Janey, soon to be acting Boston mayor, names her chief of staff
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated February 19, 2021, 3:39 p.m.
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Kim Janey, the soon-to-be acting mayor of Boston, on Friday
named several members of her senior leadership team, including her chief of staff: Chris Osgood, the cityâs chief of streets.
Janey, as Boston City Council president, is slated to take the reins from Mayor Martin J. Walsh after he is confirmed as the nationâs next labor secretary by the US Senate, something that is expected to happen in coming days.
Osgood is Walshâs chief of streets, transportation, and sanitation,
The Boston Herald on Friday, said she isn’t concerned about the limits placed on an acting mayor.
“I’m clear. I am clear and I am confident about what it is I need to do to lead the city, and that I will make the decisions that I need to make any appointments that I need to make,” Janey told the
Herald. “So that, again, focus has to be on the people of Boston, so that the people of our great city are well served.” Advertisement
Pending Walsh’s departure, Janey will become Boston’s first Black mayor and will be the first woman to serve in the office an experience she said is “humbling.”
With vaccine to arrive, Mass. goes from âdefense to offenseâ against COVID-19
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated December 13, 2020, 8:59 p.m.
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Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., on Sunday.Morry Gash/Associated Press
The earliest shipments of COVID-19 vaccine are expected to arrive at some Massachusetts hospitals starting Monday, officials said, as the state readies for a distribution effort that initially seeks to vaccinate thousands of medical workers and support staff in hospitals, as well as employees and residents of long-term-care facilities.