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By profession, Ali-Salaam was a city planner, a three-decade fixture at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. But he was much more than that: A mentor and leader who was a generous advocate for communities of color.
Mr. Coyle "had a passion for getting things done that other people thought weren’t possible," said Ron Homer, former chief executive of Boston Bank of Commerce.
As the Wu administration moves to revamp the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), two unions – AFSCME Council 93 and SENA Local 9158 – have been seeking out BPDA staff members as part of unionization drives. SENA (Salaried Employees of North America) is a division of the United Steelworkers, while AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)
Dorchester resident John FitzGerald, the 41-year-old son of a legendary state lawmaker and a veteran of City Hall, has joined the race to succeed District 3 Councillor Frank Baker. The field has continued to grow since Baker’s April 20 announcement that he wouldn’t run for reelection. Meetinghouse Hill activist Jennifer Johnson and Fields Corner schoolteacher Joel Richards had
After eight years on the City Council passing ordinances and holding hearings, a mayoral campaign focused on telling voters that she had plans to fix the problems facing Boston, and 15 months as mayor, Mayor Wu should have pointed out how she was turning her promises into reality at her first State of the City Address. Instead, the bold-faced takeaway of the speech was that