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An excavator knocks down the roof and walls of a vacant building on Detroit's west side as another worker hoses down the structure to reduce the spread of dust and other materials, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. The building on Cloverdale likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's expansive blight elimination program. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
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Crews prep heavy machinery prior to the demolition of a vacant building on Detroit's west side, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. The building on Cloverdale likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's expansive blight elimination program. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
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An excavator crew prepares to start demolition of a vacant building on Detroit's west side, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. The building on Cloverdale likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's expansive blight elimination program. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
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An excavation crew begins demolition of a vacant building on Detroit's west side Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. The building on Cloverdale likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's expansive blight elimination program. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
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Ed Mierkowicz, the one player still alive who appeared in the 1945 World Series, when the Chicago Cubs reached Game 7 before losing to Detroit points to himself in a group photo at his home, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, in Rochester Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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In this Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 photo provided by Archdiocese of Detroit, Bishop Michael Jude Byrnes poses for a photo at the Archdiocese of Detroit Chancery in Detroit. Pope Francis on Monday named Byrnes, the auxiliary bishop of Detroit, as coadjutor bishop of the Guam archdiocese. Coadjutors have succession rights when bishops resign, retire or are removed. (Tim Hinkle/Archdiocese of Detroit via AP)
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Washington Redskins cornerback Josh Norman stretches before an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. Detroit won 20-17. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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CORRECTS TRAND REF TO MIDTN - In a Sept. 27, 2016 photo, a tour of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine Shipyard and the building of Freedom Variant LCS, Littoral Combat Ships, shows the soon to be commissioned U.S.S. Detroit, in Marinette, Wisc. The new USS Detroit, classified as a littoral combat ship (LCS), will arrive in its namesake city by Friday, Oct. 14, as the $440 million vessel will be commissioned during an Oct. 22 ceremony following a week of festivities and tours along the Detroit River near the Renaissance Center. (Daniel MearsThe Detroit News via AP)
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FILE- This booking photo provided by the Wayne County Sheriff shows Michael Montgomery, who was arraigned via video conference, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, in district court in Detroit, for crimes committed in 2005-2006, including sexual assault, kidnapping and a fatal stabbing. Montgomery was sentenced to 40 to 80 years in prison, Thursday, Oct. 13 in Detroit. (Wayne County Sheriff via AP)
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A Sept. 30, 2016 photo shows the exterior of the Number House at the Heidelberg Project, in Detroit. The Heidelberg Project in Detroit is launching a $100,000 capital campaign as its creator looks to remake and largely dismantle the outdoor art installation. (John T. Greilick/The Detroit News via AP)
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Illustration on the root of Detroit's troubles by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Sen. Debbie Stabenow watches as former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin raises his arms after an unveiling of the USS Carl M. Levin during a ceremony Monday, April 11, 2016, in Detroit. Naval officials came to Michigan to officially announce that the former senator will have a destroyer named after him. The destroyer is part of the Arleigh Burke class and will be built at Bath Iron Works in Maine. It's expected to enter the fleet in 2020. The Detroit Democrat served in the Senate from 1979 to 2015 and also served as chair of the Senate's Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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President Barack Obama reacts while speaking at the United Auto Workers-General Motors Center for Human Resources, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 in Detroit. While in Detroit the president visited the 2016 North American International Auto Show and speak of the progress made by the city, its people and neighborhoods, and the American auto industry. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Detroit Police Chief James Craig addresses the media, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Detroit. Craig discussed an incident from Wednesday evening where a driver accelerated to more than 70 mph on a residential street in Detroit while fleeing officers before striking and killing two young children and injuring three other children and an adult. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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Florence Miller lowers her head after arriving to pick up her family whose van burned in a parking lot while they were in at a Detroit Tigers baseball game Sunday, July 19, 2015, in Detroit. (Regina H. Boone/Detroit Free Press via AP) DETROIT NEWS OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT DETROIT FREE PRESS
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Liz Lupo, second from left, shows a sign in honor of her mother, Marianne Lupo, a former patient of Dr. Farid Fata, outside federal court, Monday, July 6, 2015, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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This Aug. 12, 2013 file photo shows the office of Dr. Farid Fata in Oak Park, Mich. The Detroit-area cancer specialist who fleeced insurance companies and gave unnecessary treatments to hundreds of patients, pleaded guilty last fall to fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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This June 4, 2015, file photo shows Mitchelle Blair during a custody hearing in Detroit. The Detroit woman, charged with first-degree murder, torture and child abuse, is accused of killing two of her children and storing their bodies in a freezer at her home. (Clarence Tabb Jr./Detroit News via AP, File)
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New York Yankees relief pitcher David Carpenter throws during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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The first actual department issued Merwin Hulbert handgun, right, for the Detroit Police Department in 1880 sits on display next to the second generation of issued firearm Smith and Wesson safety hammerless handgun from 1895-1905 at the new Detroit Police Museum and Gift Shop on Tuesday May 12, 2015 located in the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters in Detroit. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via AP) DETROIT NEWS OUT; TV OUT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT DETROIT FREE PRESS
