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.”