Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval says his first term is defined by being “unafraid to take big swings.”

Pureval gave his fourth "State of the City" address Thursday night, reflecting on the past four years and looking ahead to another term after easily winning re-election last week .

“The state of the city is strong,” Pureval said. “And because of all of your hard work, it is getting stronger.”

What he talked about

Pureval says when he took office, his goal was not simply to “keep the ship steady” but to “shake things up” and meet challenges with urgency. He addressed several key moments of his tenure, including the controversial sale of the Cincinnati Sothern Railway, which voters narrowly approved in 2023 .

“When we took office, we walked into a staggering deferred capital maintenance

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