With the shakeup, the only two declared candidates to date, City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu and District 4 City Councilor Andrea Campbell, have sought in recent days to capitalize on their early forays into the election. Both have rolled out key endorsements, boasting both their broad networks and community roots to set the stage early in what will likely be a turbulent race. Advertisement
On Saturday, Wu’s campaign unveiled its support from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the councilor’s former Harvard Law School professor. The high-profile endorsement was followed on Monday with another from the Sunrise Movement Boston, the local chapter of the national grassroots climate justice organization, and on Tuesday with support from OPEIU Local 453 and the Alliance of Unions at the MBTA.
Boston mayoral race: Police Commissioner William Gross considering tossing his hat in the ring
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
Boston Police Commissioner William Gross holds a press conference alongside Mayor Marty Walsh after a police officer and suspect exchanged gunfire during a motor vehicle stop. The officer is expected to be ok, and the suspect was found dead in the vehicle.
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Boston Police Commissioner William Gross, who has served the department for decades and became the first person of color to lead it three years ago, is likely to toss his hat in the ring in the city’s mayoral race, news outlets have reported.
"A source very close to Willie Gross reached out to me last night and told me he is 90 percent of the way there, just checking off with some family members to make sure everybody is on board," WBZ's NightSide host Dan Rea said.
Mayor Marty Walsh said Wednesday he has not spoken to anyone in President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration recently, despite a report he is Biden’s preferred choice for labor secretary.
“Last time I talked to the vice president president-elect, I should say I was on a Zoom call with him with the U.S. Conference of Mayors about a week after he got elected president of the United States of America at least the time I acknowledged he got elected president,” Walsh told reporters during a press conference on the city’s COVID-19 response. “So I have not been talking to anyone in the Biden Administration.”
‘We will have police knocking on doors’: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh warns against partying on New Year’s Eve amid pandemic, says additional patrols will be out
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
As coronavirus cases continue to soar across the state and country, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is warning residents against attending New Year’s Eve parties, noting police officers will be on patrol and won’t be afraid to crack down on out-of-control gatherings.
Walsh urged people not to have parties whatsoever this year, including small gatherings. As hospitals remain bombarded with COVID-19 patients, the Boston mayor and other public officials are worried about a second holiday surge of the viral respiratory infection.