Mayoralty of Michelle Wu

ralty of Michelle Wu
Mayoralty of Michelle Wu
November 16, 2021 – present
PartyDemocratic
Election2021
← Marty Walsh
Kim Janey (acting)

This article is part of a series about
Michelle Wu
Boston City Councilor
Mayor of Boston

Michelle Wu has served as mayor of Boston, Massachusetts since November 2021. Wu was elected mayor in 2021, winning with 64%[1] of the vote, becoming the first woman, first person of color, and first Asian American elected to serve as the mayor of Boston.[2][3] At 36 years of age, was also the youngest individual elected to the office in nearly a century. Wu is a member of the Democratic Party.[4] Prior to being sworn in as mayor, Wu served as a member of the Boston City Council

An advocate for a municipal "Green New Deal" (the Boston Green New Deal), as mayor Wu signed an ordinance to divest city investments from companies that derive more than 15 percent of their revenue from fossil fuels, tobacco products, or prison facilities. She also has announced plans for the city to spend $2 billion on school construction projects as part of a "Green New Deal" for the city's public schools. As mayor, she has also taken actions related to increasing affordable housing in the city and took actions related to address city's COVID-19 pandemic. A supporter of fare-free public transportation, Wu has funded a two-year period of fare-free service on three MBTA bus routes, expanding on a single-route pilot program that had previously been started under Kim Janey's preceding acting mayoralty. Wu signed an executive order which outlined the formula for what funds developers building in the city's downtown must contribute to fund child care services in the city, building upon a decades-old policy that had previously lacked needed specificity. Wu also reached a contract agreement with the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association that secured the union's agreement to significant reforms within the Boston Police Department.

  1. ^ "Municipal election results" (PDF). November 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Buell, Spencer (November 2, 2021). "Michelle Wu Will Be the Next Mayor of Boston". Boston Magazine. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. ^ "Wu, Pureval Mayoral Wins Mark Milestone for Asian Americans". Associated Press. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Leung1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).