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Connections: Rochester Reviews Its Nuisance Abatement System

The City of Rochester is taking a look at its Nuisance Abatement point system. What does that mean? We explain with our guest, former Mayor Bill Johnson, whose company is conducting the review.

Nuisance Abatement has been controversial in New York City, where critics say it's abused. The law was designed there to shut down drug operations and other criminal enterprises, but reporting by ProPublica showed that residents were getting kicked out of their homes without a chance to defend themselves in court.

Former Mayor Johnson also spends some time discussing his thoughts on last week's election.

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.