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Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington. He Leaves The Job Of Economic Equality Unfinished.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be labor secretary, Capitol Hill, Feb. 4, 2021.
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February 18, 2021
The recent report that details how little the City of Boston spends with businesses owned by people of color revealed that over the last six years, Black businesses have received just 0.4% of Boston s procurement/contract spending â or $9.4 million of the $2.1 billion total. Overall, minority-owned business got $53 million in city contracts, or just 2.5%. Contracts awarded to women accounted for 8.5% of all city procurement/contract dollars.