Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller on Saturday touted the city’s milestones under his administration and charted a path forward — should he be elected to a third term in November.
During the annual State of the City address, Keller said Albuquerque had made progress in housing the homeless and drilling down on crime. With thousands more people living on the streets than in shelters and a historically stubborn violent crime rate, he acknowledged the long road ahead.
“Don’t get me wrong, I see what you see, challenges seemingly all around us: addiction-driven crime and homelessness, families worried about rent, guns in our schools, and parents targeted by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement),” Keller said to open his speech. “If there were easy solutions to these long-term problems, I promise you, I would have fixed them in a heartbeat… It takes lots of hard work, but now, alongside those challenges, are signs of progress and of resilience, and they remind us — we can lift up Albuquerque.”…