pick
up
the
most
trash
in
one
day
and
so
it
began,
and
this
past
year
we've
been
able
to
get
the
largest
number
of
neighborhoods
to
participate.
We
have
been
able
to
increase
it.
Every
year,
we've
been
able
to
pick
up
the
most
garbage
in
the
past
four
years.
B
This
past
year
in
tons
and
each
year
a
different
neighborhood
has
won
the
grouch,
which
is
Oscar
the
Grouch,
the
trophy
that
goes
to
the
neighborhood
that
picks
up
the
most
trash,
what
a
wonderful
way
to
get
neighborhoods
involved
in
bettering
their
own
neighborhood
and
their
community.
What
a
better
way
to
get
all
the
different
organizations
that
are
involved
in
dealing
with
litter
and
art
in
our
city
and
what
a
great
way
to
be
able
to
do
it
in
a
fun
way.
B
A
B
B
B
One
of
the
things
that
we
did
last
year
was
we
Double
Down.
We
decided
in
the
work
that
we
have
been
doing
in
the
attention
Pittsburgh's
been
getting,
I
mean,
you
know,
a
lot
of
people
will
say
our
air
quality
is
still
bad
or
waters
still
has
LED
and
it
does-
and
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
with
both
our
water
and
our
air.
B
But
the
journey
that
we
have
traveled
is
further
than
what
other
cities
have
had
to
travel
to
get
to
where
we're
at
in
the
world
notices
that
it
notices
a
city
that
basically
had
given
up
on
its
environment
and
then
over
the
course
of
50
years
had
taken
very
courageous
stands.
We
were
one
of
the
first
cities
in
the
United
States
to
create
a
clean
air
standard
in
Mayor,
David
Lawrence
band
using
coal
as
heat.
B
That
was
not
a
popular
position,
but
he
did
it
because
he
knew
that
there
was
going
to
be
a
city
in
the
future.
It
was
going
to
have
to
have
better
air
quality.
We
work
together
with
our
corporations
in
order
to
be
able
to
clean
our
rivers
and
to
understand
the
importance
of
water,
and
now
we
stand
here
today
with
the
opportunities
to
continue
to
clean
our
air
and
to
continue
to
clean
our
water.
We
are
now
on
track
by
2026
to
have
every
lead
pipe
removed
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
B
Three
years
ago,
we
were
in
a
crisis
where
our
LED
levels
were
over
20
parts
per
billion.
Today
there
are
10
parts
per
billion,
we
cut
them
in
half
in
three
years,
we've
been
able
to
get
under
federal
warning
standards
which
also
have
man
but
we're
still
following
the
mandates,
as
if
our
water
quality
was
bad,
even
though
it
is
much
cleaner.
Today
we
will
do
that
until
every
lead,
pipe
is
removed
and
we've
been
able
to
do
it
without
raising
rates
and
forcing
people
out
of
their
homes
did
we
have
to
raise
your
rates?
B
Yes,
why
did
we
get
in
this
problem
before
because
for
former
administrations
wouldn't
raise
rates?
Are
we
going
to
solve
this
problem?
You
bet
we
now
have
the
next
step,
which
is
modernizing
the
plant
and
then
concentrating
on
our
green
infrastructure.
We
want
to
be
able
to
retain
our
stormwater
before
it
ever
gets
into
the
system,
because
we
realized,
if
we
don't
we'll
continue
to
see,
floods
will
continue
to
see
landslides
unless
we're
able
to
put
that
rain
in
an
area
where
it's
just
held
and
we're
gonna
have
to
invest
heavily
in
that
as
well.
B
B
Have
we
still
have
a
lot
more
to
do
and
then
the
second
part
of
that
is
we
in
doubling
down.
We
have
become
the
second
city
in
the
in
the
United
States.
Only
New
York
City
in
Pittsburgh
that
have
adopted
the
United
Nations
sustainable
development
goals
is
a
part
of
our
overall
goals.
So
our
2030
strategy
stands.
We
want
to
be
using
100%
renewable
energy
to
fund
our
our
operations.
A
A
A
B
Well,
number
one:
we've
got
the
g7
coming
to
town,
which
is
interesting
with
the
logistics
that
we
need
to
be
able
to
place
in
order
to
host
the
event
we're
not
hosting
at
the
State
Department's
hosting
it.
But
the
foreign
ministers
of
seven
nations
and
reporters
from
all
over
the
world
will
be
here,
so
it
will
be
an
opportunity
to
show
what
makes
Pittsburgh
such
a
special
City.
B
We've
got
the
2020
census
coming
up,
which
is
absolutely
critical,
that
everyone
register
a
lot
of
effort
that
will
be
made
in
order
to
get
every
person
to
count
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
I'm
sure
they're
going
to
be
doing
the
same
throughout
the
county
and
throughout
the
region.
But
we
really
need
to
have
every
person
count
in
order
to
be
able
to
get
federal
funding
that
we
deserve
we're
going
to
be
moving.
B
B
A
B
So
last
year,
when
I
had
the
chance
to
take
a
vacation
like
a
real
vacation
for
the
first
time
since
2011
I
had
the
chance
to
meet
His
Holiness,
the
Dalai
Lama,
and
when
you
asked
me
about
the
mayor,
I
was
immediately
reminded
when
I
came
up
to
meet
him,
and
they
said
your
holiness.
This
is
Bill.
Peduto
he's
the
mayor
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
He
grabbed
me
by
my
hair
and
he
said
this
is
black
and
they
grabbed
my
beard.
He
said
this
is
white.