Every mayoral candidate has taken donations from landlords who moved to evict tenants during the pandemic. We asked them about it.
THE POLITICS OF EVICTIONS IN BOSTON
MASS SEEKS TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TASK FORCE, WON’T PUBLICLY NAME APPOINTEES
“This body does not seem to be centering issues related to accountability, justice, racial discrimination or other forms of bias.”
MASS SPENT MILLIONS ON COVID CONSULTANTS TO RATIONALIZE LETTING EVICTION MORATORIUM EXPIRE
Documents obtained from state show contractors misrepresented expert predictions of carnage, saw sunshine around every corner
WITH ONE SURVEILLANCE PLAN DERAILED, BPD STILL SEEKS TO ADD CAMERAS
"We need the ordinance to pass so we're not dealing with executive branch demands to expand surveillance in a Whac-A-Mole fashion.”
A CRITICAL MOMENT IN BOSTON’S BATTLE OVER BOLSTERED SURVEILLANCE
“This type of extremely significant surveillance program should not be going through the executive process without debate.”
MASS HAS PAID THESE COVID CONSULTANTS MORE THAN $20 MILLION
Tasks have included advising on vaxx rollout and making a “playbook” for “high-risk” communities
FOLLOW-UP: MASS IS STILL IGNORING PUBLIC INPUT AND TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON
“It’s sad, it shows the DOC’s only intent is to build a new women’s prison, they don’t want to listen to alternatives.”
MASS KEEPS TRYING TO BUILD A NEW WOMEN’S PRISON OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC VIEW
"When you talk about building new prisons, you are putting out the message that those of us that live in these communities that you are intending future generations to be in those beds”
AID VS. ADS: OFFICIALS SPEND BIG ON MARKETING MASS RESTAURANTS
Some say “efforts are no substitute for direct assistance”
STATE LOOKS TO SPEND $75K TO PREVENT FUTURE STORROWINGS
"If a truck hits a bridge, everyone is inconvenienced.”
