Mayor-elect Corey O'Connor has big aspirations to grow the city of Pittsburgh, but when he takes office in January, he also faces big challenges.

"It is time for us to believe in each other and believe in our city again," O'Connor said in his victory speech.

O'Connor wants to kickstart Pittsburgh out of neutral, encouraging growth, generating new jobs and attracting young families, but first he'll need to shore up city finances and services. He's dealing with a shrinking tax base, a dying city fleet, massive overtime, understaffing of police and emergency medical services.

"What are you going to do about all those things?" KDKA-TV's Andy Sheehan asked.

"Well, let's tackle them one at a time," O'Connor said. "If you try to do 50 things at once, something's not going to work. So I thi

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