Mayor Young, who is 70 years old, is widely expected to run next year for a fifth term.

Mayor Young said the abandonment of ethnic neighborhoods was especially devastating in Detroit.

Mayor Young's efforts at revitalization have been criticized as much as praised.

Mayor Young said that the nonprofit international studies center "gives substance" to Atlanta's cosmopolitanism.

Mayor Young is thinking now about running for governor.

Amid the hand-wringing this week, Mayor Young was smoothly confident about the challenges facing the city.

"Jesse carries the moral mantle of the movement," Mayor Young said.

Mayor Young is expected to name a temporary replacement for the chief by Friday.

Mayor Young, 75, who served 20 years as mayor, is retiring due to ill health, primarily emphysema.

Mayor Young pushed hard for an immediate vote because he wanted the project approved before he leaves office at the end of the year.

Mayor Young, who is 70 years old, is widely expected to run next year for a fifth term.

Mayor Young said the abandonment of ethnic neighborhoods was especially devastating in Detroit.

Mayor Young said that the nonprofit international studies center "gives substance" to Atlanta's cosmopolitanism.

Mayor Young is thinking now about running for governor.

Amid the hand-wringing this week, Mayor Young was smoothly confident about the challenges facing the city.

"Jesse carries the moral mantle of the movement," Mayor Young said.

Elections are not just "the sum of minorities, of factions," Mayor Young said.

Mayor Young is expected to name a temporary replacement for the chief by Friday.

Mayor Young, 75, who served 20 years as mayor, is retiring due to ill health, primarily emphysema.

Mayor Young pushed hard for an immediate vote because he wanted the project approved before he leaves office at the end of the year.