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Breaking down Detroit Mayor Sheffield's first State of the City address

Detroit’s first female mayor gave her first State of the City address Tuesday night, laying out ambitious plans from education to crime and housing to neighborhoods. The main areas Mayor Sheffield focused on were neighborhoods, education, transportation, crime and public safety, seniors and affordable housing. The conversation that seems to get the biggest reaction was the mayor’s full-pivot plan to a neighborhood-first policy -- housing, safety, retail, transit and investment. To break down the highlights of Tuesday night’s speech, Portia Roberson, CEO of Focus: HOPE, Jeremy Allen, executive director for the Michigan Chronicle, Mario Marrow with Mario Marrow Associates, and Nushrat Rahman, the Economic Mobility Reporter for the Detroit Free Press and Bridge Detroit, joined Local 4 Live in a roundtable discussion.