Since becoming the mayor of Akron in January 2024, Shammas Malik has faced challenges and controversial issues.

This will be Mayor Malik’s second State of the City address, which comes just one day after the one-year mark of the 2024 ...

The new mayor of Akron, Ohio, had to meet with a city ... and just overwhelmed by the issues,” Tony O’Leary, a former deputy mayor who advised Malik’s transition into office, told me.