Mayor of Boston
Appears in 12 stories
Championing free transit expansion
Boston will launch free shuttle service in Roxbury, Mattapan, Charlestown, and other neighborhoods by early 2027. The expansion of the city's Link program, backed by an $11.7 million federal grant, aims to connect residents who lack easy access to MBTA subway stations.
Updated 2 hours ago
Supports the camera program
Boston is moving to install cameras on its school buses that would automatically fine drivers who illegally pass stopped buses. The city posted a request for proposals (EV00018035) on Oct. 5, with bids due Oct. 30. A three-month pilot on 25 buses would issue warnings before fines.
Updated Yesterday
Vowing to sue USPS over the Allston closure; requested a meeting with top USPS officials
The Fields Corner post office in Dorchester is set to close 'temporarily' on Oct. 26 when its lease expires. USPS will move post-office boxes to a Clayton Street annex and send retail customers to Codman Square.
Updated 3 days ago
Leading the lawsuit against the Trump administration
Boston filed a federal lawsuit on September 28 to restore a $20 million transportation grant the Trump administration revoked in September 2025. The funding was meant to redesign three major Roxbury corridors and improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and stormwater management.
Updated Oct 2
In office, overseeing housing policy
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved two housing projects on September 18. A Brighton commercial building will gain 42 apartments in a three-story addition, and a Dorchester project will create 20 homeownership units near the MBTA's Ashmont station.
Updated Sep 18
Appointed Knight after a seven-month search
Boston's top economic development job sat empty for seven months, and two candidates turned it down over salaries. Wu filled it Wednesday with Emily Knight, who runs The Engine, a Cambridge incubator that turns MIT research into startups.
Updated Sep 16
Active
Boston said it will not use Flock Safety cameras. A city report showed the vendor shared license plate data with outside agencies during a 2025 pilot, a violation of the police contract. Mayor Michelle Wu said the city has 'abandoned Flock.'
Presented a City of Boston proclamation recognizing the office
Enterprise Singapore opened its Boston office on September 9 — the agency's fifth in the United States and the first Southeast Asia trade outpost in the city. It sits inside the Cambridge Innovation Center, minutes from the Kendall Square biotech cluster that anchors American life sciences.
Updated Sep 11
In office
A Woburn developer sold a downtown Boston office building approved for conversion into 95 apartments for $8.6 million, or about $90,500 per approved home. KS Partners won the conversion approval in April 2025, then sold the site rather than build it.
Updated Sep 8
Endorsed challengers in two Senate primaries and an incumbent in a third; one challenger lost, one is in a recount, and the incumbent she backed lost
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu backed challengers to two state senators who blocked her property tax plan in January. One challenger, Latoya Gayle, lost to Senator Nick Collins; the other, Daniel Lander, trails incumbent William Brownsberger by 34 votes ahead of a recount due Sept. 11.
Updated Sep 6
Championed the upgrade legislation
Boston's Licensing Board approved a Beacon Hill market's request to sell scotch and aged tequila alongside its beer and wine, brushing aside neighbors' warnings that BuzzBallz-maddened teenagers would swarm the State House area. Owner Barznab Khan said he would swap some wines and beers for the spirits, and agreed not to sell micro bottles or singles.
Championing the Madison Park rebuild; administration directed Parcel P3 siting review
Boston City Council voted 12-0-1 on July 8, 2026 to spend $5 million on feasibility studies for Madison Park Technical Vocational High School. It's the biggest concrete step yet toward a promised rebuild of the aging Roxbury campus.
Updated Aug 26
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