A seemingly innocuous holiday party is not usually headline news, but this week’s gathering for a local “Electeds of Color” group went viral after an e-mail gaffe for the soiree.
What will Acting Mayor Kim Janey do about Boston police?
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated May 2, 2021, 1 hour ago
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Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey sJaney has a history of calling for substantial overhaul of the police as a city councilor and recently unveiled a $3.75 billion operating budget that include includes cuts to the police department.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Scandal has engulfed Boston police, presenting Acting Mayor Kim Janey with one of the first major tests of her crisis management skills as city executive.
The chief controversies swirling around the nationâs oldest police force are threefold. The cityâs police commissioner, Dennis White, is on paid administrative leave while an independent investigator probes a 1999 domestic abuse allegation.
The Race to Lead Boston Is Suddenly Wide Open
The selection of Mayor Martin J. Walsh as labor secretary has shaken up the mayoral race in Boston, which has struggled with police reform and an extreme racial wealth gap.
Kim Janey, the president of the Boston City Council, will become the acting mayor if the current mayor, Martin J. Walsh, is confirmed as labor secretary.Credit.Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images
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BOSTON Sometimes the guard changes slowly. Sometimes it changes overnight.
That is what is happening in the city of Boston, which has been led by white men since its incorporation in 1822. With the nomination of Mayor Martin J. Walsh as President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s labor secretary, the 2021 mayoral race is suddenly wide open, and the front-runners are all women of color.