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Josh Kraft Calls on Mayor Wu to Reverse Course on Mass & Cass and Adopt His Plan
BOSTON, MA – This morning, Josh Kraft and community leaders, advocates and other stakeholders gathered in the Worcester Square area of the South End to call out Mayor Wu’s management failures regarding the continued humanitarian crisis and pervasive public disorder unfolding at Mass & Cass and spreading into other neighborhoods...
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Josh Kraft Raises Concerns About Closed Boston Pools During Heat Emergency
BOSTON, MA – The following statement can be attributed to Josh Kraft: “On a day when Mayor Wu has declared a heat emergency, it is totally unacceptable that nearly one-third of our city’s public pools are closed in Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, Dorchester, South Boston and the South End –...
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Josh Kraft Condemns Mayor Wu Management Failures on Citywide Bike & Bus Lanes Implementation
Calls upon Mayor to be more transparent about taxpayer costs, which comes at the expense of other needed projects like repairing potholes and sidewalks BOSTON, MA – This morning, Josh Kraft and supporters gathered in West Roxbury to call out Mayor Wu’s management failures regarding bike and bus lanes throughout...
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Statement of Josh Kraft on Henderson School Safety and Management Failures
Boston, MA – Josh Kraft issued the following statement today in reaction to the numerous safety and management failures at the Henderson School in Dorchester as outlined in the Boston Globe today and previously reported by the Dorchester Reporter: “What has unfolded at the Henderson School is heartbreaking and wrong....
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48 Hours Later, Mayor Wu Still Refuses to Say How Much White Stadium is Going to Cost Boston’s Taxpayers
Boston, MA – Today, Josh Kraft again called on Mayor Michelle Wu to be transparent and clear about how much White Stadium is going to cost Boston’s taxpayers. “It has been 48 hours since I called on the mayor to come clean about the true cost of White Stadium, but...
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Josh Kraft Statement on the Urgent Need for Reform in Boston Public Schools
BOSTON, MA – The following statement can be attributed to Josh Kraft: “As the Boston school year draws to a close, I want to congratulate the hard working teachers, paraprofessionals, guidance counselors, principals and families of the Boston Public Schools, but I am calling upon the Mayor to share her...
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Josh Kraft Calls Out Mayor Wu’s Management Failures on White Stadium
Ballooning costs, secretive RFP process and misguided priorities will ultimately hurt BPS students and leave Boston taxpayers “holding the bag” BOSTON, MA – This morning, Josh Kraft and supporters stood outside White Stadium to call out Mayor Wu’s many management failures in barreling ahead with a professional soccer stadium with...
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Josh Kraft Says Mayor Wu’s Management Failures in Public Housing Developments Are Harming City’s Most Vulnerable Citizens
Boston Housing Authority failed to correct deficiencies identified two years ago BOSTON, MA – This morning, Josh Kraft and supporters stood outside the Mildred C. Hailey public housing development in Jamaica Plain to call attention to the deplorable conditions found in many Boston Housing Authority (BHA) sites following a scathing...
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Josh Kraft Statement on Latest Scandal at City Hall
BOSTON, MA – The following statement is from Josh Kraft in response to new reporting today that raises serious questions about the Mayor’s response to the latest scandal at City Hall: “The information published today in the Boston Globe is troubling and the clearest example of a culture inside City...
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Josh Kraft Statement on Latest Report Showing Collapse of Boston Commercial Real Estate Market Could Cost City $1.7B in Lost Tax Revenues
BOSTON, MA – The following statement is from Josh Kraft regarding the latest report from the Boston Policy Institute & Tufts University’s Center for State Policy Analysis showing the devastating consequences of a cratering commercial real estate market in Boston, and its impact on city finances: “Leadership requires acknowledging hard...