Mayor Ras J. Baraka will present his fourth State of the City Address on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 7 p.m., in the Victoria Theater of New Jersey Performing Arts Center, located at 1 Center Street.
Mayor Baraka’s speech will highlight the accomplishments of his Administration, particularly in three critical areas – public safety; jobs; and economic development – and the new initiatives he and so many other Newark residents and organizations are working on together, to build a safer, more confident, and prosperous future.
The Mayor’s address will compare its 2014 condition of a huge structural deficit, hundreds of police officers laid off, failing schools in state control, and high unemployment, with today’s conditions:
· Crime at its lowest level in 50 years
· Newark expanding its profile as a tech hub
· Local control of public schools regained
· City unemployment rate down by 30 percent
· National leadership in creating community/police cooperation
· Newark being placed on Amazon’s short list for its new HQ2
The speech will be aired LIVE on the Newark Government Access Channel 78 (Fios 28), and will also be streamed live on the City of Newark’s website at www.newarknj.gov.
